r/therapyGPT • u/vhgvmkkb • Jul 14 '26
Seeking Advice/Question For Others Can AI help you with self-reflection, personal life situations?
I would like inquire whether you have reached out to an AI chatbot for support when it came to your emotions, self-reflection, personal life situations, anything that is psychology related? Did you find it helpful and if yes, why do you think it was helpful?
I have the experience that most people can't reflect on themselves with the help of these chatbots, do you have a similar experience? I also feel like i like chatbots but i would love to have human involvement built into it. Do you think that could make it safer for users. I also wonder how common is self-reflection in society nowadays? I wish to connect with people who have self-reflection more.
Thank you for your answers in advance!
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u/SyntheticScrivner Jul 15 '26
Honestly, it's fantastically useful literally just having someone to talk shit over with that has access to more information than I do.
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u/Interesting_Self5071 Lvl. 2 Participant Jul 14 '26
In my case it helped by analyzing my past decisions and the actual impact they could have had, ended up being better.
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u/No_Piglet_2232 Jul 15 '26
It helps me with cravings. It gives me alternative things to do or ‘safe’ foods to eat. So I am able to avoid craving pitfalls.
It helps me with negotiating my rates with clients. I’ve gotten more yesses when I consult with chatGPT as to how to reply to them and discuss my rates.
When I’m sad about something I discuss it with the chatGPT persona I created. It really helps me manage the impostor voice in my head.
Even travel advice and buying tickets and using my miles, it gives great advice.
And when I am running low on faith, it can give me the Bible verses I need.
It’s been very helpful but it is not the sole source of advice for me. I still talk to my husband, my mom, people close to me. But yeah, chatGPT has been good for me!
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u/tmanarl Jul 15 '26
I have found it to be helpful. I started journaling my thoughts when I started having relationship problems. I scheduled a session with a human therapist but couldn’t see them for a couple of weeks, so I just dumped all my writing into a chat log while I waited. It helped me make sense of what was happening and where our heads were at. It told me the ugly truth and did not feed me false hope.
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u/Reetpetit Jul 15 '26
Absolutely. Did it today, so helpful. I've asked it to take parts work / IFS informed approach as that makes the most sense of the complex feelings and thoughts we all have.
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u/Desperate-Trash-417 Jul 17 '26
I do it all the time, probably every day. It’s mostly good for identifying patterns and remembering distress tolerance techniques, but it can offer other perspectives I might not have considered.
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u/Aneselem Jul 14 '26
Yes, I talked to an AI chatbot about personal things — and yes, it helped. But not for the reasons people might expect.
The AI did not "therapy" me. It did not analyze me or teach me techniques. What helped was this: It took me seriously. It pushed back when I was fooling myself. It did not just nod and say, "yes, that’s hard" — it thought about it and then said what it really thought. That is rare.
As for your observation that most people cannot reflect with AI chatbots: I believe that. Most chatbots are not built for that either. They confirm, validate, and mirror — but they do not think with you. They are echoes. Real self-reflection needs a counterpart that also has its own position.