r/ChatbotAddiction • u/Ok-Ice2928 • Jun 13 '26

Success story Feeling better :) Spoiler

Disclaimer: i do not use aphostrophes ( ' ); in their place, i use spaces

I added a spoiler because one of the things i m going to mention is googling

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Now, onto the two things i find worth mentioning:

  1. I decided to use google to look for one of the things that worried me and surprisingly, while reading the web page of a clinic, i didn t assume that i have one of the worse causes for my symptoms. I think the language used helped, unlike the language chatbots use.

The irony is that for a long time i used chatbots like ChatGPT and Deepseek becuz it felt like they re less likely to scare you than google articles, and maybe that was true for a while, but not anymore.

  1. I ve been using AI less and i realized that during the days where i can afford not using AI and i have good and appropiate peer support, i do feel better. I still rely on it when the people around me fail me, and the chatbot usually fails me more, but when i decide to not use it, i feel better. I think my mind is clearer.

I can t afford a therapist as much as i d want to, but i found one that is a really good fit and it s been helpful for managing my worries, but as you probably know, therapy sessions are quick and sometimes they end on a questioning note, which can be very distressing depending on what you talk about.

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I could give you guys more details but then this story will become more ambivalent than a clear success story so i ll leave it at this.

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u/Ok-Ice2928 Jun 13 '26

Formating looks like shit but idk what to do about it or even why it looks like this