{"id":2610,"date":"2025-12-19T13:08:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=2610"},"modified":"2025-12-19T13:08:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:08:43","slug":"my-grandad-died-and-i-didnt-know-how-to-feel-so-i-turned-to-chatgpt-for-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=2610","title":{"rendered":"My grandad died and I didn\u2019t know how to feel \u2013 so I turned to ChatGPT for therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Melissa, 18, had no idea how to feel when her grandfather died. Most of the time, she wasn\u2019t even sure if she was feeling anything.<\/p>\n

The student from north\u00a0London\u00a0<\/a>had never experienced grief before, and she worried that this nothingness was something not \u2018normal\u2019.<\/p>\n

Feeling too\u00a0awkward to chat with her friends about it<\/a>, and knowing the wait for a school counsellor could take weeks, she logged onto\u00a0ChatGPT<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2018I asked Chat if it was normal not to feel anything, or if the feelings come after,\u2019 Melissa told\u00a0Metro<\/strong>. \u2018Chat told me that it was normal and I\u2019m not crazy. I\u2019m not the only one.\u2019<\/p>\n

Melissa is among the one in four young people who\u00a0have turned to AI chatbots\u00a0<\/a>for mental health support, according to a new\u00a0report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) surveyed 11,000 children aged 13 to 17 in England and\u00a0Wales<\/a>.<\/p>\n