Terms & boundaries
What to understand before using Health Story Lab
Health Story Lab is designed to support careful thinking about complex health experiences.
This page explains the scope of the site and the boundaries that guide how it is intended to be used.
Using Health Story Lab means engaging with these boundaries.
What Health Story Lab is designed to do
Health Story Lab provides resources, concepts, and structures that help you:
- Notice and describe experiences more clearly
- Organize information across time and context
- Recognize patterns or questions worth exploring
The focus is on clarity and organization — not conclusions or answers.
What Health Story Lab is not
Health Story Lab is not:
- A medical service
- A therapy practice
- A diagnostic system
- A substitute for professional care
Important Boundary
Nothing on this site is medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment guidance.
How to understand the information here
Health Story Lab may support:
- Structured analysis
- Pattern recognition
- Exploring possibilities or questions
These are exploratory tools.
They are not used to determine what your experience means or what you should do next.
Artificial intelligence boundaries
Where artificial intelligence is used, its role is limited to supporting organization and visibility of information you have already structured.
- AI does not diagnose
- AI does not provide medical advice
- AI does not make decisions
Outputs are not authoritative and should not be treated as conclusions.
Community boundaries if you participate
Community participation is optional.
If you engage in community spaces:
- Do not provide medical advice
- Do not diagnose or interpret others
- Focus on describing and reflecting
For more detail, see the Community Guidelines.
Your role and responsibility
Health Story Lab provides tools and structure.
You remain responsible for:
- How you interpret information
- Decisions about your health
- Seeking appropriate professional care
Important Boundary
Health Story Lab does not take responsibility for decisions or outcomes based on how information from the site is used.
Changes and evolution
Health Story Lab is an evolving project.
Content, tools, and features may change over time, but they will remain aligned with the principles and boundaries described here.
Questions
If you have questions about how Health Story Lab is intended to be used, you can reach out through the contact page.