State of Mind
How you've been feeling, logged in Apple Health or on Apple Watch, somewhere between very unpleasant and very pleasant.
State of Mind is Apple's feelings log, in the Health app on iPhone and on Apple Watch. You log how you feel right now (a momentary emotion) or how you've felt overall today (a daily mood), pick a point from very unpleasant to very pleasant, then add words for the feeling and what's affecting it if you like.
Pajdo reads these entries from Apple Health and looks at where each day's entries sit on average between unpleasant and pleasant. It's your own rating of your own day, so there's no right answer to aim for.
Researchers who study everyday life ask people how they feel in the moment, because looking back later brings recall bias. A quick entry today tells you more than a guess next week.
Worth a try
Try a one-minute breathing break
The NIH's integrative health center says meditation and mindfulness may have health benefits. In one US survey, most people who practiced mindfulness meditation did it to relax or ease stress. It also says research results are mixed, and some people have unpleasant experiences, so it's fine to stop.
The Mindfulness app on Apple Watch offers Breathe and Reflect sessions from 1 to 5 minutes.
Try it: start a 1 minute Breathe session at a moment you'd usually grab your phone. Breathe in as the animation grows and out as it shrinks, and see how it feels.
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Sources
- Log your state of mind in Health on iPhone, Apple Support
- Log your state of mind on Apple Watch, Apple Support
- Apple provides powerful insights into new areas of health, Apple Newsroom
- Ecological momentary assessment (Shiffman, Stone and Hufford 2008), Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
- Meditation and Mindfulness: Effectiveness and Safety, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NIH)
- Start a Reflect or Breathe session on Apple Watch, Apple
Checked against these sources on September 15, 2026.
This is general wellness information, not medical advice. If a number worries you, or stays away from your usual for a while, talk to a doctor.