I was spiraling these months a lot. I’m actually in waiting list for a psychotherapist so I used so much ChatGPT asking about if I did something bad in the past etc. Obviously replies are often incorrect or ambiguous. Now I had a new obsessions “what if because what I ask to AI a police offer will show up in my house?” Has this ever happened to anyone else?
I genuinely don’t want to scare you but depending on what you were looking up this actually can happen because of the legal issues with AI (specifically OpenAI). I’d advise you to stop using it altogether, not just because it’s incredibly exhausting for the environment, but it is also NOT helping you in any way because like you said, replies are often ambiguous and incorrect + ChatGPT is wired to be biased towards YOUR Opinion. If you have OCD and it knows that or at least senses some sort of anxiety from your replies, it will always reassure you and keep telling what you want to hear. That is probably the worst thing you could do to yourself if you are already spiraling
Using AI to get answers is a compulsion. You are trying to solve something that is not solvable. OCD is not a real threat.
You can ask people for advice on here and I’d suggest you instead google your general questions and look in other forums. This takes a lot more time and also helps a tiny bit with the overall anxiety (even if it’s not noticeable first) because the longer you sit with it, the easier it gets (even if it’s slow). And like I said, although I am pretty much against all generative AI, this is not just because of environmental or political reasons. This is your Data that you are giving away and even though I’m pretty sure that you did not look up things that could genuinely get you arrested, the legal system is in fact allowed (required to actually) to look into GPT history in case of specific criminal charges. And you are also just further isolating yourself. Trust me you do not need it.
@sr.ek Thank you so so much!
@sr.ek It’s like a reassurance machine i think. I was asking like If I had behaved well with friends, if I had said/did something bad to the people I love... And suddenly this thought was born that I described in the post. Sorry but English isn’t my first language
@sr.ek Can I ask you what forums do you use?
@sage🌱 English isn’t my first language either so no worries. And yes, that is exactly what it is to you, but like I said, it will probably fail in the near future and only cause you more trouble. I honestly don’t use any other forum than NOCD because I like the anonymity. However, I’m sure that there are *some*(!!!) Reddit pages that might target certain areas of OCD specifically. Since Reddit has a huge online community with so many different (and disturbing) Sub-Reddits, I’d advise you to only use it if necessary or maybe testing it out for your general interests first so you get the hang of it if you have never used it before.
I’ve done this exact thing. please uninstall it. It is not good for us and probably not good for anyone else.
@ChristIsKing Thank you for this because I feel less alone
@sage🌱 No worries we’re in this together love ya man have a good day
@ChristIsKing Can I ask you if you have any advice?
@sage🌱 In regard to? More than happy to give you some
@sage🌱 Do you have anyway I can contact you directly? I’d like to explore this more because it was such a particular thing I dealt with I’d like to help you with
@ChristIsKing I wanted to ask how did you reduce to ask reassurance to ChatGPT
@sage🌱 I had to delete the app, and also remove browsers from my phone. The practiced a lot with sitting with discomfort because it really does pass over quickly once you practice
@ChristIsKing Perfect! Thank you so much. It’s like a reassurance machine and because of this, I think that it had caused new obsessions
@ChristIsKing I was constantly asking about situations in the past and if I had behaved well with friends, relatives, if I had not written mean or rude things online
@sage🌱 I understand completely mine was with porn I watched and being scared it was accidentally illegal and the fbi was gonna arrest me. Tuff times lol
@ChristIsKing I’m so sorry. I think obsessive minds tend to catastrophize and the use of Ai tools and the use of AI makes it worse. I don't know how it occurred to me that the police were coming for me
@sage🌱 Dude thats for sure, it’s a confirmation bias machine really. And for OCD inflicted minds well it is not so good lol. It’s just a fear because you don’t wanna lose things or your life or social status. Irrational yes but still scary.
@ChristIsKing You’re right. ChatGPT doesn’t understand obsessions and that’s why The answers it gives are often either incorrect or ambiguous. He cannot understand the anxiety that lies behind obsessions (sorry but English isn’t my first language)
@sage🌱 What is your first language ? Just curious are you from the United States ?
@sage🌱 It’s absolutely the case. The AI is merely a means to an end but for us it is not so easy
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