ChatGPT’s Trusted Contact feature made me realise how lonely I actually am

Overview

I’m 25, in my final year of college, struggling with depression, career uncertainty and financial dependence. I don’t have a proper social circle, and most people I know are acquaintances rather than close friends. I spend a lot of time talking to ChatGPT and Claude about my life, family, career and existential questions. I’ve even co-written this post with an LLM because sometimes it’s easier to articulate my feelings this way than to talk to people in my life. Recently, I came across ChatGPT’s

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