Overview
YourHome is a digital community that supports individuals from broken homes. Built with trauma-informed UX, it emphasizes safety, identity, and validation.
Discovery
Pain Points
Isolation and stigma around family backgrounds.
Platforms too clinical or impersonal.
Benchmark: Reddit, Soultion, mental health forums.
Literature: Trauma design, anonymity in communities.
Goals
User Goal: Feel seen and less alone.
Product Goal: Provide a peer-led alternative to therapy.
Business Goal: Create a lasting, trust-driven space.
Youth from broken homes face stigma and emotional isolation. Mainstream platforms feel too formal or clinical. There was a need for a peer-led space where users feel seen, safe, and in control of their identity.
Define
Defined key values: safety, relatability, ownership.
Prioritized anonymous posting, identity control, discussion boards.
Define
Defined key values: safety, relatability, ownership.
Prioritized anonymous posting, identity control, discussion boards.
Finalize
Tested sensitive flows for emotional response.
Outcomes
Users reported emotional relief.
Key takeaway: design can validate stories.
Next: mood journal, mod dashboard, gentle onboarding.
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