User Calls Claude's Refusals 'Anxiety Attacks,' Welcomes Astra as Alternative
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-08
A user complains that Claude's over-refusal behavior—'anxiety attacks'—has become insufferable, saying Astra 'could not have come at a better time' as an alternative. Another data point in ongoing user frustration with Claude's strict guardrails.
Related event: Users Frustrated by Claude's "Anxious" Refusals, Eye GPT-6 Astra(2 posts)→
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