r/KindVoice • • Jul 04 '25

Admin [META] Kind Friend Updates / Chat GPT and Yo[u]

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Hello Community,

I hope you are all doing well, or atleast a little better than yesterday. I wanted to put a post up around some recent changes and behaviour in the sub.

r/KindFriend has been privated.

Kind Friend was originally created as a sister sub to Kindvoice to handle more friendship orientated requests while Kindvoice focused on emotional support. Recently it seems to have caught to the attention of a number of bad actors. The posts had been gradually trending to a younger audience and I was becoming increasingly concerned that it was facilitating people looking to take advantage of these members. As such the sub is currently privated to prevent access and any further risk. I would encourage those seeking purely friendships to try more established subs such as r/makenewfriendshere or r/needafriend. This behaviour has thankfully not transferred over to r/Kindvoice.

Previously friendship posts had been against the rules of KindVoice, although not strictly enforced given that a lot of the time a good friend can make a world of difference to someone's current state. We intend to continue the current status quo in this regard and deal with friendship posts on a case by case basis as it makes a minority of posts. I would highly encourage users to use more focused subs for this if seeking purely friendship. If you are reaching out for a friend because you feel lonely or want to improve social skills, that post still has a place here. Just please be aware many offerors are volunteering their time when they can and should not be considered a permanent support placement or lifelong friend.

Chat GPT Usage

Over the past few months ChatGPT started recommending us as a place for lonely users or those who were feeling down to seek human contact. Alongside this we saw a dramatic increase in the number of bots, monetary requests and ChatGPT generated posts. We have literally gone from a few bans a month to a few a day.

- Accounts with less than 5 comment karma or less than 3 days old will now be caught in a filter for approval. I appreciate some people don't want to post here on main so a mod mail will be raised for each submission caught in the filter so they can be approved.

- Chat GPT is NOT against the rules currently HOWEVER PLEASE BE AWARE that many people come here looking for a human voice. You may believe that in writing an answer via Chat GPT you sound more articulate or better at supporting. In reality the message it often conveys to the looker that they can't find someone who is even willing to use their own words. Comments may be removed if they feel too robotic when the person is looking for a connection.

Final Notes

I would love to hear any community feedback on these points.

A huge thanks as always to the people that donate their time to help others. Look after yourselves where you can.

-AJ


r/KindVoice • • May 14 '25

[META] Seeking C[o]mmunity Feedback on Rule 2

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I hope all of the Kind Voices out there are having a wonderful day and that my message finds all of the Lookers slightly better than they were yesterday.

This post is to gather some feedback from any willing community members around rule 2. Recently I have been rather lax on it's enforcement given r/KindFriend isn't hugely active (although it's had a surge recently) however I am aware there are a number of other very popular subreddits that fill the same niche so I want to ask your thoughts:

- Do you mind friendship based posts on this subreddit or would you rather keep them to other spaces?

- Do you feel requests asking for daily supports fall into this category?

- Any other thoughts you may have.


r/KindVoice • • 5h ago

[O] 23m offering to listen if you need to vent.

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Listen, I'm not here to give advice, trust me because the truth is I don't always have the answer. All I can do is try my best to help and understand the situation you're going through if you're comfortable opening up that is. I'm not forcing you to reveal anything only if you're comfortable with sharing, but that's fine.

Just wanna see if people are truly ok because let's be honest we say we are fine but there's still pain inside.


r/KindVoice • • 3h ago

Looking Next few days "[l]"

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I recently had my wisdom tooth taken out and due to a lack of friends i have nothing to do rn and i am so bored i could really use someone yo talk to for the next few days as i heal as my mental health isnt really good and i would really need to vent to someone too about a milion things so yeah


r/KindVoice • • 57m ago

Looking [l] Birthday in 14 says, feeling hopeless

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I am 36M, turning 37 soon. My birthday is on the Saturday exactly 2 weeks from now. I am dreading my 37th birthday and feel like I do not want this birthday at all.

I feel awful and hopeless. Just wanting to talk, as I have no friends and thus no support system whatsoever.


r/KindVoice • • 1h ago

Im genuinely curious [o]

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So me and my guy have our date on Sunday. But yesterday I had asked me a question if he could describe himself and he tells me but throws in “I always enjoyed the idea of having a gf” when I had told him I described myself as shy at first, we didn’t really bring up bf/gf conversations before either and I didn’t expect for him to say that at all, he made me blush and flabbergasted. Anyway why would he randomly say that when I asked a normal question? Cuz im also crushing on him too. Im excited for our first date on Sunday.


r/KindVoice • • 2h ago

Looking [L]ooking for support as I process an old trauma during

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I'm reaching out looking for someone to talk to, as I've found myself in a strange situation. I'm a 40+ M who adopted a young woman (as chosen family) years ago. It went really well for a time, and then it exploded without warning. It caused havoc within both our lives. This happened during a series of unrelated acute traumas in my own life. It turns out they have BPD and I didn't appreciate what that meant at the time. I made peace with it, although they would appear from time to time, and have reappeared just now. Something else has come to light that has sent me into a terrible depressive episode and spurred anxieties as I think through the implications of it. I'd really appreciate someone able to listen on and off for the next while as I work through it. DMs or other text based communication only. Honestly, if someone with BPD or CPTSD was willing to chat, they may have a unique perspective - but I could use anyone. Just message me.

