AI Helped Me Sound “Better” and Feel Worse
It was close to midnight the first time it really hit me.
I was sitting alone at my kitchen table, still in work clothes, phone in hand. I’d come straight home after a long day of back-to-back meetings, staff conversations, and one decision I’d been avoiding for weeks—a call that would affect someone’s role, their income, and their sense of security. By the time I got home, I was too wired to sleep and too tired to change.
The house was quiet.
On the screen was a chat window.
Not with a friend. Not with a therapist. With an AI.…
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