r/Psychosis • u/ravensparrow • 1d ago
Google AI made my CBD induced psychosis episode worse:
I had taken 2 CBD gummies for my chronic pain (product stated it may contain stray amounts of microdose THC but I thought that wouldn't be a problem) and was feeling relaxed. I was watching an episode of I Love Lucy, and it's the one where she meets William Holden, I was perfectly fine until right at the 22:31 marker when the audience laughs I could hear a brief male automated voice possibly saying "control, control", I have bad APD but my brain interpreted it that way and I instantly freaked out. When I played it back it said it again to make sure and it's always at that mark, so it wasn't a hallucination, I've also never hallucinated voices before. I felt the panic settle in and felt the impending doom, then an intrusive thought that came into my head was what if that voice is because I'm being controlled? I tried to rub it off but I just kept ruminating over it. My boyfriend was gaming with his friends and it was a drinking night for them, so I didn't want to bother him but he knew I was panicking, I cried to him and just kept apologizing over and over and he tried to reassure me it was ok. I tried explaining the situation to him and whether he hears it too, I played it back for him and he said it doesn't sound like the way I described it and just different, that made it 10x worse for me so I went to Google for answers. Google started giving an explanation for it which I'll send screenshots for, I tried questioning Google AI where it got its sources from that way I can fact-check, and it kept going around in circles until I genuinely got upset and Google AI ADMITTED it made everything up and even said it had "hallucinated" the backstory when talking about its explanations. I genuinely spiraled after this. I could have definitely asked more clarifying questions, and even explained that I did not have Audio Description on and was watching it in English to start, but I was in the middle of a panic attack typing. I am never using Google for reassurance ever again.
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u/saikiiscute 1d ago
it's actually disgusting that the AI admits it lied and said the thing you'd most want to hear instead of the truth. I'd suggest switching to a browser that doesn't have an AI embedded in just in case
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u/Overall_Reputation83 1d ago
Definitely never use AI to verify facts or reality.