Men are opening up about mental health to AI instead of humans

Men are opening up about mental health to AI instead of humans



Posted by BendicantMias

12 comments

  1. It’s what you get in a world where men are treated as robots and soldiers

    No amount of “opening up” will help men if society will see them as “useless” if they have depression or PTSD and are out of work for it

    And psychiatrists are only there to… Get you back in shape to work. So no, don’t just tell men to “open up”.

  2. I mean, what are the alternatives?

    Your friends and family will have their own shit going on, and as a man you’re not going to get much support beyond “just tough it out”.

    Going to a therapist/psychiatrist/whatever is just paying some college kid to pretend to give a shit about you while you pay them truckloads of money.

    If AI works, it works. You just need to be careful because it’s usually too programmed to be on your side, even when you might well be in the wrong about something.

  3. Good. This means we can still be masculine whilst our social needs are being met. It’s a win-win as long as the AI used isn’t submissive and just agrees with whatever the user says.

  4. Something tells me all the discourse about ‘toxic masculinity’ isn’t exactly leading to men opening up about their vulnerabilities and emotional side much. Not to the people who keep saying that stuff anyway. Apparently they prefer opening up to AI instead, despite all the risks involved. Seems to be judged the ‘safer’ option. In other news, men are also choosing to date AI more as well – [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/love-sex/millions-of-lonely-men-are-dating-ai-powered-chatbots/articleshow/101856460.cms](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/love-sex/millions-of-lonely-men-are-dating-ai-powered-chatbots/articleshow/101856460.cms)

    Tbf many women are dating AI’s too, and the two sexes are drastically diverging in their politics globally – [https://www.ft.com/content/29fd9b5c-2f35-41bf-9d4c-994db4e12998](https://www.ft.com/content/29fd9b5c-2f35-41bf-9d4c-994db4e12998)

    >Korea’s is an extreme situation, but it serves as a warning to other countries of what can happen when young men and women part ways. Its society is riven in two. Its marriage rate has plummeted, and birth rate has fallen precipitously, dropping to 0.78 births per woman in 2022, the lowest of any country

    As ye olde [supposedly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you_live_in_interesting_times) Chinese curse goes, *may we live in interesting times*. Interesting times are ahead.

  5. I literally just did this yesterday and found I have a plethora of unresolved childhood trauma I’ve been pushing down my whole life.

  6. Best not to bother anyone…

    Also contrary to the rest of the medical world psyciatry is very female oriented since most real world experience is with female patients, leading many men to give up on it after a while because the solutions offered don’t work for them.

  7. Because the ai will leave and judge you as a man despite promising otherwise

  8. This just further solidifies that men being locked up and reserved is a social phenomenon reinforced by shame.

    As soon as the shame disappears, the behaviour changes completely.

  9. AI is great for many things. Mental health is NOT one. I don’t disagree with the points that emotionally, men struggle. However using AI to improve mental health is not wise and can be dangerous for the individual.

    If you’re seeking connection. Find a human to connect to and find a therapist that resonates with you.

  10. Not surprised as much as I advocate for men’s mental health and healing the issue is for ever person who they could open up to they’ve had at least one person they trusted growing up and tried to talk to and told them to man up or told them to just put up with it and hammered in the gender role mold they are told is the only good thing.

    None of this is surprising really cause that’s not even touching the barriers to access therapy which is one of the only safe spaces you know won’t judge you

  11. Self actualization is hard and terrible work fellas. Not everything is to blame on society/the person you’re attracted to. I see lots of incels flock to these types of threads screeching about how “femoids” don’t wanna fuck the 15 fleshfolds on their belly.

    Mental health is your responsibility to bear and not something to shove on other people.

  12. Therapy is expensive and a good therapist is hard to find.

    On that note, the stigma on men seeking mental health is also replicated by practitioners. I went to see a therapist due to going through a very stressful time and wanting to have a bi-weekly check-in judgement free.

    My therapist couldn’t understand why I would want or need therapy due to a lack of a history of suicide, mental health issues or extreme trauma and we ended up breaking up in the end due to our sessions not going anywhere.

    What men often want is what women get from their platonic relationships, reassurance, kind words and an outlet to vent.

    If you bring your mental health woes to chat GPT it costs nothing and you can just delete the chats later instead of paying $100+ a month for the same thing.

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