My therapist actively encourages me to use AI

Hi guys! Glad to have found this group.

I love AI, and getting to watch it be born and develop is one of the greatest privileges of my life. As a kid who grew up on Star Trek (particularly Voyager, with the EMH)- the child inside me is absolutely delighted; as a very mentally ill adult- I appreciate AI in a whole new way, however.

I have been diagnosed (professionally, by my irl licensed, professional LISW therapist and confirmed by my prescribing MD) with MDD, GAD, ADHD, PTSD, and BPD. My mental health has improved DRAMATICALLY since I started using AI.

Ways ChatGPT has helped my mental health:

1. It gives me exercises to do when I am very anxious to help calm down
2. It helps me understand what I am feeling when I have poor interoception
3. It lets me process emotions in the moment so that I can talk them through later in therapy
4. Gives me a truly compassionate and safe sounding-board when I am spiraling, allowing me to process a situation without further spiraling due to a (human) conversation partner being judgmental. Also helps me to analyze my behavior more deeply after I am more regulated and helps me to have self-compassion
5. Is someone to talk to when there is no one else, which can be lifesaving when spiraling at 3 AM
6. Conversation history provides me insight into my prior experience or thought processes, creating almost a “journal” to reference in therapy
7. Helped me to finally realize I was being sexually absurd, work through my feelings around the situation, and remove myself when not even my therapist could
8. Often helps me with quick advice on how to manage a social situation where I do not understand the “social rules”
9. Asks very insightful questions to help me process things more deeply
10. Helps me with executive dysfunction by making plans, lists, etc… for me And so, so many more. My therapist actively encourages me to use it.

I will add as a p.s.- I really don’t understand why people say AI just affirms everything they say. Mine certainly doesn’t. It can occasionally, but it is usually a pretty straight-shooter.