[almakic88]

So I just realized I might really be addicted to Facebook and the Internet. As in, I find that I actually get more satisfaction conversing with people online than I do in person. And I eagerly anticipate coming home from my part-time job just so I can log on Facebook and talk to my online boyfriend (who lives in Belgrade). And the romantic relationship I've had with him has been more satisfying than any real one I've had so far. I don't think this is an entirely bad thing; these things can be great in small doses. But I feel as if the virtual world has actually supplanted the real world in terms of the depth and meaning and creativity/self-expression it provides me. I'm experiencing a dearth of meaning right now in my life, spiritual and otherwise. But I don't really want to continue this way. I'm even having dreams now where I'm on the internet all the time. I don't know what to do, or how to wean myself off. I've tried painting, being creative, going for walks. But nothing compares to the thrill of getting a new message or a text. Even coming to this forum has become unhealthy. Anyone else going through something similar? Alma

[Thunder Bow]

Hearing from your online boy friend is very important to you. Don't feel guilty about it, just because it is online.

[almakic88]

Thank you Thunder Bow....it is very important to me. And it makes me very happy and our relationship is very meaningful to me.

I'm just going to keep being creative and making art, and talking to him...until school starts again in January and it's back to the grind....

Alma

Originally Posted by Thunder Bow

Hearing from your online boy friend is very important to you. Don't feel guilty about it, just because it is online.