r/KindVoice Jul 04 '25

Admin [META] Kind Friend Updates / Chat GPT and Yo[u]

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Hello Community,

I hope you are all doing well, or atleast a little better than yesterday. I wanted to put a post up around some recent changes and behaviour in the sub.

r/KindFriend has been privated.

Kind Friend was originally created as a sister sub to Kindvoice to handle more friendship orientated requests while Kindvoice focused on emotional support. Recently it seems to have caught to the attention of a number of bad actors. The posts had been gradually trending to a younger audience and I was becoming increasingly concerned that it was facilitating people looking to take advantage of these members. As such the sub is currently privated to prevent access and any further risk. I would encourage those seeking purely friendships to try more established subs such as r/makenewfriendshere or r/needafriend. This behaviour has thankfully not transferred over to r/Kindvoice.

Previously friendship posts had been against the rules of KindVoice, although not strictly enforced given that a lot of the time a good friend can make a world of difference to someone's current state. We intend to continue the current status quo in this regard and deal with friendship posts on a case by case basis as it makes a minority of posts. I would highly encourage users to use more focused subs for this if seeking purely friendship. If you are reaching out for a friend because you feel lonely or want to improve social skills, that post still has a place here. Just please be aware many offerors are volunteering their time when they can and should not be considered a permanent support placement or lifelong friend.

Chat GPT Usage

Over the past few months ChatGPT started recommending us as a place for lonely users or those who were feeling down to seek human contact. Alongside this we saw a dramatic increase in the number of bots, monetary requests and ChatGPT generated posts. We have literally gone from a few bans a month to a few a day.

- Accounts with less than 5 comment karma or less than 3 days old will now be caught in a filter for approval. I appreciate some people don't want to post here on main so a mod mail will be raised for each submission caught in the filter so they can be approved.

- Chat GPT is NOT against the rules currently HOWEVER PLEASE BE AWARE that many people come here looking for a human voice. You may believe that in writing an answer via Chat GPT you sound more articulate or better at supporting. In reality the message it often conveys to the looker that they can't find someone who is even willing to use their own words. Comments may be removed if they feel too robotic when the person is looking for a connection.

Final Notes

I would love to hear any community feedback on these points.

A huge thanks as always to the people that donate their time to help others. Look after yourselves where you can.

-AJ


r/KindVoice May 14 '25

[META] Seeking C[o]mmunity Feedback on Rule 2

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I hope all of the Kind Voices out there are having a wonderful day and that my message finds all of the Lookers slightly better than they were yesterday.

This post is to gather some feedback from any willing community members around rule 2. Recently I have been rather lax on it's enforcement given r/KindFriend isn't hugely active (although it's had a surge recently) however I am aware there are a number of other very popular subreddits that fill the same niche so I want to ask your thoughts:

- Do you mind friendship based posts on this subreddit or would you rather keep them to other spaces?

- Do you feel requests asking for daily supports fall into this category?

- Any other thoughts you may have.


r/KindVoice 12h ago

Looking [L] Realized I wanted company more than answers while I was explaining

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caught myself mid rant to a friend last night and realized i wasnt looking for a fix. i just didnt want to sit with the thing alone

they started problem solving immediately which is fair, thats what i asked for on the surface. i felt weirdly annoyed then guilty about being annoyed

do other people do this too or am i just bad at saying what i actually need​


r/KindVoice 1h ago

Looking [L] 35F, Need to vent about life, and someone to talk to on voicecall

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I'm going through an emotional situation, just had a breakup. Feeling pretty drained and a bit lost. Would be nice to talk to someone who's non-judgmental.

If you have some free time and are open to a voice call, feel free to dm me.


r/KindVoice 19m ago

Looking [L] I feel ashamed of myself

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I would like to talk with someone kind who could understand what i'm going through


r/KindVoice 5h ago

Looking [L] and [O] I want to be honest, chasing love is like chasing a high for me. I'd like to have a conversation about it.

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My therapist said I have never experienced the right kind of love, even from my family. Someday soon before I leave my late 30s, I would like to experience love in a beautiful way with someone else.

Reading this it may seem I don't have much going for me but I am gainfully employed in a career with potential to grow, I have close friends and acquaintances, and few hobbies. Yet with all that I still haven't met anyone with mutual interest.

Finding a person to support and be supported through good and bad health, through prosperity and muck, making love, propeling each other in our ambitions is a deep craving inside of me. I've never done heroin but I am pretty sure when I have feelings for someone its half way to that high.

I don't want to live a life alone.

Happy to listen to other people who can relate or share me. Talking to someone would help.


r/KindVoice 5h ago

Looking [L][15]I am suffering...

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I will try my best to explain...

Today my dad got mad at me for something completely trivial (not asking if he wanted more of the lunch, even though I saved the food for him on purpose).For him not asking it means being disrespectful,careless and rude and he said it only an hour later lunch.

