Hello Charlie -- This is an interesting story about how the internet can make us feel connected, as well as open us up to negative things.

I hope that you will find a good support system in 3D to help you through this. It sounds as if the 'net has been an important dimension in your life, and that you may need other kinds of social interaction to replace it. Just as when people get sober, we often have to replace the social interaction of being in bars and night clubs with going to AA meetings so that we don't isolate.

Good luck with your decision.