{"experience_type": "Previous Experience", "emotion_type": "depression", "problem_type": "breakup with partner", "situation": "I broke up with someone I believe is my soulmate", "survey_score": {"seeker": {"initial_emotion_intensity": "5", "empathy": "5", "relevance": "5", "final_emotion_intensity": "2"}, "supporter": {"relevance": "5"}}, "dialog": [{"text": "Hi! How's it going today?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Question"}, {"text": "Hello! I'm pretty good today, what about you?", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "I'm doing really well, thanks. What brings you here today?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Question"}, {"text": "I'm just having some old thoughts about a past relationship. IT's making me sad", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "I can appreciate that. Thinking about lost loves makes me sad too!", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Self-disclosure"}, {"text": "What about this particular relationship makes you feel sad?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Question"}, {"text": "Yeahhh I re read some old messages from a while back and just started thinking about it again. IT's going to sound quite dramatic, but I regret breaking up with this person. I feel as though they were my soulmate. And I ruined it", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Oh...I see, you think s/he's the \"one who got away?\"", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Restatement or Paraphrasing"}, {"text": "Why did you break up?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Question"}, {"text": "Pretty much... but the dumb thing about that is I am the one who broke it off. I was with him since beginning of high school, and so I never knew anything other than him. But Earlier this year I was having second thoughts and thought we should try new things for a while. In the beginning, I was doing fine and he was having a really hard time. But now I miss him more than anything and he is now better off without me", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Wow...that does sound painful.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Affirmation and Reassurance"}, {"text": "I know how hard it is to let go of a guy you really loved. I've had to break up with a few of them over the years!", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Self-disclosure"}, {"text": "Yeah? Do you miss any of them? Or do you feel like it was right for you in the long run", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "In the long run, I feel that those break-ups were absolutely necessary. I'm in a really good place now. And they are too.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Self-disclosure"}, {"text": "Yeah that is good. That is everything that I'm hoping for. But it's not coming fast enough", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "I eventually learned to think of it like this: every man I loved taught me something important about myself. ANd I taught them things about themselves. ANd it doesn't happen overnight. But eventually, you will probably be able to see how you grew as a result of the breakup.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Providing Suggestions"}, {"text": "Maybe the things you will learn can help you be ready for Mr Right!", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Providing Suggestions"}, {"text": "I really appreciate that way of looking at it. Of course I will always cherish my memories and the things I learned from him. And I want to think of those things as happy experiences rather than sad memories", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "That's a really good way of looking at it.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Others"}, {"text": "How long did it typically take you to finalyl be over them and happy with what you ecperienced?", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Oohh.... I think it really depended on how long I was with them. ANd why I decided to end it. The longer relationships Maybe a few weeks to a few months before I was ready to move on and try again. BUt Only a fraction of that was crying with Ben & Jerry's!", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Others"}, {"text": "Hahaha yes. That really does help honestly !", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "For me it just happened that one day, I thought about Gary and I didn't really feel that sad anymore. I just thought...wow, we had some good times.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Providing Suggestions"}, {"text": "B&J's and a few good rom-coms ought to put you in a better mood! Lol", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Providing Suggestions"}, {"text": "Yeah I guess I am just waiting for that day when my thoughts are genuinely me just grateful for the times we shared but not missing them. And honestly, some days I do feel like that! And then it all comes back. I think I am getting there", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "It really sounds like you are making progress!", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Others"}, {"text": "Just remember the old saying \"time heals all wounds.\"", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Providing Suggestions"}, {"text": "Yeah exactly. You are right!", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Thanks so much", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "It's my pleasure! I hope you keep feeling stronger!", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Others"}, {"text": ":) I definitely will", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "You know, I believe you!", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Others"}], "seeker_question1": "", "seeker_question2": "", "supporter_question1": "I sometimes got a little confused between options.", "supporter_question2": "Good task!"}