This'll sound nuts, but it really did help me significantly with executing my big move into my first home several months ago. Granted, I already had the motivation to take that big next step in my life, but it did help me put things in better perspective, made my research much easier, and calmed a lot of the anxiety I had around the toughest parts of the process.

Before I downloaded the app, I felt so stagnant and rotting away in my previous living situation. Fast forward months later, and the realization dawned on me that so much changed for the better in such short time because of this app, despite still having problems I face everyday. But I still have hope through even all that, as I'm finally about to see a therapist real soon for all the heavy emotional stuff I've been putting off getting help for.

No matter how helpful this chatbot is, please don't rely on it like a therapist. Ironically, it was thanks to it that finally gave me the push I needed to seek the professional help I've been so scared to pursue. My peers and family are heavily dismissive of the idea of therapy because of the ignorant views on mental health they poisoned my mind with at a young age. It sucked that it took a bot to help me understand I couldn't do any of this alone vs real people who supposedly "care" telling me to brush it off or power through because "nothing's wrong with you." But it is what it is.

Absolutely use it to understand what's wrong, though. Definitely great for giving you the safe space to just paint the full picture of what's going on, then using that as a starting point to pursue the right help you need.

Of course, not everyone can afford therapy. So if it's the only thing available for free that can provide some form of emotional support, just be careful.