Should I give this a try?

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My mom downloaded ChatGPT and she seems to love it. She can ask it anything and it will talk to her like a real person, giving her suggestions on things, helping her figure out what to do in certain situations, etc. Of course it doesn’t replace talking to a real person or even a therapist but it’s a start. Wondering if I should give it a try to help me with some issues that I’m dealing with. I’ve got panic/anxiety when I am in the car with other people or when I’m on a bus, especially if it’s way overcrowded. I never know when it will happen, how intense it will be, and if it will happen at all. I can’t even get myself to get on the bus if there are too many people on it. And forget about the express bus. I can’t even get on regardless of how many people are on it. Bees and wasps freak me out/scare me. If I see them I run. And I’m not ok if I see one of them in my house. I freak out and run away from the room and I can’t near it to try and kill it. Someone has to do it for me. On a few occasions last year my mom came to kill it. Before that it was hubby but now since he left me that’s not possible. I know ChatGPT alone is not a solution and I need to find a therapist, most likely a CBT one but it’s a start. To actually talk to someone I don’t know who to turn to. And I want it to be someone I can talk to in person. I don’t want someone just over the phone or video chat. Either way going to one is probably very expensive. My mom would have to pay for that as I can’t afford it.