{"experience_type": "Current Experience", "emotion_type": "shame", "problem_type": "ongoing depression", "situation": "I cheated on my boyfriend and I don't want to tell him. I feel really bad because he is a great person.", "survey_score": {"seeker": {"initial_emotion_intensity": "5", "empathy": "5", "relevance": "5", "final_emotion_intensity": "1"}, "supporter": {"relevance": "5"}}, "dialog": [{"text": "I am having a really hard time with something that I did to my boyfriend.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Do you want to talk about it?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Question"}, {"text": "Yes, thank you! I was with him since childhood and we are actually still together. I slipped up one night and hate to admit what I did.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "It sounds like you're holding onto a lot of guilt about this incident.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Reflection of feelings"}, {"text": "Are you comfortable talking about that night?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Question"}, {"text": "Yes, it is intense guilt. I can't think of anything else. I hate to tell you but I cheated on him. I am so sorry and can't look at myself in the mirror.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "That can really weigh you down, beating yourself up with guilt.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Reflection of feelings"}, {"text": "Does he know about the incident?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Question"}, {"text": "I feel like I am worthless and I don't deserve to ever be happy or laugh again. I really do love him and I don't ever want him to find out what I did. Yes, I cant stop beating myself up. He doesn't know what I did but he is little suspicious.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "You definitely deserve to laugh and be happy. One mistake doesn't define you!", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Affirmation and Reassurance"}, {"text": "Thank you! A long time ago his sister told me that he cheated on me and I believed her and so I wanted to get him back.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "It says a lot about your character that you feel badly about this, that you can see and recognize you acted in a way you don't agree with. That's something to build on.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Affirmation and Reassurance"}, {"text": "That desire to \"get even\" is definitely understandable.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Reflection of feelings"}, {"text": "I appreciate that and have been thinking about character a lot lately. I do believe he cheated on me first, if that even matters now.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Do you feel like you got what you needed from the experience, as in, that you've \"gotten even\"?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Question"}, {"text": "Yes, I feel very even! I won't do it again. Can I ever give up the guilt that I feel and move on in our relationship or do I have to tell him what I did? I have known couples who don't tell each other and they are happy now.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "While it may be true in general that honesty is the best policy, in this case I wouldn't suggest telling him. It is just going to cause angry feelings.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Providing Suggestions"}, {"text": "But, the fact you already believed he cheated on you and it motivated you to do the same shows a basic lack of trust in this relationship. That's something you should really look at.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Providing Suggestions"}, {"text": "Thank you for making me feel heard. I have been alone in my thoughts and needed to be understood. Yes, I agree with you and I feel like I kind of let it go now that I told you about it.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "I am going to be in touch regularly of that's okay? I feel so much better now. I can take a deep breath again and I want to go take a walk with my dog now. Thank you for all of your time and understanding.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "I'm glad you're feeling better now that you've gotten it out in the open. Of course, you are welcome anytime.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Affirmation and Reassurance"}, {"text": "That sounds great because I want to keep this private and I know you won't tell anyone so I feel really safe here.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Absolutely. This is all in complete confidence.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Affirmation and Reassurance"}], "seeker_question1": "", "seeker_question2": "", "supporter_question1": "I enjoy getting to offer support to a live person.", "supporter_question2": ""}