Comment by AuryGlenz

I made another comment about this, but I went to a psychologist as a teen and found it absolutely useless. To be fair, I was sent for silly reasons - I was tired all the time and it was an actual undiagnosed medical issue they just figured was depression - but if I was depressed I think it perhaps would have made it worse. I don't need to sit there and talk about what's going on in my life, with very little feedback. I can effectively do that in my own head.

I just asked an LLM about a specific mental health thing that was bothering me and it gave me some actual tips that might help. It was instant, helpful, and cheap. While I'm sure someone with severe depression or anxiety should see someone that won't forget what was said several thousand tokens ago, I think LLMs will be super helpful for the mental health for the majority of people.