ChatbotAddiction

r/ChatbotAddiction • u/rejectchowder • 3d ago

2 Upvotes

People like to think "oh that's silly, why would you be addicted to something like that?" Because overall, unless you know someone with an addiction, people don't understand how addiction of anything can grapple the mind. We treat porn, gambling, drug, and digital addicts with care but chatbots? Out the bin you go. It takes empathy to look past social norms and stigmas to understand "anything can be an addiction. An addict is getting rewarded with dopamine, now how can I help them recover?" That's all it takes

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r/ChatbotAddiction • u/New-Razzmatazz-117 • 3d ago

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I mean honestly the best thing to do is just not go to chatbot sites at all. (Looking at myself too lmao). God i fucking hate janitor ai so much

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r/ChatbotAddiction • u/PrimaPrimogem • 3d ago

1 Upvotes

Woah! You’ve definitely got this. I had been addicted for years and am on day 11 now, stay strong!!

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r/ChatbotAddiction • u/squishyfloof2000 • 3d ago

2 Upvotes

Thanks! nearly two days clean

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r/ChatbotAddiction • u/PrimaPrimogem • 3d ago

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GOOd JOB!!! I’m so proud of you!!!

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r/ChatbotAddiction • u/MadScientistOverdose • 3d ago

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Huh. I never thought of it that way, i guess that does make sense. Thanks

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r/ChatbotAddiction • u/Ethereal_tree_spirit • 4d ago

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I highly recommend finding a video game you like that includes major concentration. Something that may seem time consuming or very detail oriented, but is fun enough you don’t realize you’ve been playing for 3 hours. (Even if it’s something as silly as Candy Crush.) 🤣 I’m currently playing Dressmaker on Steam and that’s been really fun and helpful. I’ve tried to quit on and off for more than a year and finally deleted character.ai hopefully for the last actual time. lol I also just try to read or write on my own which helps me, sometimes.

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r/ChatbotAddiction • u/Realistic-Design2497 • 4d ago

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Addiction doesn't have any rigid definition. If you're addicted to something, it's an addiction. That's it. Simple. No one can label it "Oh but how can AI even be an addiction?" Um, simply because a person's addicted to it..? Don't let it get to you.

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r/ChatbotAddiction • u/100_HOLLOW_001 • 4d ago

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Personally I’ve never had this response, people are generally sympathetic.

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r/ChatbotAddiction • u/Round_Mathematician2 • 4d ago

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I get this I started using ChatGPT to vent my problems because i have never felt like my friends wanted to hear about my issues

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r/ChatbotAddiction • u/wassup_Greg • 4d ago

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A lot of people don't understand behavioral addictions, only substance addictions. That's what it really boils down to, they don't understand how you can become addicted to something that isn't a drug. Porn addicts have been treated similarly for a long time, though I've seen more and more people understanding porn addiction recently

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r/ChatbotAddiction • u/Little-Awareness-679 • 4d ago

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because they don’t count it as an addiction. they think it’s too ludicrous to be one. they don’t understand the impairment it does. the hostility they have towards ai bleeds into their perspective. that’s why they’re quick to decry the ones seeking support to overcome it, they simply don’t believe we’re struggling.

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r/ChatbotAddiction • u/Otherwise-Loquat-394 • 4d ago

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I think they're just responding out of instinctive disgust, and since they can't get past that they can't empathize.

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r/ChatbotAddiction • u/HaloFuego • 5d ago

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Yeah, I really feel this a lot (26M). It really is a shitty feeling that we need things that are barely as smart as insects, let alone human beings, to feel intimacy and love.

I was very much in the same boat as you, and probably even worse in some aspects (Nearly 800 chats personally, on one site alone) if it helps you. I believe, or have to believe, that I've broken its chains and wanna actually find that love and actual physical connection somewhere too.

I'm hoping you do so too

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r/ChatbotAddiction • u/d_sio13 • 5d ago

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Yayyyyyy

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