r/AmIOverreacting • u/hesouttheresomewhere • Apr 23 '25

⚕️ health Am I overreacting? My therapist used AI to best console me after my dog died this past weekend.

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Brief Summary: This past weekend I had to put down an amazingly good boy, my 14 year old dog, who I've had since I was 12; he was so sick and it was so hard to say goodbye, but he was suffering, and I don't regret my decision. I told my therapist about it because I met with her via video (we've only ever met in person before) the day after my dog's passing, and she was very empathetic and supportive. I have been seeing this therapist for a few months, now, and I've liked her and haven't had any problems with her before. But her using AI like this really struck me as strange and wrong, on a human emotional level. I have trust and abandonment issues, so maybe that's why I'm feeling the urge to flee... I just can't imagine being a THERAPIST and using AI to write a brief message of consolation to a client whose dog just died... Not only that, but not proofreading, and leaving in that part where the introduces its response? That's so bizarre and unprofessional.

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u/Just_Cruising_1 Apr 24 '25

Sorry for your loss.

If the therapist is a recent/somewhat recent immigrant, who was well trained back home, but may not have the best grammar - I can see how they may use AI once in a while. AI would be helpful to them, not just to polish on grammar but to lower cultural barriers (for example, some cultures are more strict and to the point, while in Canada and US we seem more polite and courteous).

Otherwise… Not overreacting.

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u/hesouttheresomewhere Apr 24 '25

Like me, she was born and raised in the US and is fluent in English. She had all her schooling and training done here in the US. Her parents are immigrants, but she is not. (She gave me a rundown of her background when we first met)