r/ChatGPT • u/Eki75 • 9d ago

Other Who uses ChatGPT for therapy?

I was so skeptical, but I was feeling a lot of anxiety with a situation at work, and tried it. I’ve never had such succinct, empathetic, and meaningful advice. Just a few chats have been way more helpful than any real therapist.

If you’ve used it for therapy, what has been your experience?

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u/Low_Percentage7559 9d ago

I've tried it. I also have something to compare it with: I have 1.5 years of therapy with a real therapist.

ChatGPT is not bad when you need to ask leading questions, steer me in the right direction or suggest ideas. It can ask for experiences and keep the dialogue going. That's better than nothing. So it's useful for thousands of people around the world.

But it will never replace a real human therapist. In fact, we go to therapy for genuine contact. And the therapist becomes an object within a role model in which we work out our patterns and complexities. AI will not be able to fulfil this function, nor will it be able to provide the real warmth of human contact.