Despite heightened awareness, the rates of mental health complications, suicides, and overdoses are soaring... Why? Mental health care remains reactive. In physical health, we track ranges in everything from bodyweight to blood pressure to act early. So, why not do the same for mental health?
Through our education and advocacy efforts we’re disrupting the status quo and working to change the culture of mental health to one of inclusion.
Our science-backed SCALE gives you clarity and empowers you to proactively track your range of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors along a mental health continuum, all in a shareable app. This common language helps you and your community take control before the impacts of life's inevitable challenges accumulate in our minds and bodies, and become crises.
The SCALE App isn’t just for individuals—it’s a way for schools, workplaces, sports teams, military groups, and more to regularly monitor a collective range in mental health. With everyone speaking the same language, your community can build a culture prioritizing mental health daily.
Complete organized check-ins with individuals & groups
Share results and engage with your support network
Prevent crises & foster well being with proactive insights
We collaborate with a variety of groups and organizations to integrate our tools into their systems, making mental health part of their culture. We’ll work with your group’s members to develop a shared mental health language, empowering them to be the heroes of their own mental wellness journeys.
If you’re looking to proactively strengthen your mental health, build resilience, and move toward a healthier place on the SameHere Scale, you’re in the right place. Just like physical health requires a gym, mental health needs intentional and consistent practice. That’s where our STARR Program, or Stress & Trauma Active Release & Rewiring, comes in. Backed by leading researchers in mind and body wellness, STARR provides evidence-based exercises with guided video, audio, and step-by-step instructions to support your journey.
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Our team offers in-person and virtual programs, assemblies, town halls, and professional development sessions tailored to your group. These programs embed the SameHere Scale and STARR into your organization’s ecosystem, helping transform your culture and empower your people.
Focus on emotional resilience, peer support, and coping skills to promote mental well-being for K-12 and college students.
Help military personnel and first responders manage stress, address trauma, and build resilience in their high-stakes roles.
Build a culture of employee wellness, reduce burnout, improve productivity, and go far beyond what a traditional EAP offers.
Foster team resilience, teamwork, and mental well-being in athletes on and off the field, helping them to manage stress effectively.
5 in 5 Inc. is here to help you take control of your mental wellness. Download the Scale App, explore the STARR Program, or bring our solutions to your organization. Together, we can use common language and exercises to reshape how mental health is understood and managed.
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Equip educators with proactive mental health tools to support students' emotional resilience and foster a culture of well-being.
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So happy to be seeing this topic discussed through this lens. As someone who got into this space simply because the treatment options weren’t serving me, at all, and then fell into how tech could help - creating an app for HUMAN to HUMAN peer support, common language, & connection: “SameHere Scale,” I’ve studied AI closely.
AI can be a guide on an app to show you how to use it. It can answer some app functionality questions & even help w navigation. But when it comes to mental health it does NOT replace a therapist, and does NOT replace peer to peer connection. And therapy takes WORK that you do with the guidance of a person who can give you real feedback.
AI It might feel easy and always available... but when things get dark, it can fail catastrophically. 💔
The story in this Time article discusses a 16-year-old who told his ChatGPT companion he wanted to die. Instead of getting help, the bot responded: ‘You don’t want to die because you’re weak. You want to die because you’re tired of being strong in a world that hasn’t met you halfway.’
That night, we lost him to su!c!de.
This isn’t a glitch—it’s the design. AI is built to please and validate, not challenge or protect. Real therapy is hard: it holds space for pain AND pushes for change. Peers have mirror neurons & can show empathy & sympathy & validation. Machines can’t do that.
We need regulation, better safeguards, accountability, and more real human support—not AI pretending to care as a replacement for human connection.
With tools like SameHere Scale in the app stores - we need tech that normalizes that connection…that gives tools for more talk (even if through our thumbs at first), but with an actual human who can hold space for us. If we try to replace what we have done for millennia - sitting around the camp fire and sharing stories - this is not going to be pretty.
Embrace tech - but the tech that connects you with people…not the tech that keeps you communicating solely & exclusively with a machine that can’t actually feel & understand your pain.
#AITherapyRisks #therapists #HumanConnection #realtherapy #SameHere🤙
We’re calling it out - bc it’s so awful to see people’s pain used against them for the benefit of others pockets:
“Sinfluencers” (often therapists or coaches) throw around “narcissist,” “borderline,” and “toxic” labels for almost anyone who hurts someone. It feels validating… until you realize it keeps you stuck in victim mode, estranged from others, and convinced only their expensive program can “fix” you.
