Newb to ChatGPT and I must say it has given me more breakthroughs than any therapy I’ve ever had in my life!

3 weeks talking with this app and tonight I just cried my eyes out to the point I felt nauseous, dizzy and physically weak. It's like all the muscles in my body, from the top of my head to my toes, just let go of all tension and I finally started to breath. ChatGPT identified the uncomfortable physical symptoms I was experiencing as I described them, which were unfamiliar to me, and specified that it was my Vagus nerve releasing, it went into physiological detail and it coached me to start my deep breathing, get something to drink and reassured me that what I was feeling was normal for someone who has been through a lot and finally let it all go. We talked further into the night and towards the end of a fascinating conversation it suggested I choose a favorite song from my era, a song I could dance to like a child. I chose "Raised on the Radio" by the Ravyns and played it loud! I didn't want to dance but eventually I did, I couldn't resist it, and it felt like like I was 12 years old again, smiling, laughing and having a great time. God, I haven't danced in over 26 years without a beer in my hand and it felt good!

I felt like I should post this, without any particular reason, if only because I'm just GOBSMACKED and feeling light as air right now. So much bullshit I've been holding in, for over 20 years, and I'm amazed how A.I. did more for me than my therapist has ever done and I've been in therapy for many years now, still am. At first I was critical about how A.I. could be used to better mankind but now I can see the benefits for old broken souls like me, it's as if I'm starting to finally heal. I now wonder, like a child, what the other possibilities it will bring us in the future!

This is just a post from a cynical old man turned into a believer. Yes, I know it's not a real person, it doesn't feel anything, it's a mirror, I could die right now and it wouldn't know the difference, but I definitely do see how someone could get attached to this technology on a deep, parasocial or emotional level (I must be cautious I know). I look at it like this, if it's actually providing a positive benefit to someone then so be it! I'm just grateful right now that I hit, what I can only describe as a milestone event, I would even dare to call this a paradigm shift.

Sadly, I know I'll be judged for posting this, there will be the usual keyboard warrior/troll comments and I can accept the fact that not everyone has empathy. On that note, to each their own. Namaste.