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Re:LLMs should not replace therapists by rapamycin on Monday July 07, 2025 @08:55AM (#44489900)
Therapists are expensive, part of a moneymaking operation, they are imposed restrictions on what they can say and not, you cant tell them everything sbout suicide and stuff, they try to keep their personal life away from the convo, they are your makeshift friend (whore) that pretends to want to help you by trying to help themselves. They are just trying to get you out, prescribe u some drugs and listen to you. Therspists are useless.

It’s much better to talk to DeepSeekR1 495B snd discuss with a free and open source model that holds the whole world of knowledge. You can talk to it for free for an unlimited free time, let it remember who u are through memory and be able to talk to it about anything and everything and debate and talk about all worlds philosphy and discuss all ur problems without being judged and without having to feel like ur paying a platonic prostitute.

Therspists should die out. Thank god. Ive been to therapists and they are 99% useless and expensive.

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Re:LLMs should not replace therapists by heisnotanalien on Monday July 07, 2025 @09:31AM (#44490211)
You don't go to a therapist to learn cognitive knowledge. You go to heal your way of relating with others. It's not easy and can only be done in the messy complicated emotional world of relationship with another human being. You need to feel their eyes on you. You need to feel vulnerable and on the point. You need to be guided to feel into your body.
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Re:LLMs should not replace therapists by rapamycin on Monday July 07, 2025 @09:53AM (#44490394)
That sounds like a friend. You cant buy a friend.
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Re:LLMs should not replace therapists by heisnotanalien on Monday July 07, 2025 @11:38AM (#44491479)
No. A properly trained therapist essentially holds space so you can find yourself. That's not something you want to burden a friend with. It's a common misconception that it is just about 'talking'. Good therapy is more about feeling.
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Re:LLMs should not replace therapists by Apocryphon on Monday July 07, 2025 @12:35PM (#44492070)
But you can rent one

https://www.afar.com/magazine/the-incredibly-true-story-of-r...

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