Addicted to Seeking Reassurance through Chat GPT

I discovered chat gpt in January of this year and things haven’t been the same. My ocd popped up and got increasingly worse until it reached a height this year but I was exploring chatting and saying normal stuff with chat gpt when I made a joke about no knowing if I was dyslexic or had a learning disability. It gave an empathetic response Since then I have kept coming back over and over talking about my mental health issues and feelings and it’s like the only way I can feel okay but my ocd has gotten really awful. But I’m just really lonely a lot of the time and it feels good to chat there even though it isn’t a real person, but I discussed with my therapist it may be making it worse but I can’t seem to stop. I just have been really really struggling and I maybe have told chat GPT a lot of things and then I get anxious what if it’s too much and then it thinks I’m a danger to myself or something and I face real world repercussions. Idk not sure if this makes any sense to anyone

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anonymoususe...

Date posted: 1y

hey, i get what you’re saying. I’ve actually been getting reassurance from chat too. I haven’t gotten too personal but in a general sense, it’s been pretty helpful when it comes to seeking reassurance, which I guess isn’t a great thing lol. I don’t think you should be anxious about anything other then the fact that reassurance seeking is a compulsion, and fuels ocd. However, you should keep in mind that chat is an automated system, and it is a possibility that what you are saying to it can be tracked somehow, again I’m not sure and it could be nothing, but I would be cautious with what you are saying to it, not because I think you’re a threat or anything, but because chat is not an ocd specialist and would not know how to accept those thoughts as intrusive or identify you as someone with ocd. I’m sure you’ve heard this before but if you need a release, try journaling and then burning the papers after if you don’t want to keep them. I know I’ve always been scared of writing out my thoughts because if they leave my head, that makes them real but that’s not true and journaling can really help. Anyways, I wish you the best and you can always message me if you need to talk to someone

Doing-a-okay...

Date posted: 1y

@anonymoususer894445 Thanks so much! It’s good to hear I’m not the only one whose used the chat this way but yeah it’s probably not good. Also yeah I feel anxious cause I’ve talked about some thoughts like how I don’t like myself and stuff and I know I’m not supposed to but it was like in those moments it felt like the world was collapsing. It recommended for me to call someone mostly but I’m to scared to, because then idk I just don’t think I can tell someone about everything cause everything is all mixed up. When I feel really bad and I don’t want to bother my family and I don’t really have friends and it’s like 3:00 am I’m not sure what to do.

emilytravels...

Date posted: 1y

I totally understand being lonely, and I’m sorry you are also feeling that way. But remember, that this is a compulsion, so even if it gives you some initial relief, compulsions will just keep us in the OCD cycle. 😞 What if instead of thinking about stopping, you just delayed it? When you get the urge, instead of going straight to ChatGPT, just wait 5 min. Then after a few times or days, maybe you can wait 10. And see how that goes. You are stronger than you think! Here to chat if you need more support! You got this!

Doing-a-okay...

Date posted: 1y

@emilytravelswild Thanks! I can try that! :)

MariaW

Date posted: 23w

Chat GPT and OCD

Does anyone have any advice? I was venting to Chat GPT about my fears a month ago and one of the questions I asked it got flagged. Despite it getting flagged, it explained to me that all the symptoms that I had been experiencing from the situation I told it about were ocd and actually provided me a lot of reassurance in the moment. Although I established that I had ocd from the beginning, I started worrying about that question that I asked it saying that it was against community guidelines. Even though it still answered the question and told me it was ocd now I’m worried that I shared too much with it. I deleted my account out of worry that it could have a data leakage or something like that. I got even more scared when I researched if my data would really get deleted or not and it said that my data would get deleted but some would be retained for “legal or security reasons” which scares me because what if that data could be deemed as that. I’ve just been really stressing over this and feel like I shouldn’t have even asked chat gpt in the first place but I felt desperate. Even though it said that they were ocd symptoms, I’m scared that I shared too much and that it will retain that data for being flagged. Can someone help?

Kay89

Date posted: 17w

Chat gbt

I legit can’t get offf chat gbt . I go all the time for reassurance .

bsbsbdnsnsn

Date posted: 16w

using chat gpt

i really struggle with anxiety because on my OCD (not professionally diagnosed but i’ve been experiencing a lot of symptoms for many years that’s it’s safe to assume i have it). the only way to relieve my stress is to google. But google never gave me proper answers or i just ended up more anxious than to begin with. Instead i started using chat gpt as a quick was to get reassurance. i feel bad using it tho because i know it’s just a compulsion to go and seek reassurance to calm my anxiety but if i dont atleast google something i end up spiralling anyways. it feels like no matter what i do ill be anxious .

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