Mental-health AI has a language problem. In Lebanon, that becomes an access problem.
My Hayat is the first AI mental health companion built specifically for the Lebanese community โ trained on real anonymized clinical therapy data, not internet conversations.
Different By Design
Most AI chatbots are built on generic internet data. We took a fundamentally different approach.
Trained on Real Clinical Data
Our model is trained on a large-scale dataset of anonymized therapy sessions from Lebanese clinics โ not internet-scraped conversational data. This means the AI understands clinical dynamics and therapeutic techniques.
Minimized Exposure Model
Unlike chatbots that optimize for engagement, My Hayat uses an information-gathering approach. It asks questions rather than giving advice, and redirects to professionals when appropriate.
Purpose-Built Safety
General-purpose AI produces harmful responses at significantly higher rates than purpose-built models. Our clinical training data creates a safer baseline that guardrails then improve further.
Lebanese Cultural Intelligence
Trained to understand Lebanese Arabic dialect, cultural taboos around mental health, family dynamics, the economic crisis context, and diaspora guilt patterns.
Why Purpose-Built Matters
Generic AI
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
- โ Trained on internet data
- โ Information-giving stance
- โ Higher harmful response rates
- โ No cultural context
- โ Tells you what you want to hear
- โ No clinical oversight
My Hayat
Purpose-built for mental health
- โ Trained on anonymized clinical data
- โ Information-gathering stance
- โ 94% safer response profile
- โ Lebanese cultural intelligence
- โ Challenges you to grow
- โ Expert clinical oversight
The context
Lebanon's mental-health burden sits on top of years of economic instability, conflict, displacement, and strain on the health system. Formal care also has practical barriers: cost, availability, privacy, stigma, and the fear โ still real in many families โ that asking for psychological help means weakness or illness. My Hayat is not a substitute for fixing those systems. It is an attempt to make one layer of support easier to reach.
Meet the Imaginary Minds
A playful fictional cast โ names, agencies, institutions and credentials are parody, not actual advisers, clinicians, endorsements or clinical validation.
Dr. Wajdi Waswas
Clinical Lead & Grief Counselor
CIA Medical Center, 15yr experience
Dr. Hala Hala3
Research Director & Psychotherapist
MI6 School of Medicine
Dr. Nader Nafsani
AI Research & Data Science Lead
FSB Engineering Faculty
Dr. Fadi Fobia
Safety Architect & Linguistics Advisor
FBI Medical Center, Psychiatry Department
Dr. Maya Mania
Clinical Psychologist
DGSE Clinical Psychology Center
Dr. Tawfiq Tawattor
Public Health Researcher
KGB USSR Medical Center, Public Health Division
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