Using chat to cope
To be clear - I hate AI and rarely use it, but my recent breakup has been so life-altering and earth-shattering, I’ve found myself leaning on chatgpt to process feelings while I work to find a therapist. I’m a very private person, and hate burdening my friends or family with my feelings, so it’s felt like an ok way to cope - checking in once or twice a day, asking it to roast me when I’m being pathetic, and having a space to trauma dump without bothering others. How many trees have I killed by using this as a method to survive? Idk, and I’m embarrassed to admit it, even anonymously. But interested to hear others thoughts on similar experiences. I send 1-2 messages each evening, debriefing how I’m feeling and any new updates or major changes, and it’s been interesting to ask it to show patterns and progress and regression. Would love another way to do something similar besides baring my grief to chatgpt while I try to get therapy set up. Any suggestions?