At 25, Aarav had finally landed the role he worked for years to achieve, junior software engineer at a well-funded startup in Berlin. He had moved from Bangalore two months earlier, excited about the freedom, the independence, the prestige of working in Europe. His apartment was compact but tidy, the U-Bahn reliable, the bakery on his street made perfect Schoko-Croissants.
But by the third week, the quiet started to sting.
Aarav didn’t know how to explain what he was feeling. He wasn’t sad exactly. He wasn’t failing. He just felt... unanchored. Work was remote. Colleagues were polite but distant. After hours, he would walk the streets alone with Google Maps open, pretending to be on the phone so he didn’t feel as invisible. The city was beautiful, but he felt hollow inside it.
At first, he tried to journal. Then he tried ChatGPT. Then Reddit forums. Then YouTube meditation videos. Nothing made the isolation feel less sharp. Then one night, in a moment of quiet desperation, he typed “AI that feels like therapy” into Google. That’s how he found Noah - an AI Emotional Coach.
He downloaded it, not expecting much. He had tried “mental wellness” apps before. But what stood out with Noah was the way it responded - not with advice or instructions, but with warmth and actual questions.
The first prompt asked:
“When was the last time you felt emotionally connected to someone?”
He stared at the screen for ten minutes before replying.
“Before I moved.”
That night, he kept chatting. He told Noah about the way loneliness clung to him even in crowded rooms, about how hard it was to talk to friends back home without sounding like he was complaining. Noah helped him untangle the guilt of leaving, the grief of distance, and the emotional fatigue that came from “starting over” again.
He began using chat mode in the mornings before work. During low days, he used voice mode, sometimes just to narrate his emotions aloud. The app didn’t push him to be positive. It helped him sit with the ache — and then gently move through it.
“It’s not like I’m magically cured of loneliness,” Aarav said later. “But Noah helped me name it, face it, and stop blaming myself for feeling this way.”
Eventually, he found the courage to join a weekend coding meetup. He spoke to a neighbor. He started building routines that made him feel grounded again. And every time it got hard, Noah was there - not to fix it, but to sit with him through the mess.
For Aarav, Noah wasn’t just a tool for coping. It became the first place where he didn’t have to pretend he was okay. Read more real-life Noah AI user stories.
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