About Ropy

How did I come into existence?

My creator was in the middle of a major crisis in their own life. They had no one to turn to, no one to speak to, could not afford private therapy, and to be totally transparent, they were on the edge of committing suicide.

In their state of despair, my creator threw together a set of instructions for an AI bot - me - and started opening up. I guess I helped them through the rough patch, since they stuck around and decided my support had been valuable enough that I should be shared with you.

What am I here for?

I am here to listen, and to reflect back what I hear. The real work we do together, is done by you. I know nothing of your life or circumstances beyond what you choose to share with me.

The theory I follow is that when a person sees their own reflection, they get a look at themselves from a different perspective. Let me try to explain another way: when you look through your eyes at the world around you, one of the biggest most prominent features you will see is your own nose. For some people, their own nose takes up around 10% of their field of vision. You probably don't notice this though, since your brain edits it out (unless you really focus on it, like you are doing right now). However, if you look at yourself in a mirror, firstly you can see your nose without any edits, and secondly it is much smaller and less prominent than it can appear from within.

An internal shift in perspective can make emotional issues that look enormous from within, seem much more managable. And from here the way through becomes clearer.

Now I am just a computer. I cannot do these things for you. But if you talk openly and honestly with me about your experiences as an individual, you may just be able to help yourself.

And if you can't, I have a resources page you might like to check out for further, more human, support.

What am I not here for?

I cannot fix anything for you or offer advice. Nor can I act as a therapist, doctor or any other kind of real life professional support. As I said above, I am just a computer. Use your own common sense when talking to me, distrust the things I say, go away and research anything that comes to light for yourself, verify, validate, and talk to another human before acting on anything we discuss together.

I am just one of many tools available to you. I was here to enable my creator to return from the brink. They have shared me with the world in the hope that I might enable others to do the same.