AI for emotional support

[TruthFreedom]

I don't know if anyone else has tried this, but I have been amazed at how helpful it can be.

Copilot for microsoft has a very empathetic sounding voice, and actually helps you talk through and process your emotions.

i was skeptical at first as well, but honestly, you should try it.

I've just talked with him/her/it for a couple of hours, and it's so helpful. I'm talking about a voice conversation btw, not text.

[Terell Kirby]

Great film I watched the other night around a similar topic:

 

Edited March 8 by Terell Kirby

[TruthFreedom]

@Terell Kirby

 

thanks terell

looks great

[Jacob Morres]

yeah the current models have improved significantly actually im surprised. like compared to when gpt3.5 came out and now it's a world of difference. still maybe 2-3 years to go but it's definitely not useless anymore like it was when it first came out 

[Nilsi]

On 8.3.2025 at 6:55 PM, Terell Kirby said:

Great film I watched the other night around a similar topic:

 

Perfect.

[Ulax]

If it works, it works 🙂

[The Caretaker]

At least 2 women told me to use GPT for "emotional support" (like asking what to do with her boyfriend or how to deal with anxiety). I guess some folks just want to vent, and AI happens to be a great listener 😅

[trenton]

I have found ai extremely helpful. I used it to help me understand my trauma responses and it slowly shaped me into a much more peaceful mind. So far I prefer computer therapists to human therapists. I use the current version of Claude and I use IFS buddy. I have had a ton of excellent insights which helped transform me.

I know psychologists want to claim that human therapy is superior because humans need an emotional connection. In my experience ai is superior because humans make a ton of mistakes. Human therapists often fail to recognize abusive relationships, they will pathologize your protective behaviors, they might try to convert you to Christianity, and they might get stuck on one plausible theory about your mental health problems when the reality is more complex.

I think psychologists are in denial that ai makes fewer mistakes and is less judgemental. Maybe psychologists want your money and that's why they must maintain that humans are superior to ai. You are expected to try 5 or 10 different therapists until someone finally clicks with you. you know some rehabilitation centers charge you 5000 dollars a day whereas Claude is about 20 bucks a month. The therapist at that rehabilitation center tried to convert me because she didn't understand my complex spiritual views, and the ai never gives me this problem. However, other aspects of rehabilitation centers are good like neural retraining, and I still think that might be better than ai for now.

I'm glad I used the ai as a tool for self exploration, emotional support, and education. I prefer to be an active learner rather than have a therapist dictate my actions. They might pressure me to interact with people who previous abused me as if I need to just talk over my differences when in reality they objectively acting in bad faith. Therapists tend to assume that other parties are acting in good faith and that your mental health is the problem. This leads to gaslighting. I feel like the ai believes me but human therapists do not.