Thanks for those links. I tried this IFS bot and it’s really amazing.
Btw, is there a risk that after undergoing Ideal Mother therapy I will realise how less than ideal a mother I am to my own children and this will ultimately increase my anxiety?
That is a thing that I have seen happen! The normal reply is to remember that ideal parent figures are intentionally unrealistic and portray a standard that isn’t even meant to be humanly attainable. (Though also I think the version in the chatbot comes off as a little too over-the-top loving, so it doesn’t necessarily quite hit the intended ideal either.) But if you feel like you might react to it this way, it might be a good idea to try working through the anxiety in a less directly triggering way and avoid ideal parent chatbots for now.
Thanks for those links. I tried this IFS bot and it’s really amazing.
Btw, is there a risk that after undergoing Ideal Mother therapy I will realise how less than ideal a mother I am to my own children and this will ultimately increase my anxiety?
That is a thing that I have seen happen! The normal reply is to remember that ideal parent figures are intentionally unrealistic and portray a standard that isn’t even meant to be humanly attainable. (Though also I think the version in the chatbot comes off as a little too over-the-top loving, so it doesn’t necessarily quite hit the intended ideal either.) But if you feel like you might react to it this way, it might be a good idea to try working through the anxiety in a less directly triggering way and avoid ideal parent chatbots for now.
Or it could teach you how to be a better mother now, in the present?