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At some point, you started treating the internet like your emotional support bestie. Something feels off → grab your phone. You don’t sit with it. You don’t give the unanswered question more than 30 seconds before you full on investigate it online. You Google it. You search Reddit. You ask AI like it’s your on-call […]

April 21, 2026

Why You Keep Going Back to Google, Reddit, and AI (And Why It’s Keeping You Stuck)

Compulsions, OCD and Anxiety Basics, Recovery Tips

It’s like 11:47pm. You’re in bed. You’ve already tried to ignore it. That didn’t work. So now you’re like, fine, I’ll just ask. You open ChatGPT and type something along the lines of: “is this normal?” “does this mean something?” “can you tell me if this is OCD or if I should actually be worried” […]

Is ChatGPT Making Your Anxiety Worse?

April 7, 2026

Compulsions, OCD and Anxiety Basics, Recovery Tips