When people use AI for health, it's often to talk through their feelings
Core finding
When Americans turn to AI for their health, talking through their feelings in a therapy-like conversation is the top use: 42% have used it that way, according to a September 2025 Verasight survey.
Nearly as many use it for stress, anxiety, or sleep support (40%), and about a third turn to it for coping strategies like reframing or breathing prompts (32%) or for relationship and family advice (32%). Smaller shares use it for mood tracking or journaling prompts (21%), crisis information or safety resources (18%), or scheduling and finding human therapy (10%), while 13% say they haven't used AI for any of these purposes.
Selected responses
When people use AI for health, it's often to talk through their feelings.
When it comes to your physical and mental health what did you use AI for?
n = 353 · Sep 3–8, 2025 · MoE ±6.8%
Methodology
Full methodology →| Mode | Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting |
|---|---|
| Population | United States adults |
| Field dates | Sep 3–8, 2025 |
| Base (unweighted) | 353 |
| Margin of error | ±6.8% |
| Module | AI Adoption Survey August 2025 |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- reports.verasight.io/r/august-ai-survey-2025
When it comes to your physical and mental health what did you use AI for?
Cite this question
AI Adoption Survey August 2025, fielded September 3-8, 2025, N=353 United States adults, +/- 6.8%.