Untroubled wins Rep. Ralph Norman’s 2025 Congressional App Challenge in South Carolina’s Fifth District

When asked what inspired the creation of Untroubled, Prashun Ghimire said, “‘I’m so stressed,’ and ‘I’m so behind on my work’ are common phrases I hear as a high school student; to be honest, I say these statements from time to time myself. However, when I dug deeper into this issue, I realized it’s not just teenagers my age who are stressed. According to deconstructingstigma.org, more than 70% of people feel impacted either mentally or physically by stress.

“As a senior in high school, there is constantly so much going on around me, making everything increasingly hard to juggle. Students have to focus on college applications, homework, jobs, sports, and many other extracurricular activities. All these responsibilities can become too much to handle and can lead to mental and physical issues. Potential symptoms of stress can even include dizziness, headaches, low energy, and increased frustration.

“After so much time spent feeling overwhelmed and hearing my friends and family talk about being stressed, I decided to look up ways I could solve this issue. I found that monitoring your stress is a good start to actually improving stress-related problems, because once you’ve truly identified that you’re stressed, you can start implementing techniques to tackle the issue. Currently, in the market, you see lots of stress trackers in the form of smart watches or smart rings, but these solutions aren’t affordable for everyone, as prices for these devices range up to hundreds of dollars.

“Now, when thinking of an app, I remembered this conflict and believed I could build an app that could help monitor stress levels. I made sure to implement a very user-friendly interface so that it was as easy as possible to answer questions that result in an accurate measurement of your stress. As I built the app, I realized that a lot of stress can be caused by being overwhelmed by responsibilities and not managing your time properly. This influenced me to also add a time management section, so you could see one possible cause of your stress.

“I believe Untroubled can be a starting point in the process of reducing stress and managing time more efficiently.”