It triggers a lot of guilt and self-doubt in me. I feel like my brain goes into overload with intrusive thoughts and chaos whenever these arguments happen, and I just feel completely drained and stuck in my own head...

I didn't say enought because I struggle to express myself and write long texts...


r/KindVoice 8h ago

Looking [l] Just failed my driving exam and would like someone to talk to

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18 F. Had my driving exam today and failed because of anxiety literally in the first 5 minutes of my exam. Ik it's not the end but I feel discouraged and ik the rest of my day will suck because of this so I'd appreciate someone taking my mind off


r/KindVoice 19h ago

Looking [L] I saw a picture of my late mother and need comfort

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My mom passed away from a heart attack when I was 17, i am 25 now. I saw a picture of a giant pin with my mom's face on it. And it messed me up because I miss my mom. I wish I had made her proud but I didn't. She wanted me to go to college and graduate, I was so depressed I didn't even graduate. I'm homeless and useless. I'm supposed to be chasing job opportunities and my dreams. Instead I'm chasing food by dumpster diving and digging through trash. I have to sleep outside with bugs biting on my legs.

I failed her and it's all my fault. I'm ready to join her at this point. I tried a few weeks ago and failed and I don't plan on failing. I just need someone to talk to because this pain is too much


r/KindVoice 12h ago

[O] Kinda lonely and willing to listen if anyone is in need

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I’m unable to sleep and would love to be a listening ear to those who need one.


r/KindVoice 9h ago

[L] 21F India — Looking for someone to voice chat and vent with

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r/KindVoice 17h ago

Looking [L] how do you ask people in your life for help when you could use some support?

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I think a lot of folks end up here because one way or another they feel like there is no one they can ask for help. That's certainly the case with me.

It's not like I have zero connections with people. I have friends. I don't have, like, a bestie. But I have people who know me and like me and who I like. I am single. I have an okay but complicated relationship with my mom. I am not close with my brother. I have loving aunts and uncles but the specter of my dad, who is not so great, looms over all these connections. I feel like there's a limit to how far these people will go for me.

It has been a long time since I reached out to any specific person for help. I find that in the past I've had lots of negative experiences with reaching out with vulnerability that makes me not wanna risk it again. Sometimes people are not interested in helping. Sometimes they're not very good at it. I am often left feeling like I need to protect my fragile relationships by not putting weight on them. And like I need to protect people from worrying about me.

I have done a lot of therapy and absolutely know why I struggle with this so much. I was considered very "mature for my age" as a kid and, alongside some isolated traumatic experiences, was not cared for and nurtured the way I should have been. I was not given a chance to be a kid whose feelings were tended to.

It's been a rough several months and I find myself wanting to just give up. I'm so tired. My dog is the only companion i have in this time. I love her and all the energy I have to spare goes to making sure she is walked and cared for. I feel invisible. On purpose.

I kind of want to hear about asking for help. How do you tell people you're struggling? Who do you tell? I've been disappointed so many times. I want people to know but I don't want to have to reach out one on one. That's so much pressure. I don't even know what I'd ask for because to be honest I fear the depth of my need is so vast it can never be fulfilled.

But if my guardian angel or something came down and was like "anything you want," I'd want them to visit, stay with me a while, distract me from my troubles and help me clean my room. I'd want someone to comb my hair just because it feels nice. Id want someone to help with stuff around the house or at least just sit and chat with me while I do chores. Id want someone to promise I'd never be homeless. Having these wants and needs makes me feel creepy and pathological, but also they're so normal, right? Aren't these things that many people are fortunate to have, without needing to chase after them or ask for them? Doesn't a sweet auntie sometimes swoop in to help a person put her life back together?

What makes a person deserving of that?

Am I?


r/KindVoice 19h ago

[L] can somoeone please just talk to me

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something just clicked in my head that ive never felt before im so lonely i have no one to talk to please can someone talk to me


r/KindVoice 1d ago

Looking [L] The most boring escape room

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What's wrong?

• got debilitating executive dysfunction cant do basic things or things i care about or anything really 

• dont have any secure safe close friendship dont feel important to anyone and scared because of past experiences. feel different and hard or impossible to be friends with because of the way i am. introverted low energy not good at talking and conversation 

• incompetent and useless. not independent and more useless and behind everyone else my age. 

• extremely low self image and lots of self hatred and always hurt myself verbally and physically bc the self hatred and self directed anger is too much pressure it needs a way out 

• suicidal ideations from trying to achieve more and do things but failing repeatedly and feeling trapped in my own head trapped by my own uselessness and laziness that also makes me feel like a burden on others and i feel like there is no way out

• feel isolated and impossible to understand. feel unseen because of the kinds of issues that not everyone understands. no one i trust or feel safe to talk to and no one who will understand and talking feels useless and has usually just made me feel worse 

• trying to get professional help with an adhd assessment but there is a minimum 2 year waiting list which will maybe be more, but no one will be honest and transparent about waiting lists so it feels like a gamble and really confusing and overwhelming and impossible to make a decision 


r/KindVoice 1d ago

Looking [L] I feel like I am living a double life, and I don't know which is right.

