{"experience_type": "Current Experience", "emotion_type": "sadness", "problem_type": "problems with friends", "situation": "My roommates for next semester do not respect COVID safety or social distancing.", "survey_score": {"seeker": {"initial_emotion_intensity": "2", "empathy": "5", "relevance": "5", "final_emotion_intensity": "1"}, "supporter": {"relevance": "5"}}, "dialog": [{"text": "Hello, how are you today?", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Hi. How is life treating you at the moment? Would you like to talk about any problems?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Question"}, {"text": "Thank you! And it is good except for one problem. I am in college and my roommates for next semester do not care about COVID -- they continue to go out and party. This upsets me and I have talked to them about it but they still do not care.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "So you feel that you are being put in danger by the actions of your room-mate?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Restatement or Paraphrasing"}, {"text": "Yes, absolutely. I do not want to get covid and am worried about long term health effects. I have shared this with them but they still do not care.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "I can totally understand how you feel. I absolutely hate how some people are pretending that the pandemic is not real and they do not need to worry.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Self-disclosure"}, {"text": "Also, I am in a triple room in my sorority house for clarification. I feel my risk getting it in the room is high if they continue to not respect guidelines.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Do not worry, your fears are totally grounded. Some people really just need to grow up and get educated.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Affirmation and Reassurance"}, {"text": "I agree and appreciate that I am not alone in thinking that!", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Many college students have been very irresponsible during the pandemic which is upsetting to me.", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Is there anyone at your college who could help you with this? Perhaps move you into a single room?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Question"}, {"text": "No, there aren't any sorority rooms available at my sorority house and all of the dorms/apartments are full already but I've tried", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "**single not sorority", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Yes they certainly have. They seem to think that it will never happen to them and do not realise that they are putting others at risk", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Others"}, {"text": "agreed", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Is it possible for you to take some time off school?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Providing Suggestions"}, {"text": "I shouldn't do that -- I am applying to law school when I graduate so I feel like it'd be a bad look. it'd also be bad for my mental health to stay home, and I'd rather take the classes I need next semester", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "So you feel as though you are trapped .. you can't leave school but at the same time you are being put at risk through no fault of your own", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Reflection of feelings"}, {"text": "right, it's very uncomfortable and no matter how many times I tell them how risky they are being to not only themselves but others they do not care", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "also one of them is pre med which is even worse lmao", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Please be assured that you are being sensible and that they are the ones at fault", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Affirmation and Reassurance"}, {"text": "thank u :)", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Let's hope that this is over soon .. this has been an absolutely terrible year.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Others"}, {"text": "Agreed! Hoping for that vaccine soon", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "what challenges have you faced from the pandemic?", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Here in the UK they have started to roll it out.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Self-disclosure"}, {"text": "I am so jealous! Things are so much better not in the USA!", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "I have to agree ;) But we have a large infection and death rate here too, largely due to government irresponsibility", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Others"}, {"text": "haha yes we had the same issue with government mishandling everything ... so frustrating", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Do you feel it would be better to be somewhere like New Zealand then, where there have been very few cases? It is a lovely country.", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Question"}, {"text": "haha yes definitely! I would love to study abroad next year so I hope that will still be an option and COVID will be better then", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "So, you feel frustrated both by your roommate and also the conditions in your country?", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Reflection of feelings"}, {"text": "yes for sure", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "I can sincerely wish that the world is in a better place next year", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Others"}, {"text": "As do I... although I'm not sure if things will ever go back to the way they were before. But hopefully that is for the best", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "Perhaps we can learn something from this year and improve ourselves", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Others"}, {"text": "I agree! It's definitely been a year of reflection for sure", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "I hope I have been able to be of some help, just by allowing you to talk things out", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Others"}, {"text": "yes thank you you definitely have! enjoy the rest of your evening :)", "speaker": "usr"}, {"text": "And you too .. thanks for talking!", "speaker": "sys", "strategy": "Others"}], "seeker_question1": "no", "seeker_question2": "no", "supporter_question1": "", "supporter_question2": ""}