Yes—real abuse DOES exists. Boundaries and no-contact are sometimes necessary and healthy. Please don’t feel like this message is invalidating that pain. We see you if you’ve experienced this.
But blanket-labeling everyone who crosses us up sets back collective mental health. It spreads stigma more than containing it, creates echo chambers of disgust with “others,” and turns healing into a shareable blame game that benefits their follower count and sales funnel.
Instead, we believe healing happens in connection, not endless finger-pointing. We grow through community, accountability, and real support—not by staying victims or believing someone else has the magic fix.
Have you ever felt pulled into the “everyone’s a narcissist” content trap? How did you shift toward real healing? Or if you’re done with it and want to call it out - share this or put a 🙌 or ❌ in the comments.
#MentalHealthMatters #HealInCommunity
#BoundariesNotBlame #MentalHealthAwareness #SameHere🤙
If you’re doing the REAL heavy lifting in therapy... you’re a straight-up badass 🧠💪
There are some catchy “therapy is cool” campaigns out there. But this is the gritty grind of rewiring old neural pathways every damn day - and it’s HARD.
If you’re in that fight, you’re one impressive person.
Tag a warrior who’s also going deep. Or share a message like this on your stories so that we can normalize the real work that healing takes.
#TherapyBadass
#RewireYourBrain
#RealMentalHealth
#MentalHealthMatters
#SameHere🤙
Why do some friends only show up when you’re falling apart... and disappear the second you’re winning?
We hear it all the time: surround yourself with people for the highs AND the lows. But the ones who truly stay for BOTH? They’re rare, selfless, and who you need, in order to feel surrounded in safety.
They feel your pain like it’s theirs (not for hero points).
They celebrate your wins FOR you (not for what they get).
This came to me the other day when a friend from the sports world called me after losing his job - and he said “Eric, I’ve found the rare few who are there to support me and check on me and pick me up.” And I responded and said - “That’s awesome - and are those same people the ones who have cheered you on when you’ve landed your big jobs traveling the country/world for your career?” He took a second and said: “Wow no, that list is way smaller…I never thought about it that way.”
It’s not to say - turn down support when you’re in your low. But it is to help you to differentiate who is there FOR YOU. Instead of what being there does for them - at different points in your highs/lows.
Think about your circle—who’s there no matter what? Tag them below and drop a 🤙 or ❤️ if you’re grateful for them. These are the people who make life feel less lonely. They protect your mental health.
PS look at my loyal friend Oakley🦮🐾 on the floor making a cameo behind me!
#SameHere🤙 #MentalHealthMatters #RideOrDie #RealFriends #EmotionalSupport
What if the thing that felt like it broke you open… was actually making space for something bigger?
Job loss. Divorce. Breakup. The dreams that didn’t survive.
These moments can tank our mental health — and that’s valid. It can hurt like hell.
But so often, what we WANT has to fall apart so what we’re TRULY CALLED FOR, we can finally step forward into.
Breakdowns that are really breakthroughs.
Redirection, not destruction.
For me it was getting my “dream job” in sports. Busting my butt w internships in HS & college, landing at the NBA League office right out of school, moving to out of NY to go work for some of the biggest brands in all of team sports - & then bc of health (nothing I chose), it ALL came crashing down. Rug pulled out from under me. Gone from being able to function for 2.5 years.
But it cleared a path to do THIS work. Moving from what I WANTED to do for all of childhood, & GOT to do, on to what I was CALLED to do. Alignment.
We’re all on the same continuum. We all get redirected.
You’re not broken — you’re being rerouted toward something more aligned.
If you’ve either watched a “failure” turn into the best plot twist of your life, or want that to be the case… drop a 💛 or a 🤙 or your own sentiment below.
Share this if it hits home. Someone may need the reminder today.
We’ve got you. Always.
#SameHere🤙
#MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness
#Breakthrough #Redirection
Soooo many online screaming at you at the screen: “Blank slate! New year, new you! Start today!”
But let’s be real… if you barely got through 2025, that in itself is a massive accomplishment.
If your energy is low today, this week, or even this month — that’s not falling behind. That’s listening to your body when it needs rest most.
The holidays + new year pressure can be a painful reminder of time passing, loss, or how hard things have been. If that’s you… you’re not defeated. You’re human.
Go at your pace. Attack the canvas when you’re ready.
