# When people use AI for health, it's often to talk through their feelings

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## Reading

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.

## Topline

When it comes to your physical and mental health what did you use AI for?

When people use AI for health, it's often to talk through their feelings.

Respondents could select more than one option, so shares may sum to more than 100%.

- Talking through feelings (“therapy-like” conversation): 41.9%
- Stress, anxiety, or sleep support: 40.3%
- Coping strategies (e.g., reframing, breathing prompts): 32.5%
- Relationship/family advice: 31.9%
- Mood tracking or journaling prompts: 21.2%
- Crisis information or safety resources: 17.7%
- I haven't used AI for these purposes: 13.3%
- Scheduling or finding human therapy: 9.6%
- Other (please specify): 2.6%

## 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: 2025-09-03 → 2025-09-08
- 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

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/august-ai-survey-2025#purpose-of-ai-use-for-physical-and-mental-health](https://reports.verasight.io/r/august-ai-survey-2025#purpose-of-ai-use-for-physical-and-mental-health)

## Citation

AI Adoption Survey August 2025, fielded September 3-8, 2025, N=353 United States adults, +/- 6.8%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/august-ai-survey-2025#purpose-of-ai-use-for-physical-and-mental-health](https://reports.verasight.io/r/august-ai-survey-2025#purpose-of-ai-use-for-physical-and-mental-health)