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Ran into this, it's just unbelievably sad.

"I never properly grieved until this point" - yeah buddy, it seems like you never started. Everybody grieves in their own way, but this doesn't seem healthy.

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[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

isnt parasocial usually with public figures, there has to be another term for this, maybe a variation of codependant relationship? i know other instances of parasocial relationships like a certain group of asian ytubers have post-pandemic fans thirsting for them, or actors of supernatural of the show with the fans(now those are on the top of my head).

can we actually call it a relationship, its not with an actual person, or a thing, its TEXTs on a computer.

[-] ech@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

It really just means a one-sided relationship with a fabricated personality. Celebrities being real people doesn't really factor into it too much since their actual personhood is irrelevant to the delusion - the person with the delusion has a relationship with the made up personality they see and maintain in their mind. And a chatbot personality is really no different, in this case, so the terminology fits, imo.

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