Lol I do worry about some aspects of it — the energy usage, risks of feeding delusions and other mental illnesses, stealing content, and who knows what might happen to data we give it, etc. Makes me think of like how the inventor of dynamite had good intentions wanting to speed up the process of clearing paths in mines or whatever, only to have it picked up as technology for weapons

I might gonna get downvoted to oblivion again for saying this, but I used chatgpt to search for them. I saw your other comment about 7cups, and I hear you it’s not ideal. I used it to find a listener just to hang out with while going through the list emailing and calling agencies, though.

There are sliding scale agencies, some taking on clients for free. Take care.

“Nobody would listen” yet people (not just men) don’t go to therapy where someone’s not only PAID to listen, but to help you challenge those cognitive distortions and apply the skills gained to heal with people that do want to listen without the payment. There’s 8 billion people in the world. It’s simply not true “nobody would listen or care.”

Edit: 7cups.com is free.

Can you please re read my comment, particularly the second half of the sentence

Did you stop reading halfway through my one sentence…?

Eh. I think it’s hard to say. These days I think we can be expected to learn so much more than previous generations depending on the field. My psych undergrad emphasized a lot of neurobiology and other hard sciences with the humanities. I use chat to supplement recreational study on top of that, prompting for academic studies, etc., plus following experts around social media. I also saved as much material as I could between textbooks and other resources.

You can prompt or customize chat to give sources. I include prompts like “check for coherence, scientific accuracy” etc. too, depending on what I’m using it for.

I mean, I don’t take longer than a couple minutes to take a shit, but it does make it worse for those with health issues or trying to get a break with no other options

The safety precautions I’ve put in place to save my hair ties are what I’d expect if I had a toddler

I spent $1500 of my student loans on it the first half of the year before realizing I qualify for sliding scale and now have medicaid covering everything… I’ve been kicking myself for the last month, but hey, I also realized there’s tons of food banks in my area so at least I’m saving money in a few ways now 😅