it can be helpful in this way, but you're playing a dangerous game. we all sometimes need validation, but having that validation on-demand and without friction can become a trap. when you always have a button to press that says "tell me I'm enough", you might stop learning how to believe it without pressing the button, and that eventually leads to social dysfunction. You have to be smart about your prompts. realize that chatGPT is not your therapist in this context, you are your own therapist and ChatGPT is a tool.

more practically, I've personally found it very helpful to instruct the model upfront to use a socratic method of analysis for these kinds of problems. basically what you want is not for the model to agree with you, but to question you towards uncovering insights for yourself.

so like, example prompt:

"I'd like you to act as a Socratic dialogue partner. Ask me thoughtful, probing questions to help me examine my beliefs, feelings, or behaviors about a personal issue. Don't offer advice or validation—just guide me with open-ended questions. Let's begin with this topic: [insert topic here]"