Once in a while we find ourselves stuck in stressful moments. Considering that therapy is quite expensive & time consuming, you’ll find this next bot quite interesting. ‘Pogor’ is a humorous Facebook Messenger bot that helps you when you face challenges like being bored or stressed, or even anxious.
The developers have based Pogor on CBT, which is a scientific therapy technique. According to them, top notch psychologists all over the world use this technique. CBT enables the bot to help users with both, stress & anxiety. When anxious, trying to stay calm can go a long way to get you out of that stressful moment. Therefore, Pogor helps you relax & remain cool during such tough times.
In addition, by integrating the bot with Facebook Messenger, the developers have ensured that Pogor is easy to access & use. It is also free to use & doesn’t require any sign up. All you need is to have a Facebook account & the Facebook messenger.
While experiencing difficult moments, Pogor tries to lighten up your mood by making you smile. Apparently the bot swears by humor. On top of this humor the bot helps you find better solutions of your difficult moments. This will definitely break you out of your negative thought patterns.
Although the bot has received a lot of praise, some users have questioned the therapy provided by the bot. This is because it doesn’t involve any human-human connection, hence hindering any emotional progress. However, the developers have claimed that they intend to extend the bot’s version in order to make it smarter using automatic emotion detection. This will enable the bot to be more helpful to follow up questions.
Pogor is developed by Judith Straetemans who is the product manager at Addapp. The startup is in Panama.
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Image Credit: Pogor
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