How are you today?
Get it off your chest.
For anyone living with long-term illness, chronic pain, fatigue or disability. Put down what you're carrying.
Which best describes you?
This changes a few questions and which support lines come first. You can change it any time.
Everything you enter stays on this phone. Nothing is sent to your doctors or health service or anyone else. Unladen Pace is a prototype. It is not a medical or emergency service and is not connected to any health service or government agency. · Give feedback
Take a moment.
Get as comfortable as you can. Breathe slowly. You're allowed to rest.
Breathe with this
What you might be feeling
- Shaky, sick, or a racing heart
- Numb, or oddly calm
- Tearful, angry, or both
- Going over what you could have done differently
These are normal reactions. They usually settle over hours or days.
If it feels like too much
Talk to someone today: someone close to you, or Lifeline on 13 11 14. For health advice, healthdirect (1800 022 222) has nurses 24/7. If you're unwell or in severe pain, call 000.
Ground yourself
Look around. Name them, out loud or in your head.
Call someone now
Add someone close to you, a friend or your GP in so they're here when you need them.
Not sure who to tell?
If you don't feel safe telling family or your health team, there are other people you can go to. Or write down what happened, just for you, while it's fresh.
What helps after
Handover to yourself
A few minutes at the end of the day. Notice how you're going, gently.
Please talk to someone now
You said you've had thoughts of harming yourself or not wanting to be here. Please call one of these now. If you're in immediate danger, call 000.
Light load
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Your safety
You said you didn't feel fully safe. That matters. Talk to someone you trust, or your GP.
Getting home safely
You said you've got very little energy left. Rest is part of managing illness, not giving in to it.
What might help
People you can call
This isn't a medical assessment. It's a way to notice how you're going over time.
How it's been going
Last 14 days
Handovers
This phone isn't letting the page save, so handovers won't be kept.
Privacy & your data
Add a PIN, download what you've entered, or delete everything from this phone.
Living with illness takes something out of you
What to watch for, and what helps. Tap a heading to open it.
A flare or a bad pain day
- Bad days aren't failures. Rest and pace yourself.
- Use your flare plan if you have one.
- healthdirect (1800 022 222) gives free nurse advice 24/7.
Pacing
- Pacing means doing less on good days so you have more on bad ones.
- Plan rest before you need it.
Not being believed
- Being doubted by doctors, employers or family is exhausting.
- Keep a simple record of symptoms and what helps.
- You deserve to be heard.
Work, money and payments
- Chronic illness can affect work and income.
- The National Debt Helpline (1800 007 007) gives free financial counselling.
Grief for the life you had
- It's normal to grieve what illness has taken.
- Talk to someone who understands chronic illness.
Living with chronic pain
- Painlink (1300 340 357) supports people living with chronic pain.
- A pain specialist or multidisciplinary pain clinic can help. Ask your GP.
Signs you're carrying too much
- Feeling hopeless about getting better
- Pulling back from people because it's too hard
- Not sleeping
- Feeling like a burden
- Low mood most days
Living with chronic illness affects mental health too. That's common, and support helps.
When to get more help
If your mood has been low for two weeks or more, talk to your GP. A GP can set up a Mental Health Treatment Plan for Medicare-subsidised sessions with a psychologist.
People to call
Save the ones that apply to you. They stay on this phone and show up on the Help now screen.
Support lines
Support for living with illness
Sometimes the person you'd normally tell is part of the problem, or it just doesn't feel safe. Here are other ways to get support. You choose what to do, and when.
From your organisation
Your health service or support group can add its own numbers here.
Someone outside your reporting line
- healthdirect. Free nurse advice, 24/7, 1800 022 222.
- Painlink. Chronic pain support, 1300 340 357.
- Carer Gateway. For the people who care for you, 1800 422 737.
- A support group for your condition. Ask your GP or specialist.
- Your GP. Outside work altogether, and can refer you on.
Text or chat instead of calling
For when talking out loud isn't possible, or feels like too much.
For particular situations
You deserve to be believed and supported.
Spiritual and religious support
Some people find strength in prayer, ritual or their faith or cultural community after a hard day. Others find it in nature, music, exercise or quiet. Whatever gives you meaning counts.
If your workplace has a chaplain or wellbeing officer, they support people of any faith or none. Their role is to listen, not to persuade.
Words to start with
The first sentence is often the hardest. You could say:
"I'm not ready to make a complaint. I just need to talk this through."
"Can this stay between us? Is there anything you'd have to pass on?"
"I'm worn out by being ill."
"Nobody believes how bad it is."
What happens if I tell someone?
- Counsellors, peer supporters and helplines keep what you say private. The main exception is if someone is at serious risk of harm. If you're unsure, ask at the start.
- Your private record in this app stays on your phone unless you choose to share it.
Not ready to tell anyone?
That's OK. You can write down what happened, just for yourself, and decide later.
Numbers and services are for New South Wales and Australia-wide. Check with your organisation for its own services.
Write down what happened
It stays on this phone. It isn't a report, and nothing is sent anywhere. If you later decide to raise something, notes written at the time are easier to rely on than memory.
My entries
Entries can't be edited, so each one shows when it was written. To add something, write a new entry.
No entries yet.
If you decide to share it, you can download it or send it to yourself.
Your phone, your data
PIN lock
Ask for a PIN when the app opens, and after it has been in the background for a minute.
PIN is on.
The PIN stops someone else opening the app on your phone. It doesn't encrypt what's stored, so keep your phone locked too. If you forget it, you can delete everything and start again.
Hide the screen
Tap the eye button at the top of any screen to cover the app straight away, for example at home. Tap to come back, or enter your PIN if you've set one.
Download my data
Download everything you've entered (handovers, private record and contacts) as a text file. You could keep a copy, or show it to your GP or counsellor.
Delete everything
Deletes your handovers, private record, role, contacts and PIN from this phone.
Delete everything from this phone? This can't be undone.
About Unladen Pace
Unladen™ Pace is a prototype made by Co-Synthesist Pty Ltd, Newcastle NSW. Unladen™ is a trade mark of Co-Synthesist Pty Ltd. It isn't a medical or emergency service, and it isn't connected to any health service or government agency. The questions haven't been clinically validated yet.
What's stored: your role, handovers, private record, saved contacts and settings, only in this phone's browser. Nothing is sent to anyone. There are no accounts, analytics or trackers.
Feedback: the feedback form is the only part of Unladen Pace that sends anything, and only when you press Send. It doesn't include anything else from the app.
Keep in mind: if you clear your browser data or remove the app, what you've entered goes too. Download a copy first if you want to keep it.
Version 0.1 prototype · September 2026