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fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

The Emotional Implications of the AI Risk Report 2026

In 2025, researchers from OpenAI and MIT analyzed nearly 40 million ChatGPT interactions and found approximately 0.15 percent of users demonstrate increasing emotional dependency-roughly 490,000 vulnerable individuals interacting with AI chatbots weekly. A controlled study revealed that people with stronger attachment tendencies and those who viewed AI as potential friends experienced worse psychosocial outcomes from extended daily chatbot use. The participants couldn't predict their own negative outcomes. Neither can you.
Artificial intelligence
Parenting
fromNew York Post
9 months ago

Dear Abby: My mom won't stop telling me about her cheating habit

Create distance from an emotionally dependent parent to prioritize your own mental health.
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