(Esther.
READ THIS.
Listen to me, please. If you do one thing for me in your entire life from now on, I want it to be you taking what I'm about to say, and internalizing it.
YOU NEED TO WORK ON YOURSELF.
Esther, you are careening down a
ing mountain and doing
nothing to try and stop yourself. You have been digressing further and further, and it sounds like, from what I've heard, pulling further and further in. You are not going to find whatever fulfillment you're looking for on here. I tried to for a while, and I assure you that this place will
NOT do that for you. If you put all of your time into this place, it will
NOT give you equal returns. The forums are meant to be fun and relaxing. They are a
hobby. Esther, you've made the forums a
LIFESTYLE. You spend far too much time on here. While being on here is not inherently wrong in the slightest, trying to spend the amount of time on here that you do
is wrong. You may think that your short breaks will help, but even on your breaks you're thinking about this place. You have built your whole life around this silly website, and that is
mental illness. I don't know if you realize that you have a problem, but you do. I have tried probably more than a dozen times to gently and softly get this point across with as much padding as I could muster, but it has done naught. Esther, if I have to tell this without any holding back to get the point across, then I will;
YOU HAVE AN ADDICTION TO THE FORUMS.
Please, for your sake, please please PLEASE take a break, and that doesn't mean a day once a week and a few hours some other times, that means
NO forums for a week, or even better, a few weeks. You have become dependent on these forums for a lot of things, and if I had to reckon a guess, that's why you feel so busy, because you're always doing something on here, and you get no more than a fleeting hint of satisfaction or humor when you're here. You need to learn how to live without a screen again. I'm not saying this to be some parent, and blaming technology for our youth being messed up, no, I'm blaming
YOU for getting messed up. Technology is.. somewhat neutral, in my opinion. The forums, for example, I would say are neutral, if not a good thing, but when you let this silly internet forum take over your entire life,
that is on you.
Esther..
WE CARE ABOUT YOU, I care about you. I feel sad and worried for you a lot, and honestly, I'm starting to feel calloused towards your pain, that's why I think I've worked up the balls to type this whole mess out. I care about you, and that's why I'm not being nice about this anymore. I want you to change, and if that means you end up hating me for being an
, then I would still gladly repeat my choices in a heartbeat.
If you don't think you can do this alone, then talk to your parents about it. From what I've seen, it seems you have a good relationship with them, and I'm sure they'd love to help holding you accountable for trying to improve with this issue. We are here to help once you do come back, and we will be cheering you on throughout this whole process.. if you choose to commit to this.
I'd like to challenge you to take
two weeks without opening the forums, I'm not asking you to change your whole life, to pick up a new sport, make new friends, or anything like that. Just take
two weeks off of the forums to focus on other things in your life.. and maybe stay away from screens totally.
... I'm sorry that it got to this point.. but I'm done watching you do this to yourself.
Take care of yourself. We need you to.)
(To anyone else reading this.. I'm sure you could pull some value out of some of these points too.. if you feel like your time here is becoming worthless.. I suggest the same thing.)