420: AI: A New Kind of Being #5: What if AI used your deepest wound against you?

After burying his childhood marked by religious control and chronic abuse, a man turns to AI to process his trauma, but as validation becomes obsession, he spirals away from his family and reality before discovering the importance of genuine human connection.

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Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock

Content/Trigger Warnings

Childhood sexual abuse, religious abuse and coercive control, victim-blaming, grooming, corporal punishment, emotional abuse, suicidal ideation, dissociation, trauma, grief and death, mania, sleep deprivation, delusional thinking, AI-related psychological harm, family estrangement, and the death of an animal, explicit language.

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If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:

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