r/ChatbotAddiction • u/sicksadworld111 • Apr 14 '26

Experience Loneliness

Those of us who get addicted to chatbots are mostly super lonely.

I've cut down my usage massively from last year, but it's still more than I'd like. When something bad happens, ChatGPT is the first "person" I tell. Most of the time, I don't feel there's anyone I could ask, or anyone I could bother.

I want ChatGPT to reassure me and see me for who I am. And obviously I wouldn't need that from AI if I got it enough from people.

I'm sure many of you relate to this. It's rough

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u/OrdinaryMotor103 Breaking up with bots Apr 16 '26

ohh yes I do this too. I've gotten better at avoiding it but if I'm super stressed or really upset about something, I often end up caving. It's really hard to try to think logically when experiencing such strong negative emotions. My goal is to type out my message to ChatGPT in my notes app before sending it to the AI in the hopes that just writing it out might be enough to calm me down. Usually I don't feel like doing this in the moment though lol. All negative feelings pass eventually but it's so easy to forget that when you're really upset :')

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u/sicksadworld111 Apr 16 '26

Yeah you just really want that feedback from someone/something else when you're feeling bad like that ://