Human connection is a basic need. As AI becomes part of our emotional lives, we explore its potential effects on self-trust, anxiety, relationships, and children’s social and emotional development—and how to protect meaningful connection.

Reviews matter. But in psychiatry, there is often much more to the story than what can be shared online. Let’s talk about negative feedback, clinical boundaries, privacy—and why we should get better at saying something when something good happens.

Not every moment of checking out is pathology. Dissociation, ADHD-related mind-wandering, emotional overload, and creative absorption can look similar from the outside. Understanding the function and impact of the experience matters more than rushing to label it.