With relationship topics, AI can look “helpful”, but by default it often behaves like a validator: it comforts you, reinforces your current story, and can strengthen black‑and‑white thinking — instead of pushing you toward self‑reflection and resolution.

This is most dangerous when you’re emotionally fired up. You give AI a one‑sided story, and the answer can become one‑sided and destructive.

Good news: you can improve this a lot with one thing — setting the rules in the very first message. With the right prompt, AI can stop being an amplifier of “your truth” and start trying to untangle the problem and move you toward a solution.