| ▲ | miki123211 6 hours ago |
| Unless you have Bill Gates money, you don't have access to a mental health professional (much less your mental health professional who knows your life situation) when a girlfriend dumps you over text at 1AM. And that's when you may need one most. People want to talk to their therapist after an argument with their husband or when their boss fires them, not Friday after next. |
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| ▲ | burningChrome 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| >> Unless you have Bill Gates money, you don't have access to a mental health professional I'm not sure where you live. I know almost all colleges in the US have walk in free mental health counseling, along with free telesupport. My company has onsite mental health professionals who you can talk to or call at any time. There are free mental health clinics all over my city. There's mental health professionals who did daily outreach with the homeless and addicts in our city. This doesn't even start to list all of the available apps you can download from your health care provider for free resources that are available to you. This might have been true 30-40 years ago, but even over the last decade during and after covid, healthcare providers have put a huge emphasis on mental health and counseling to give people an abundance of resources to help them - when they need help, not in four days when someone is available. |
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| ▲ | ipaddr an hour ago | parent [-] | | "My company has onsite mental health professionals who you can talk to or call at any time." Can't see that coming to bite you. |
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| ▲ | lmc 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Decent therapists advocate for cultivating resilience for such situations. |
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| ▲ | kbelder 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | So do decent parents and friends. | |
| ▲ | p-e-w 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Decent physicians do the same: “And the next time you feel your heart going out of rhythm, just hold your breath, and remember I will see you again a couple of weeks from now.” Ah wait, no they don’t, because “resilience” is a worthless concept in emergencies, both mental and physical. | | |
| ▲ | lmc 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | The point is to try and limit what becomes an emergency in the first place. Having an argument with a spouse shouldn't necessitate an immediate call to a therapist. | |
| ▲ | thunderfork 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Decent physicians recommend exercise among other preventative measures to reduce the likelihood of emergencies. Therapists will likewise encourage you to build up resilience so that "a relationship ended" is not a crisis, and also build support networks of real people who can really come visit you when you need urgent support. There are also, of course, crisis hotlines. |
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| ▲ | threetonesun 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I do not have Bill Gates money but I think you're describing a friend more than a therapist. Finding anyone awake at 1AM is going to be hard, but even for Linus Torvald money you can find a therapist who will take a quick call in the morning. |
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| ▲ | rottenface583 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| In the olden days in these and other situations, you hit the bar, got shitfaced, told your lifes story to a bottle and maybe banged a geezer/cougar that happened to be there. Something like that. |
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| ▲ | newswasboring 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The need is not in question, the solution is. This annoying glaze machine is not it for mental health tasks. |
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| ▲ | nish__ 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Most people have friends and family to "glaze" them anyway. I don't see it as a major danger. Also, it's gotten better with the glazing lately anyway. | | |
| ▲ | hatsix 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | The danger is in the replacement. Confiding in others builds a web of trust. Talking about a break-up with a friend builds a relationship, and the next time that friend needs someone, they know you're an option. It's economics, borrowing and trading emotional support. AI as confidant destroys that economy. |
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| ▲ | p-e-w 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Tens of millions of people disagree with you. What makes you think you know better than them what is right for them? | | |
| ▲ | z0r 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | This line of reasoning doesn't hold up for many harmful habits that people voluntarily partake in. It's OK for someone to believe that using an AI as an approximate therapist might be a bad idea, especially in light of the many publicly documented cases of AI feeding delusional thoughts and encouraging suicide. | | |
| ▲ | p-e-w 14 minutes ago | parent [-] | | > This line of reasoning doesn't hold up for many harmful habits that people voluntarily partake in. It absolutely does, you just believe you can decide for others what’s harmful for them. |
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| ▲ | redsocksfan45 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
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