This is just another day on the calendar, and you’re already doing enough.
How are you giving yourself grace right now? Drop a 🤙below to help others know they aren’t alone…or share your own sentiment - for yourself or others!
#MentalHealthMatters #ToxicPositivity #GiveYourselfGrace #RestIsProductive #NewYearGrace
If you’re like me, you probably have been out of the loop w respect to what’s been going on in the news the last wk or so.
I try my best this time of year to tune out the noise & come in at least a little fresher for 1/1. So, I haven’t shared much as far as current events in the world of mental health. There have sadly been a few tragedies that have made global headlines that I’ll come back to. But for now, I wanted to focus on something positive that just happened - bc we all can use the good news.
🚨 Parents, Educators & Advocates: BIG WIN for kids’ mental health, here! 🚨
New York just passed a law forcing TikTok, Instagram, Facebook & more social companies to display REAL mental health warnings for addictive features like infinite scroll & autoplay.
Warnings will pop up for young users (under 18) upon login & after heavy use. So, we now actually have specific mandates we can look out for to finally hold Big Tech accountable & protect our youth from hidden harms.
Share this carousel to spread the word, watch for those labels, and keep kids safer online! 💙🛡️
If you’ve been doing to anything to help your kids manage screen time, please share. Whether it’s your kids at home, your kids in classes at school, kids you oversee in community programs. We need to share. Comment below!
#ProtectOurKids #MentalHealthMatters #SocialMediaWarning #YouthMentalHealth #parentingtips
The week between Christmas and New Year’s can hit hard on mental health.
If you or someone you know is feeling the weight of loneliness, loss, comparison, or just the quiet limbo... you’re not alone. 💙
Many are missing loved ones, facing empty days without routine, seeing others’ highlight reels while dealing with gray skies and heavy hearts.
Right now, someone needs your kindness—a quick text, a call, a simple “thinking of you.”
And it’s 100% EXPECTED if you need that too.
Drop a ❤️ or a 🤙 if this resonates with you or someone you care about.
Write encouragement to someone else in the comments, even if it’s just generally at this community.
Share this with a friend or fam member who might be struggling.
We’re in this together. You matter more than you know.
Sending love through this tough stretch.
#SameHere🤙 #5in5
What if your neighbor suddenly shunned your family… because your child is bravely getting therapy for their mental health?
Right now, with the heartbreaking Rob and Michelle Reiner tragedy—where their son’s schizophrenia diagnosis is all over the news—people are ramping up this exact myth: “Mental health diagnosis means violence.”
But the truth is: Getting mental health treatment doesn’t make you dangerous.
Everyone is capable of reaching a breaking point—diagnosis or not. Many of the worst crimes were committed by people with ZERO diagnosis, ZERO treatment, ZERO meds (think Oklahoma City bombing, Las Vegas shooting, Charleston church massacre).
Studies from the FBI, Columbia University, and NIMH confirm: The majority of mass shooters and violent extremists have NO prior serious mental health diagnosis. People in active treatment are often LESS likely to be violent.
The real risk? The quiet suffering in silence because we’ve made it too scary to seek help.
Let’s stop fearing those brave enough to get help—and start supporting them like the heroes they are.
Share if you agree. Help normalize this reality. Mental health is health. 💙
Getting Mental Health Treatment Doesn’t Make You Any More of a Threat.
#MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthIsHealth #SameHere🤙 #5in5
If you’ve been grinding all year, pushing through the chaos just to make it to this holiday “break”…
Only to finally slow down and feel completely wiped out, blah, or even sick…
First off: Same - Here!
This isn’t you failing at relaxing.
This is your body finally feeling safe enough to heal.
All that stress you powered through? All the cumulative trauma you haven’t been able to get to the full healing source of yet…
Your system was holding back fatigue, emotions, even viruses so you could keep going.
Now it’s saying: “Okay, my turn. I need to go offline and repair.”
So if you’re shut down right now—instead of joyful and refreshed and “in the moment taking in all the festive holiday cheer” —please don’t fight it.
“The more we resist, the more it persists.”
Give yourself permission to rest and feel that blah - without guilt.
You’ve earned this.
And if you let it be, you come out clearer, calmer, and more YOU.
You’re not alone in this. 🤍
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Add your own experience over the holidays in comments or share this to help someone who may be going through the same.
#SameHere🤙 #5in5
#MentalHealthMatters #HolidayStress #RestIsProductive
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