I, maybe embarrassingly, use chatgpt a lot for processing personal issues and journaling. It is legitimately helpful, and especially in helping me reword messages to people that have a lot of emotion underneath them, and making sure they are kind, communicative, and as objective as possible. I am somewhat frustrated with openai's miss here, because during this time i was leaning heavily on chatgpt for a situation in my life that ultimately led to the end of a relationship. Chatgpt literally helped me write the letter that served as the brief and final conversation of that relationship. And while I stand by my decision and the reasons for it, I think it would have been very beneficial to get slightly more push back from my robot therapy sessions at the time. I did thankfully also have the foresight to specifically ask for it to find flaws, including by trying to pretend it was a breakup letter sent to me, so that maybe it would take the "other side". Yes, I know, therapists and friends are a better option and chatgpt is not a substitute for real humans and human feedback. however this is something i spent weeks journaling and processing on and i wasnt about to ask anyone to give me that much time for a single topic like this. i did also ask friends for feedback, too. chatgpt has factually really helped me in several relationship situations in my life, i just want to know that the feedback im getting is inline with what i expect having worked with it so much
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- 2025-05
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- 2026-09-06