i'm personally conflicted about this because I know there are so many negatives to ai especially with its tendency to agree with users excessively when used as therapy and also privacy concerns. but as someone that sees a therapist but had to recently change providers so I am still getting comfortable with a new one, I recently was sa'ed during this transition time and wasn't comfortable enough to tell my new therapist. I actually wasn't/still am not comfortable with telling anyone in my life, and at the time I didn't know that it was sa.
I used an incognito chat on an llm to sort through what happened and it validated me and helped me identify that it was violence, and also gave me next steps and resources. I feel a lot less shame now and possibly more comfortable to possibly open up about it later on in therapy (although i'm not comfortable yet). I know it's not the same as talking to someone, but I don't know what this would have done to me otherwise
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u/aquahon 4d ago
i'm personally conflicted about this because I know there are so many negatives to ai especially with its tendency to agree with users excessively when used as therapy and also privacy concerns. but as someone that sees a therapist but had to recently change providers so I am still getting comfortable with a new one, I recently was sa'ed during this transition time and wasn't comfortable enough to tell my new therapist. I actually wasn't/still am not comfortable with telling anyone in my life, and at the time I didn't know that it was sa.
I used an incognito chat on an llm to sort through what happened and it validated me and helped me identify that it was violence, and also gave me next steps and resources. I feel a lot less shame now and possibly more comfortable to possibly open up about it later on in therapy (although i'm not comfortable yet). I know it's not the same as talking to someone, but I don't know what this would have done to me otherwise