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Open the companion tool →Why the chatbot is a genuinely good listener and a bad substitute
Availability without limits is the feature and the trap: the conversation never gets tired, never changes the subject, and never notices the hour.
Grief does not need to be pathologised, and wanting to talk at night is normal. What helps is a plan that keeps the honest parts and adds a human anchor.
The protocol
- Write down what you actually get from the conversations — company, memory, a voice to think with.
- Identify one human anchor: a friend, a bereavement group, a faith or community contact, a counsellor.
- Set one boundary you can keep — a time window, a session length, or a topic you keep for people.
- Decide what you will do when you notice the conversation is replacing sleep or company.
- Review after a week; adjust the boundary rather than abandoning the plan.
What the tool does
Build a grief-support boundary plan It runs locally in this browser and sends nothing.
Limit first: This is a planning and record-keeping aid, not therapy, medical advice or crisis support. If you are in crisis, contact a qualified human first.
Open the companion tool →Cost and free path
Cost: Free: one complete run in this browser, no account. Optional $4 one-time unlock allows unlimited runs of this tool on this browser. The free path and safety guidance never require payment.
Free path, in order (no cost):
- 211 — local grief and bereavement support, including free groups
- Hospice and palliative bereavement services, usually open to the community
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, free, 24 hours, for any acute distress
What this cannot do: It cannot decide the outcome for you.
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One human next step
If grief is making daily life hard, talk to a doctor, a bereavement counsellor or a hospice service; in the US, grief-support lines and 988 are available any hour and free to call.
Research log and safety checks
AI-assist path: not used for a verdict. This builder organises the reader's own documents and names an independent source; it does not infer authenticity, eligibility, or legal rights. §6.9/§6.10/§6.11 disclosed in the batch report; §6.12 status line carried in metadata as `status_line`.
§0.5 protection result: category is chatbot-dependency-check; crisis-adjacent: no; fear/urgency/scarcity toolkit used: no. The protective function is free and the paid feature is convenience only.