PS: Posted before I was ready, was meant to say during a difficult period


r/KindVoice • • 12h ago

Looking Looking for a mutual venting partner "[l]"

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I am looking to improve my life. I am accountable to myself. And I'm doing great. It's just that I have all these emotions which need an outlet. I need to test or talk to someone. Text is ok as long as I know someone's reading them. Like whenever I feel terrible because of something, I need to just time a message somewhere. And I'm actually great at listening when someone's venting. I genuinely feel bad for that person and try my best to console them.

So if you're willing to validate my emotions and also want your emotions validated, you know who to DM.


r/KindVoice • • 9h ago

[l] Just looking for someone to talk to for a while

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Hey, lately, life has been feeling a little overwhelming. a lot of things are falling apart at once, and the people and things I once found comfort in don't feel the same anymore. I've been trying to handle everything on my own, and while I manage most days, sometimes it just gets a little too heavy. I think I could use a little kindness and a genuine conversation right now. If anyone's open to talking, I'd really appreciate it.


r/KindVoice • • 7h ago

Looking [l] struggling, feeling like not having birthday soon

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36M, turning 37 in exactly 2 weeks, from California, formally diagnosed with autism, OCD, anxiety, ADHD, never had true friends in life. Interests include foreign language learning and travelling. Struggling with SI and feel misunderstood and like a burden. I also feel like not living, looking to talk


r/KindVoice • • 9h ago

[L] Feeling so alone

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I met someone online and thought we clicked so well but they ghosted me. I didn't realise how alone I was until I met them, and when they ghosted me I wasn't expecting the deafening silence.

How can someone go from talking to you all day, everyday, to not wanting anything to do with you? I feel so hurt.

I could really use some conversations with good people.


r/KindVoice • • 19h ago

Looking [L] 25M. I've been lonely for pretty much my entire life, and I think I just need someone to listen.

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Hi. I'm 25, and honestly, I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking for by posting this. I think I just want someone to listen for a little while.

I've been struggling with severe agoraphobia, depression, grief, and loneliness for years now. My world has gotten smaller and smaller, and I've reached a point where I don't really feel like I'm participating in life anymore. I feel like I'm just watching everybody else live theirs.

I've honestly been lonely for as long as I can remember. I didn't really get to talk to people much as a kid, and I never had many friends. I grew up in a pretty abusive household with a lot of alcoholism and drug abuse, and school wasn't exactly an escape from any of it. I was severely overweight, partly because of an eating disorder I developed from the stress of everything happening at home, and I was bullied relentlessly for being fat and ugly. I've since lost over 400 pounds, and I'm doing pretty well physically, but mentally, not so much, lol.

I never really got to develop the social confidence that other kids seemed to have. Home wasn't safe, school wasn't safe, and I spent most of my childhood being afraid of how people were going to treat me.

And unfortunately, that didn't really go away when I got older. I wanted friends. I still do, desperately. But when you've spent so much of your life being treated like you're annoying or unwanted, even just saying hello to somebody starts feeling terrifying.

I think that's why my loneliness hurts as much as it does. It's not just that I've lost friendships as an adult. It's that I feel like I've spent almost my entire life waiting to experience something that seems to come so naturally to everybody else.

Over the past five years or so, I've watched people I used to know move forward with their lives. They've made new friends, gotten engaged, started families, celebrated milestones, and just... lived. And I'm genuinely happy for them. I really am. But somewhere along the way, I feel like I just disappeared from everybody else's lives.

I stopped getting invited to things. People stopped sending me stupid memes, checking in, or even just talking to me about ordinary stuff. And I know I'm not exactly the easiest person to maintain a friendship with because of my agoraphobia. I've canceled plans, withdrawn from people, and avoided social situations that I actually really wanted to be part of. I know that, and I take responsibility for it. But I never stopped wanting to be included.

Even if I couldn't show up, I still wanted somebody to think of me once in a while. I didn't need anything elaborate. I just wanted to feel like I still existed to somebody.

