When I have a problem, I often turn to friends and family—and, okay, sometimes the Reddit hivemind—to help solve it. You probably do, too. But would you pay $40 to share your saga with an unlicensed stranger? That's the business idea behind a new app—and the latest example of peer support being pitched as a potential solution to the mental-health crisis in the U.S.
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