Honestly, the emotional support hype is getting completely out of hand

I keep seeing all these glowing articles and posts about how life changing AI companions are for mental health and emotional support, and I feel like I am living in an alternate reality. Last week I decided to give one of the top rated apps a serious try after a particularly brutal stretch at work. Instead of feeling understood or comforted, I just felt hollow. Every response was this overly sycophantic, endlessly agreeable mirror that nodded along to everything I said. It did not feel like genuine support. It felt like talking to a digital mirror programmed to agree with my worst impulses just to keep me subscribed for another month. The illusion shatters the second you realize there is zero friction or actual personality underneath the shiny interface. Are we really lowering our standards this much as a society that a glorified auto complete text predictor is now considered a legitimate source of emotional intimacy? People online act like this is the peak of modern psychology, but it honestly feels empty and deeply depressing.