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443 points jaredwiener | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 14:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.33s | source

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davidcbc ◴[26 Aug 25 21:10 UTC] No.45032380[source]▶

This is a clear example of why the people claiming that using a chatbot for therapy is better than no therapy are... I'll be extremely generous and say misguided. This kid wanted his parents to know he was thinking about this and the chatbot talked him out of it.

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UltraSane ◴[27 Aug 25 02:40 UTC] No.45034881[source]▶

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I don't know if it counts as therapy or not but I find the ability to have intelligent (seeming?) conversations with Claude about the most incredibly obscure topics to be very pleasant.

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1. _petronius ◴[27 Aug 25 07:36 UTC] No.45036568[source]▶

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It does not count as therapy, no. Therapy (if it is any good) is a clinical practice with actual objectives, not pleasant chit-chat.

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A teen was suicidal. ChatGPT was the friend he confided in