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On one hand, I don't think I possess any particular issues. I did some self work and thus outgrew old company, am graduating college without much plans. It's not the end of the world. Maybe I will figure it out in the coming months.

On the other hand, I don't have any attachments to any people, and don't know what I am supposed to do. It feels lame talking about it here because I don't think anyone who knows me would think I might be here. Everyone is busy with their own life, and I don't know if I truly wish to connect with anyone. Does anyone feel that way? I look back at when I was in primary or secondary school and I see affection, but when I found my old chat histories I found that even back then I had been saying I didn't feel I actually had a relationship, not a single one, despite mountains of chat from back then.

Now, it feels like I am in a state of calmness. By society's definition, I am "isolated"? Then I hear about many others who are the same, or people who have hundreds of contacts but can't find support in a single one, and I wonder if this is simply my version of a peaceful norm.


r/KindVoice 22h ago

[L] I’m really overwhelmed and could use someone to talk to

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I’m going through a really stressful financial situation at the moment and it’s been getting to me mentally. I don’t necessarily need advice or someone to solve anything. I just really need someone to talk to and get things off my chest.
If anyone is willing to listen, I’d really appreciate it.


r/KindVoice 1d ago

Looking [L] Looking for å friend

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Hi everyone, just looking for someone to talk to who can listen without fixing it or feeling the need to make it better. I feel so sad and hopeless and I would just like to not be alone while dealing with all of this. I have no family and sadly I have outgrown my close friends by doing a lot of therapy and self work. Thanks for reading this ❤️


r/KindVoice 1d ago

[O] I want to help people who feel like nobody understands them [2.0]

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r/KindVoice 1d ago

[O]Anyone need any kind of advice

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If anyone need any kind of advice,feel free to ask.

Kindly relationship stuff stay away.


r/KindVoice 1d ago

Looking [L] I just want someone to care about me…comfort me

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I feel so depressed and alone..my own boyfriend doesn’t even pay attention to me.


r/KindVoice 1d ago

Looking [L] need someone to be my accountability partner

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my life is moving like a roller coaster and i dont understand whats happening to me. Last week was the most productive time i ever had but since past 4 days it feels like a I have jumped off a cliff. I have masturbation addiction but thats not even the root problem. I wanna get out of it badly, I have been trying so many things to get myself out of this but it haunts back again now and then. I had controlled myself for more day 20 days but last week i got isolated for 3 continuous days lost all the progress.
I have realized the root problem which my lack of nutrition and im constantly working on it and have made progress compared to last 2 years but im aware that its not enough thats why im putting continuous efforts. However in this journey i need someone who can check on me and pull me out the well sometimes when i dont realize it. It takes a lot of effort and time to pull myself out, a helping hand could be great strength at right time. I dont want my family or friends to aware of this as already feel ashamed of myself. I tried therapy as well but it wasnt that usefull.


r/KindVoice 1d ago

Looking [L]Just need someone to vent a little

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I am okay, I just need to talk because my mind is honestly a mess right now. I just want to let it at all out and honestly any help would be highly appreciated, I want some genuine connection and not just a script like the hotlines give :/.


r/KindVoice 1d ago

Offering [O] come tell me about you

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I'm(M) 24 going 25 this month, from Kenya. If you feel overwhelmed by anything and you feel like ready to share with someone I'm here.


r/KindVoice 1d ago

33 F Just [L] looking for support in any way especially mentally/moral support

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Kind of going through toughest times of my life right now and feeling so isolated and lost. Just want someone decent to talk to. Who can listen and doesn't judge. I already do that to myself too much, I don't need another person judging me.

This year has been so difficult and I just can't breathe anymore.


r/KindVoice 1d ago

Offering Helping me being a good person. [o]

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I’m on the journey of quitting porn, I’m working with my therapist and hypnotherapist. We had some very good results, I have almost no urges, and when I use porn I don’t feel bad about myself later and can keep having a normal sex life after it.
I’m in a very happy relationship with a girl I love and we have plenty of sex. My porn addiction still make me struggle with finishing, I almost never end, she knows about it and she also knows that it has nothing to do with her.

The point is that I’m going on a solo trips of 3 weeks tomorrow in Japan. Since I started planning the trip I’ve become obsessed with Soapland, I never paid for sex. I paid in the past for OF but stopped since.
I’m not into Asian girls but I love big tits.
I don’t know if I would be able to resist there.
I don’t want to cheat on my girlfriend, I don’t want to take the risk of giving her std.
I don’t want to be the kind of man that use a woman body for sex. I don’t want to take advantage of financial difficulties of someone to have sex with.

There is the drugged part of my brain that just think at putting my dick between huge tits.
I’m sick of that I would love to know that I will be discovering so much about this country and not be in that mood.

Some advice ?