Long road, long struggle to get housing has been over for a month. It took… 608 days from becoming on the streets homeless (not even crashing couches) But I moved into my apartment on February 1st with help from a housing org!
Now what?
I literally feel feral, idk how to connect with people, lost most social skills from the sheer dehumanization and I dont leave my apartment much because I’m afraid ill lose it or won’t be able to come back or some neurotic shit i cant help but to think.
I guess what im asking is; Formally unhoused loves of hexbear, what steps did you take to help get you back to “normal” social functioning/out of survival mode?
picture is my gfs lovely orange baby named Athena
Call me Credence Clearwater Revival the way It Ain’t Me you’re trying to get help from. But I had an idea that seems just weird enough to work and if it might help I don’t want to just pass by.
What if you used an LLM to help you with errant thoughts? Like if you go to a coffee shop which is a lovely idea GnomeGodsGnomeMasters suggested. If you feel an uncomfortable thought come up, you ask ChatGPT about the thought, how to calm down, a distracting thought, an idea for a distracting thought, lash out at the AI, etc. It’s instant, impartial feedback that can’t judge you because there is no other person on the other end.
You meet the brainslop with AI slop and what you’re left with might be normal/neutral-passing in public. It’s not a perfect idea by any stretch, but it felt interesting enough to hit the post button
I tried this, don’t do it unless you’re in a good mental mind, and if you do, critique the output to hell and back
I’m curious where the idea broke down. What happened?
And also, I would anticipate that being mentally well enough to sit in a coffee shop would be the same bar for using an LLM.
I’m open to the idea this idea is DOA, but if it’s helpful we’ll have helped someone.
LLMs tendency to always glaze and affirm whatever you tell them can be especially dangerous to people who are already in a bad spot mentally. Famously, they will affirm self harm just as readily as anything else.
Ahhh, noted. Thank you, comrade.
What you’re suggesting is essentially a form of cognitive behavioral therapy, which is evidence based but requires training that an LLM does not have. It could be more harm than good
I thought that was Bob Dylan…
Fortunate Son was CCC, Bob Dylan might have a song with “It Ain’t Me” in it, I don’t know. Frankly I don’t want to know.
I kinda have a lot of mental health problems already so the LLM idea is out, I appreciate the helpful thought but what I need is normal but geniune interactions with people, bc thats what I haven’t had while homeless.
Of course, comrade. Before anything else I’m rooting for you