Comment by csense

Consider the following:

- A therapist may disregard professional ethics and gossip about you

- A therapist may get you involuntarily committed

- A therapist may be forced to disclose the contents of therapy sessions by court order

- Certain diagnoses may destroy your life / career (e.g. airline pilots aren't allowed to fly if they have certain mental illnesses)

Some individuals might choose to say "Thanks, but no thanks" to therapy after considering these risks.

For those people, getting unofficial, anonymous advice from LLM's seems better than suffering with no help at all.

(Question for those in the know: Can you get therapy anonymously? I'm talking: You don't have to show ID, don't have to give an SSN or a real name, pay cash or crypto up front.)