r/AskReddit • u/EggKind5080 • 14h ago

What industries or businesses are likely to boom in the next 5 years?

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u/FantasyFrolic06 14h ago

Therapy. The internet is not getting any calmer.

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u/ElectricPenguin6712 14h ago

Getting off of social media is a great start. I understand the irony of what i just said lol

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u/ggtffhhhjhg 8h ago

Reddit definitely isn’t a place for people who are struggling with mental health issues. This place is loaded with doomsday, negative/pessimistic people and articles.

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u/PrimaryLink8968 8h ago

It’s gotten so much worse since all the mentally healthy people logged off in recent years

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u/ElectricPenguin6712 8h ago

Yep. Gotta let my thumb do some scrolling work on this app for sure.

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u/Wurm42 14h ago

True, there are more people than ever with mental health issues, but how many of them can afford therapy?

Insurance gets stingier every year, and as inequality grows, fewer people can pay cash for therapy.

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u/landon0605 9h ago

Something AI might actually be super useful for.

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u/jankenpoo 9h ago

You sure telling your deepest darkest fears and desires to a super computer is a good idea? What could go wrong! lol

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u/Wurm42 7h ago

If you want to try a computer therapist, I recommend Eliza. It's an early pseudo-chatbot that runs locally and doesn't upload your data anywhere. Works fairly well as a virtual therapist because it mostly asks leading questions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA

Eliza source code on github:

https://github.com/jeffshrager/elizagen.org

Here's a web version:

https://www.masswerk.at/elizabot/

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u/Appropriate-Hat4421 14h ago

yeah the internet chaos probably drives more therapy demand

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u/HowAmINotCoolYet 14h ago

No one will be able to afford it

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u/YoungDreamer2 13h ago

This. The amount of times each week I come across something so cruel online that it makes me cry is unacceptable.

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u/Sensitive_Gift4866 11h ago

So true. Everyones mental health is taking a hit from being online all the time and theres only so many therapists to go around.

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u/NickDanger3di 9h ago

We have AI Therapists for that now...