DO YOU NEED AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ROBOT?

“‘Hang on, I have to text my robot therapist back’, is a sentence I never thought I’d use. Until I did. A lot.

Apps like Woebot, Youper, and Wysa made this happen—they help people like me manage anxiety or other issues like relationship problems, depression, grief, addiction, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Via artificial intelligence, they chat with users and offer wellness tips, activities like meditation, and therapeutic strategies like cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).

Just like you, my first thought was, ‘, okay’… I pay about $100 [about ₹6,800] every two weeks to see a human