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i want to try limiting my time to 1 hour a day from 7pm to 8pm.
i have observed that whenever i decide to quit, i end up fooling myself into thinking that i can return for "just a bit". "it'll just be an hour.
but it never ends up being "just a bit". and then i refresh wizchan over and over to see if a wiz posted something new, for 12 hours.

i also lie to people in real life about why i miss this and that, or why i came late and why i decided to stay home.
this is another indicator to me that it might be worth trying to take the training wheels off. my computer and electronics always served as a safe haven for me.

when my neighbor does scary things like slam the doors, i don't want to feel compelled to hide away anymore. that's what i did in high school.
i'm not much of a fighter, but maybe my type of fighting is to not hide away anymore.

Internet is an amazing source of knowledge there is no point in limiting it

>>319697
if you have no hobbies that don't involve screens or something productive to do you will just end up laying in bed the entire day doing nothing.

>>319699
yeah i agree but the way i use it is like a opioid
>>319701
yeah i think so too, i hope i can find stuff to keep me occupied
>>319702
it's moreso about not numbing myself in response to hard times, than to get anything out of life.
i have to work and in the past, i just completely shut down my brain after work, which caused me to let everything around me rot and decay.

I get you. My average time is 14 hours, just glued to screens all day. It gets to a point where it feels like an addiction, when I’m not using these devices, my day feels slower but also more productive. I’d like to do more things, but nothing gives me the satisfaction I get from the internet. Without browsing, I feel depressed.

i have no idea what to do outside of the computer since all the oldschool methods of accumulating anime and movies and stuff is dead and the only way to learn complex topics outside of the computer is to have a really good library near you, friends/family who knows stuff, or college.

>>319707
i wish i could use the computer to just learn things instead of consuming twitch streams and endless dumb memes

Don't you guys have headache and blurry vision after a while of staring at the PC?

It wasn't like this when I was younger but the older I get the more troublesome for me is to spend time at the PC for prolonged period.

>>319709
I have that for first person shooters now, I feel dizzy after 10-20 mins

survived the first day!
at the end i didn't even feel like going on the computer at all, but i read somewhere that that's how addiction gets you - makes you think you beat it.

>>319706
wanna try this with me, wiz?

I should reduce my computer usage too though I don't think I can carry through with it. Whatever I'll boot up my games again.

>>319735
if you try a couple times and fail, you'll see just how addicted you are, and you'll see what kinda thoughts and feelings from real life keep you addicted to the computer.
it's a win win, even if you fail.

>>319697
>>319698
I like these Miku pics, got any more?
Also, I feel similarly. There was a time when I managed to limit my entertainment time to 2-3h a day, in the late afternoon/evening. I didn't force myself to do anything 'productive' in the time before that but I still ended up doing stuff like chores, going for walks and so on, simply because I was bored. And playing games was much more satisfying too, knowing that I did some good stuff for myself that day. My computer is my safe haven too, and I hate when someone shouts or slams their desk (step father has some anger issues lol), usually I have to put on headphones or leave the house entirely when he gets mad at his computer or whatever.
I just don't want to be so numb anymore. I realize that I slid into this lifestyle as an escape, that the numbing is exactly why I'm spending so much time on the computer, not just a side effect. It saved me from some bad stuff in my life but also took away my capacity to enjoy a lot of things.

>>319709
Yea feels like my eyes become 'set' at the focal distance of my monitor and then even when looking into the distance my vision is slightly off feeling, like my eyes can't adjust anymore.

>>319770
>I just don't want to be so numb anymore. I realize that I slid into this lifestyle as an escape, that the numbing is exactly why I'm spending so much time on the computer
i would phrase this slightly differently: numbing is a protective mechanism, just as computer addiction is. facing hardship without hiding away, will quickly make us feel troublesome emotions again, those that have previously led to numbing and addiction.

fifth day over!
only got to have 15 minutes pc time.

it's really not just "abstinence" for me, it's being "away from my trainquilizer".
and i've been on that tranquilizer for 15 years every single day.