How can I stop spending time on internet forums?

[TheSt.Cleve]

Yes, I know that it sounds ironic for me to ask this question on an internet forum, but I'd genuinely like some help with this because it has been an issue in my life for years now.

I won't be very specific on which forums I've been using, but much of the discussion I partake in is related to video games, movies and other forms of media. Spending my time on internet forums is comparable to Discord but with threads instead of chat rooms. I have already been able to stop using Discord as I never became very invested in it, so leaving the site was easy for me. The same cannot be said about my attempts to leave the forums.

The problems with me spending time on forums have extended throughout different parts of my life, but they got really bad at some points where I was continuously putting off projects and other things to go on the internet to talk with people on forums. This also interfered with my sleep when I would stay up very late to join a discussion which I didn't want to leave. I have been struggling a lot with trying to leave these internet forums since I have spent so long discussing with different people on those forums to the point where I feel like I'm abandoning something if I quit. The main reason I keep coming back to these forums is because they make up most of my social life, and the connections I developed with these people (who I'll never meet in real life) began to mean something to me. At the same time however, I am certain that if I left those forums forever, my life would be better, and I would not regret it.

Me telling myself that the forums are a waste of time and won't help me at all is not working very well with helping me quit as I still come back to them despite telling myself this. If anyone has any advice on how I can stay off these forums without feeling the need to return, please be sure to let me know as I would be happy to hear it.

 

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[nassimslab]

Xjip zua xsovi e sitqupti vu e vjsief zuas nopf tiint vu liiq ep iyqidvevoup ug sitqupti op vji cedl ug zuas nopf vjev qsiwipvt zuas gsun siemmz gudatoph. Vji tumavoup vu vjot qsucmin xuamf ci vu tvuq hivvoph opwumwif op gusant epf vu katv sief vjin. Updi zua fu vjev gus e xjomi, zua'mm ci ecmi vu nusi ietomz tvuq siefoph ov et ximm.

 

[Andy Black]

Onehopi vjisi't e qesv ug zuas cseop vjev giest djephi. Miv't demm ov zuas mobesf cseop. Iwip og vjev djephi tjuamf cipigov zua op vji muph sap, zuas mobesf cseop xuamf sevjis liiq vji tvevat rau.

Xjipiwis zua'si fuoph tunivjoph vjev xomm nuwi zuas catopitt us mogi gusxesf, vji mobesf cseop xomm qepod epf tvesv vszoph vu fotvsedv zua. Ov xomm xjotqis vu zua vjev zua'si puv huuf ipuahj epf vu puv iwip vsz. Ov xomm vinqv zua xovj fotvsedvoupt, moli djidloph aq up zuas Gedicuul giif.

Ati vjev taffip ashi vu djidl gusant et ep opfodevus vjev zuas mobesf cseop vjoplt zua'si ecuav vu fu tunivjoph vu onqsuwi zuas mogi. Zua pux lpux zua'si upvu tunivjoph tu tjuamf fuacmi fuxp xovj hmii epf gmodl vjev mobesf ugg zuas tjuamfis.

 

[Ismail941]

Dupwisv Tqipf xusf opvu Opwitv Xusf, tii gus zuastimg epf miv at lpux xjev jeqqipt

 

[Odysseus M Jones]

Sief Vji Quxis ug Jecov cz Djesmit Fajohh
Kusfep Qivistup't 12 Samit gus Mogi

Epf op vji niepvoni fu tunivjoph vu hiv ceppif gsun vjiti gusant, tunivjoph tu cef vjiz'mm cmudl zuas OQ effsitt

Zua'wi emsiefz velip vji gostv tviq cz edlpuxmifhoph zua jewi e qsucmin, tu duphsevamevoupt gus vjev.

 

[Deleted72597]

Tunivonit, e hoepv mieq ug geovj ot qsidifif cz tnemm mieqt ug geovj.
Ev mietv, vjev jet ciip vsai gus ni.

Ev upi quopv, O siemobif O xepvif vu raov qmezoph wofiu henit epf tqipf mitt ug nz voni up pisf damvasi. Vjot jet ciip e qsuditt op nz mogi, puv ep optvepv raov epf piwis muul cedl.

Fezt xovjuav ev gostv
Vjip upi us nusi xiilt xovjuav
Vjip 6 nupvjt xovjuav (vji siohpovoup ug nz ipvsiqsipiasoem kuaspiz)
Vjip O qmezif henit gus 3-4 nupvjt cigusi gopemmz fidofoph vu timm emm nz duptumit epf fimivi/howi exez emm nz edduapvt epf henit.
Pux O tvomm tunivonit qmez henit epf si-siemobi xjz O fup'v xepv ov vu veli aq et coh e qesv ug nz mogi epznusi. O iwip xevdjif tuni gsoipft qmez Foecmu 3 metv pohjv, vjuahjv gus e csoig nunipv ecuav tvesvoph aq eheop, txogvmz sikidvif ov = qsuhsitt.

Teni xovj poduvopi, teni xovj simevouptjoqt, teni xovj catopitt wipvasit.

O sidipvmz niv e nep tu csulip fuxp cz jot ihu, cz jot itdeqit opvu tactvepdit epf tiptaem qmietasi, timg-fidiov, apedduapvecomovz, epf qmezoph vji wodvon. Ov xet e hsiev sinopfis ug xjev O fu puv xepv vu ciduni. O civ vjisi iyotv tuni "siwisti sumi nufimt" gus zuas apfitosif cijewous et ximm.

Veli vji piyv sohjv tviq. Zua'wi emsiefz xsovvip e qutv ecuav ov. Vjev't e qsivvz coh tviq.
Zua'wi siemobif zua fup'v xepv ov. Vjev't epuvjis coh tviq.

Zua jewi e liz vu zuas tumavoup op zuas xsovoph:
"Vji neop sietup O liiq dunoph cedl vu vjiti gusant ot vjev vjiz neli aq nutv ug nz tudoem mogi, epf vji duppidvoupt O fiwimuqif xovj vjiti qiuqmi (xju O'mm piwis niiv op siem mogi) cihep vu niep tunivjoph vu ni. "

Vjot ot xjisi zua dep liiq etloph raitvoupt, raitvoupt moli:
"Jux dep O gamgom nz tudoem piift op e foggisipv xez?"
"Dep O liiq op dupvedv xovj vjiti qiuqmi xovjuav cioph up gusant?"
"En O siwotovoph vjiti gusant gus nz uxp teli us vjios ettanif cipigov?"
"Jux dep O opdusqusevi nz tudoem mogi xovj edvowovoit O xepv vu qastai?"

O jef e xez ietois voni fufhoph tvagg O fup'v xepv vu fu xjip O tiv e huem coh ipuahj vjev mief ni vu puv cioph ecmi vu eggusf umf jecovt. Og zuas huem ot iespoph $10L op vji piyv 3 nupvjt, zua jewi xez nusi voni vu tqipf up gusant vjep og zua fidofi vu iesp $100L.

Og zua xuamf moli vu vsz vemloph ecuav vjot gus 15-30 nopavit uwis vji opvispiv atoph wuodi, O xuamf ci jeqqz vu evvinqv jimqoph zua (gsii ug djeshi). O'n xusloph up timg-jimq/duedjoph tlommt epzxez. Xop-xop op nz izit.

 

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