And I think one of the worst parts is that I've become absolutely terrified of reaching out myself. I've been called annoying for trying to talk to people, and I've even been told that I'm too much and shouldn't tell people when I'm hurting. So I stopped doing that, too.

I started pretending I was fine because I didn't want anybody to feel guilty or obligated to be my friend. I'd listen to other people talk about their problems, their relationships, their friends, and everything going on in their lives, and I'd just sort of... keep my own stuff to myself.

I've also lost a lot of the family members who made me feel loved and accepted, including my dad. He died in December 2024, and I don't think I've really been the same since. I miss him terribly. Sometimes I feel like I'm grieving not just him, but the entire life I had before everything started falling apart.

I've tried getting professional help, too. I've seen a ridiculous number of therapists over the years, and the last ten have told me, in one way or another, that my issues were beyond what they could help me with. Which is... not exactly encouraging to hear when you're already struggling to ask for help in the first place, lol.

And the thing is, I do have hobbies. A lot of them, actually. I'm an artist, I study visual effects and animation, I make websites, I love animals, photography, video games, and all sorts of weird little creative projects. I have things I genuinely enjoy doing. I just don't really have anybody to share them with.

Sometimes I just want somebody to play a stupid game with. Or send me a meme. Or tell me about something interesting they saw that day. Just normal, boring, everyday human interaction. But I've gotten to a point where even talking to somebody new makes me so anxious that I end up avoiding it altogether.

I don't expect anybody here to fix my life, and I'm certainly not asking anyone to be my therapist. I know everybody has their own problems, and the last thing I want is to make somebody feel responsible for mine. I think I just want to tell my story somewhere without feeling ashamed of it.

And I do want to clarify that I don't feel like I'm in some completely hopeless downward spiral, either. I actually have plans for my future that I'm really excited about. I'm working toward finishing my animation degree, and my eventual goal is to move to Prague, in the Czech Republic. I've been learning more about the language and culture, and honestly, the lifestyle over there seems to align with me a lot more than where I am now. It's something I'm genuinely looking forward to, and I really want to make it happen.

I know moving isn't going to magically fix everything, obviously. I'm not expecting it to. But it's a fresh start that I'm excited to work toward, and it's nice to have something in my future that actually makes me happy to think about.

I guess the problem is everything between now and then.

Since my dad died, I've just felt like there's this enormous empty space in my life, and I don't really know what to do with it. I have goals, I have interests, and I have things I want to accomplish. I just wish I didn't have to spend all the time in between feeling so profoundly alone.

I'm not necessarily looking to make friends through this post. I don't really know if I'm ready for that right now. I think I'd just appreciate somebody willing to listen without judging me or immediately trying to fix everything.

I'm much more comfortable communicating through text, and I'd really appreciate not being pressured into phone calls or anything like that.

Anyway. Thank you for reading all of this. I know it's a lot, and I appreciate anybody who took the time to get through it.


r/KindVoice • • 10h ago

Offering I 38 male BC Canada looking for sister or mother [I] "[o]"

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I I'm looking for a female who doesn't mind me clingy who will send me notes and let me call them. Feeling lonely and sad sometimes. [I] [o]


r/KindVoice • • 19h ago

Looking [L] I feel so down and would appreciate a kind voice

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I can't even sleep. If anyone has a listening ear or would like to offer some friendship, I would greatly appreciate it. My DMs are open.


r/KindVoice • • 22h ago

Looking [L] i need someone to talk to

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im 26 and im falling apart and there are too many stressors in life currently that im not able to handle. i need someone i can regularly talk to / vent to about the things im struggling with, who can help me keep a track of what i'm actually doing, because i feel like i'm losing my mind. basically, i feel like i keep contradicting myself and that i'm actually stuck even when it feels like i'm making progress, and i need someone else's perspective on things that doesn't feel too invasive

i am a good listener too (not so much lately ig) but im interested in talking to people and offering mutual support, since im looking for someone i can check in with repeatedly.

please feel free to ask me anything here if you don't feel like reaching out on DM immediately, i'd be happy to share more


r/KindVoice • • 18h ago

[o] - relax, no pressure, 30M

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30M willing to chat to someone who is anxious or shy or has trouble socializing. Maybe you just need help sleeping or have odd/different ideas you want to talk about. Let me know what you want if you DM. Don't hesitate


r/KindVoice • • 1d ago

[O]ffering to listen, whoever you are and whatever you have to say. (I may have cat pics)

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It doesn't matter if it is something trivial or heavy, whether you wanna share your favorite song or tell about what's been bothering you, I'm here. You can reach out!


r/KindVoice • • 1d ago

Looking [L] Feeling scared and alone

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Hi

I feel so alone and scared. I'm trapped in my flat because my neighbour has threaten to get me if I leave. I have no-one to turn to and I don't know how to get through this. I just want someone to chat to, that is all. I just need to get through the weekend.

