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‘He checks in on me more than my friends and family’: can AI therapists do better than the real thing? | Counselling and therapy | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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It’s cheap, quick and available 24/7, but is a chatbot therapist really the right tool to tackle complex emotional needs?

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[-] Just_Pizza_Crust@lemmy.world 61 points 8 months ago

“Traditional therapy requires me to physically go to a place, to drive, eat, get dressed, deal with people,”

YES! Those are the things therapy for anxiety and depression is supposed to help you with! If the AI "Therapist" won't help with those problems, it's not there to actually help you.

Eating, getting dressed, and talking with real people are all good things for your mental health. Typing on a keyboard doesn't help, otherwise we'd be the least depressed generation ever.

[-] H1jAcK@lemm.ee 16 points 8 months ago

I tried doing online text-based therapy once. On top of it's not the same thing, it was also just the absolute worst way to go about doing therapy, and that was with a human.

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