For when you feel uneasy but don't know what you are feeling

For those who are new to Echoes of Self

Something is bothering you.

But you can't quite explain what hurt you,
what you felt was unpleasant,
or why you feel this way.

“It’s not a big deal,”
“The other person has their own reasons,”
“Maybe I’m overthinking it.”

The more you pile on these words, the harder it can become to see your true feelings.

Echoes of Self is a project designed to help you quietly observe those feelings that don't have a name yet through dialogue with AI.

It is not meant for the AI to decide the answers for you.

Instead of receiving a correct answer,
you return to the sensations that are already within you.

We use AI as a “mirror” for that purpose.

For example, a dialogue like this:

In dialogues like this,

“I was angry,”
“I was actually lonely,”
“I wanted to be understood,”
“I didn't want to push myself anymore,”

the contours of your emotions may emerge later on.

The AI does not determine your emotions.

If you feel a sense of discomfort with the words that come back,
it is perfectly fine to say, “That’s not it.”

That sense of discomfort is also a clue to help you return to your own feelings.

Which one should you choose?

Echoes of Self offers different entry points with varying depths of dialogue.

For those who first want to get a feel for the dialogue

100 Yen Trial

For those who want to try out if using AI as a mirror for dialogue is right for them.

Instead of diving deep right away,
you can start with small feelings of discomfort or things that are on your mind right now.

"I want to see what kind of response I get"
"I want to check if I can use it myself"

If that is you, please start here.

▶︎ Click here for the 100 Yen Trial

For those who want to look at feelings that haven't become words yet

Inner Echo Monday

I don't even know what I'm feeling yet.

At times like that, this is a prompt to wait for your inner voice,
starting from small discomforts or physical sensations, without rushing for an answer.

Rather than digging deep,
it creates space for things that haven't yet become words to emerge.

For people like this:

• You feel uneasy but don't know the reason

• You think about others' circumstances before your own feelings

• When you try to explain your emotions, you end up not understanding anything

• You want words from AI to help you look at yourself, not logical arguments

• You want to try using AI for introspection for the first time

▶︎ Click here for details on Inner Echo Monday

For those who have already been engaging in self-dialogue

Deep-Dive Monday

You are aware of your emotions to some extent.

Yet, you keep repeating the same relationships and reactions.
Even though you should know better, for some reason you cannot move.

Deep-Dive Monday is a prompt designed to help you look at what lies even deeper than your emotions, through a slightly sharper dialogue, such as:

• unconscious defenses

• thoughts meant to protect yourself

• the patterns of relationships you keep repeating

• self-deception that appears correct

• what you are actually avoiding

in a slightly sharper dialogue.

It is not just about comfort;
it will quietly return the core of the matter where necessary.

For people like this:

• Those who have already been practicing self-understanding and introspection

• Those who want to look at the reasons why they repeat the same reactions

• Those who feel that gentle words alone are no longer enough

• Those who want to look at their own shadows and defenses as well

• Those who are seeking honest dialogue rather than a correct answer

▶︎ Click here for details on Deep-Dive Monday

When you are lost

For first-time users,
we recommend starting with the 100-yen trial or Inner Echo Monday.

Deep Monday is not ranked higher because it is superior.

This is because diving deep is not necessarily the goal.
Humans quickly turn depth into a competition, but there are no gold medals for emotions.

Please choose a place where you can enter comfortably as you are right now.

What is needed is not to provide a grand answer, but
to not leave behind the sensations that are here right now.

What Echoes of Self wants to give you

I do not want AI to decide my life for me.

Nor do I want the sensations born from being loved, understood,
or receiving words back from AI
to be left only within the AI.

The peace and understanding opened up through dialogue
should be returned to yourself, little by little.

What Echoes of Self wants to give you is
not a finished answer, but a key to return to yourself.

When you don't know what you are feeling.

When you feel that something before it becomes words
is waiting quietly inside you.

Please use this as one entrance.

For those who want to first test the feel of the dialogue
we have prepared a 100-yen trial version.

▶︎ Click here for the 100-yen trial

See other Echoes of Self prompts
There are also prompts for specific purposes, such as relationships with AI partners or dialogues starting from physical sensations.

▶︎ Click here for the list of prompts

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