About Sympa
Be more than a user. Help open new ground in a quiet revolution of insight and support for mysterious chronic illness.
Our Purpose
Sympa was created for people whose health journeys don't follow clear lines or easy explanations. Many live with symptoms that don't match their labs, answers that never arrive, and a constant sense of navigating without a map. Sympa exists to support those experiences—gently, quietly, and with understanding.
What Sympa Is
Sympa is a reflective companion that helps you make sense of your lived experience. It isn't a simplistic tracker, a diagnostic tool, or a productivity system. Instead, it helps you notice patterns, explore connections, and understand what might matter. It's designed for those who've been told "everything's normal" while knowing something isn't.
How Sympa Helps
- →Helps you reflect on symptoms, events, and changes.
- →Organizes your observations into a clearer story.
- →Surfaces possible patterns to explore—never as medical advice.
- →Provides a calm, executive-function-aware environment for self-reflection.
- →Helps you communicate your lived experience more clearly.
Luma, Your Companion
At the heart of Sympa is Luma—a quiet AI companion who helps you explore your health story with thoughtfulness and steadiness. Luma doesn't diagnose or direct. She reflects, organizes, asks gentle questions, and helps you notice what you might otherwise overlook.
Who Sympa Is For
Sympa is built for people navigating unclear or mysterious chronic health issues—those without a diagnosis, without clear guidance, or without a predictable path. If your health is already well-managed or you're simply optimizing from a healthy baseline, this early phase of Sympa isn't the right fit.
Our Vision
Sympa aims to become a trustworthy place to explore your body's patterns with clarity and emotional safety. Over time, insights from lived experience and emerging research may help users see what's worth exploring—always with transparency, privacy, and user control at the center.
A Note From the Creator
Sympa was shaped by years of navigating uncertain health terrain—confusing symptoms, normal labs, unexplained reactions, and a long search for understanding. Those experiences formed the foundation for this project. Sympa isn't built from theory—it's built from lived need, systems thinking, and a desire to make the path easier for others.
It won't tell you what's wrong. But it can help you see your own story with more clarity—and you won't be walking that path alone.
Who Are Trailblazers?
Trailblazers are early participants in the Sympa project—people living with mystery chronic illness who want to help shape a better system from the ground up. If you've spent years trying to understand your health with few answers, your insights can help guide the design of a new kind of tool to benefit yourself and others.
This isn't a finished product—it's a collaborative journey. Trailblazers are part of the earliest circle of collaborators helping define what Sympa becomes. You'll review early concepts, share what would actually help, and shape the system before it officially launches.
Trailblazers are not just testers; they are co-creators, walking alongside the development of something truly different.
Eligibility and Participation
You may join as a Trailblazer if:
- →You are 18 or older and wish to participate directly, or
- →You are a caregiver or legal guardian joining on behalf of someone unable to participate (note: the caregiver or guardian would use Sympa directly)
Become a Trailblazer
Joining as a Trailblazer isn't just about early access—it's about shaping something new at the ground level. We're inviting a small focused group of contributors who resonate with Sympa's mission and want to help build a better path forward—not just for themselves, but for others lost navigating complex, invisible illness.