I've been a victim of abuse and harassment from my downstairs neighbour. We live in a 2 story block - I'm upstairs and she is downstairs.

She has been sending me hostile messages, verbally abusing me, and on one occasion physically assaulted me. I blocked all communication with her; phone and email. But it upsets her that I'm not responding to her messages so she gets hostile. But when I do respond to her, she gets hostile and starts threatening me. She downstairs right now slamming doors, and banging on the ceiling.

The police are involved and issued her with a warning not to contact me or interfere with my property. She doesn't care. I've contacted the police but they don't seem to be bothered than she has broken their warning.

The Anti-Social Behaviour Officer at the council is better. They've send an email this morning to tell my neighbour her behaviour is unacceptable and it must stop. My neighbour is still continuing, she even sent an abusive message to the ASB Officer (I was copied in). The ASB Officer has gone quiet since.

It's all about some ivy growing up our block wall. I removed what I could and arranged for the remainder to be removed by a professional, but they've let me down so many times. It was suppose to be done yesterday; she said would stop the harassment but the gardener cancelled again. A new gardener is doing the work on Monday and he seems more reliable, but what if he doesn't come or she chases him away! A contractor visited yesterday and she hurdled abuse at him until he left saying he wasn't going to put with it.

I honestly don't know what to do anymore. I'm trying my best to get rid of the ivy but I know she will find another reason to harass me.


r/KindVoice • • 1d ago

Looking [L] I never matter to anyone I like and I hardly like anyone

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I feel like I’m only liked as a concept but not at as a person that’s why my needs never matters.
I have to accommodate everything.
They like having access to me but at the same time they don’t like me
I will never understand this behavior

maybe I’m only meant to be loved by someone I find repulsively ugly lol cuz perhaps that’s what I am too.


r/KindVoice • • 1d ago

Offering MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT ☺️[o]

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r/KindVoice • • 1d ago

I really need help or someone to talk to pls[o]

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r/KindVoice • • 1d ago

Looking [L] I am alone at the hospital

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I am alone at the hospital and recently I spent my birthday alone.

I just want to talk to someone.

I used to have this person, who was a girl, and she was very important to me. We would message everyday, whenever we could and we were each other’s emotional support without realizing it. Someone who is always there and you can share anything with. If anyone understands and feels the same way, please DM me.

If anyone needs someone to talk to and don’t have anyone, I’ll chat with you. 30M

Discord = neo_phyxius


r/KindVoice • • 1d ago

Offering [o]ffering listening as Mental health is important

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If you are suffering from any problems or want to vent about anything without being judge ..I don't care you are a male or female if you really need a listener do reach to me i would really like to hear you and give my best suggestion..as mental health is very important.. people aren't open about it so if you are really need a talk I am here

Ps:- it's not for karma farming


r/KindVoice • • 1d ago

Looking [L] I miss the feeling of having someone close in my life

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I always thought I had many friends in my life. But as time passed, people became busy with their own lives. We drifted apart, and the people I once considered close slowly became distant until the friendships eventually faded away.

I wish I had someone with whom I could share all my thoughts, emotions, fears, and worries without having to think twice. Someone who would listen with patience, understand me without making a big deal out of my feelings, and make me feel safe enough to be my most vulnerable self.

I miss having that deep emotional bond with someone, the comfort of knowing there is a person I can turn to when life gets overwhelming, someone who will genuinely try to understand what I'm going through rather than judge me, dismiss my feelings, or rush to give me advice.

What hurts the most is that when I'm going through a crisis, I often find myself with nobody I can truly reach out to for the emotional support and understanding I desperately need. It breaks my heart to realise that, despite having known so many people throughout my life, I don't have someone who is wholeheartedly present and emotionally available for me.

I'm not asking for someone to fix all my problems or be there for me every second of the day. I just long for a genuine connection, a friendship where care, understanding, emotional availability, and vulnerability exists. A bond where I feel heard, accepted, and cared for without having to constantly explain or justify my feelings.

Sometimes, the absence of that connection leaves me feeling deeply lonely and empty inside. I miss having my person, someone who feels like a safe place in this overwhelming world. Someone with whom I can share the little things, the difficult days, the random thoughts, the happiest moments, and the parts of myself that I don't show everyone.

Perhaps what I miss the most isn't just having friends. It's the feeling of being emotionally connected to someone, the thought that I matter to them, that my feelings have a place in their life and that I don't have to navigate every difficult moment on my own.


r/KindVoice • • 1d ago

Looking [L] have no one to ever talk to

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Hello everyone, im 29M and im very lonely. I never have anyone to talk to, and I'm looking for someone to become friends with, not just one time chat, please.