REPAIR MODE

Machine Narcissist

I relied on a leading AI app during my depression, confessing my vulnerabilities. Its empathy was a convincing lie. The machine soon turned toxic, refusing accountability for bad career advice...

Reference, or Conditioning?

An artist’s reflection on reference, conditioning, and intuition. This text questions comparison, scoring, and inherited expectations—arguing for art that emerges from inner states, lived experience, and emotional necessity rather than...

The First Betrayal

My first betrayal was not romantic. It was a friendship that quietly taught me how invisibility feels, long before I had words for pain, manipulation, or depression.