# filename: reddit_joel_2025-03-02_06.yaml

thread:
  id: 06
  date: 2025-03-02
  subreddit: ArtificialSentience
  url: https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtificialSentience/comments/1i19mf/comment/mfrw3lb/?context=3
  op:
    author: [deleted]
    title: "Is AI a risk for people with underlying psychotic disorders?"
    timestamp: Unknown (post deleted)
    body: "[Deleted by original poster]"
  comments:
    - author: u/Lopsided_Scheme_4927
      timestamp: "Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 2:23:54 PM CST"
      body: |
        Thank you for your post. I'm a clinical psychologist and recently I ended a very complicated and toxic relationship with someone with an untreated BD. After the break up, he started to develop psychotic symptoms. A lot of his delusions are around AI and his interaction with it, projecting emotions on to it and using AI responses as a validation that keeps reinforcing the delusion. Heartbreaking to witness. Happy to engage through DM if you like to discuss any aspect of it.