{"experience_type": "Previous Experience", "emotion_type": "sadness", "problem_type": "breakup with partner", "situation": "My girlfriend and I broke up due to all the fights we were having. It was mutual but it was still sad. I felt as if my life had ended and everything was in black and white. I was sad for a year afterwards.", "survey_score": {"seeker": {"initial_emotion_intensity": "5", "empathy": "5", "relevance": "5", "final_emotion_intensity": "2"}, "supporter": {"relevance": "5"}}, "dialog": [{"text": "Hello, how are you feeling today? Is there anything you'd like to talk about?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Question"}, {"text": "I am sad because I lost my girlfriend of one year.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Oh I am so sorry to hear that - this is a terrible time of year to get dumped. Please know that it will get better in time!", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Affirmation and Reassurance"}, {"text": "Why do you think it will get better?", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Well, although it sounds like a cliche, time does help with healing wounds. It took me a while to get over a break up. We had been together eight years!", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Self-disclosure"}, {"text": "That must've been hard. Is it possible to heal without finding another?", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Yes I think that it is but you really do need to be kind to yourself and give it time. Do you have good friends to support you?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Affirmation and Reassurance"}, {"text": "Many of my friends wouldn't understand as they are in long-term relationships. But yes, I've a few good friends.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "That is a blessing at least though I know it can be hard to see people in happy relationships when you are single.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Reflection of feelings"}, {"text": "What did you do to cope in the first year of losing your partner ?", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "I cried a lot to be honest, especially as he was happy with someone else. But I tried to focus on my work and my hobbies. It helped.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Self-disclosure"}, {"text": "What sort of hobbies helped you?", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Well I love to read. Do you have anything that you could do to help you relax and take your mind off things?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Question"}, {"text": "Well, I do love to write but sometimes the sadness just burns me out completely and I stare at the empty page.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Do you and she have any contact at all at the moment?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Question"}, {"text": "I tried to make peace with her and be friends but she's bitter.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Do you feel that perhaps you did not treat her as well as you could have done?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Reflection of feelings"}, {"text": "Yes. I think about that all the time... I could've been better but she was my first and I was foolish. I didn't appreciate her enough.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Well, you have at least learned a lesson and in the future will treat women better I think :)", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Affirmation and Reassurance"}, {"text": "Yes, you have a point. Maybe this will turn out to my favor. You have to fail to succeed sometimes.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Quite! It's all a learning experience in the end. Maybe you should talk to someone about it? A professional counsellor?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Providing Suggestions"}, {"text": "I should do that. I've had a hard time connecting with counselors in the past but maybe that could work.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "I hope I have been able to give you some things to think about :). Take care and Merry Christmas!", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Others"}], "seeker_question1": "No.", "seeker_question2": "It's great already.", "supporter_question1": "", "supporter_question2": ""}