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I Talked to ChatGPT About My Trauma — and It Helped Me Heal
Most people use ChatGPT to work faster. I use it to heal.
The crisis was over. My son was asleep. The blood was cleaned up. But I couldn’t stop crying. I felt frozen, alone, and honestly overwhelmed.
So I opened ChatGPT — not for advice, just to speak. What happened next surprised me.
What began as a desperate late-night journal turned into something much deeper: a way to sit with my trauma, let it move through me, and begin to heal.
Let me be clear upfront — this only works if you already have some level of self-awareness.
If you understand that your thoughts and emotions are shaped by your past experiences — not just by what objectively happened — then this might be a game-changer for you too.
Here’s what happened — and how ChatGPT helped me move through the shock and make sense of it all.
The scariest moment of my life as a mom
It started with a moment no parent ever wants to experience.
My 2.5-year-old son slipped on a chair and hit his head with full force on the corner of our kitchen table. The image is stuck in my head. I was right next to him and couldn’t stop it.
