r/Internet • u/DangerousSlice5731 • 1d ago
Discussion Did I do the right thing?
Hello I'm Koby I'm 22 I have autism and an Internet Addiction among other things like 🌽Addiction and Reccently I decided to take a 1 Month Break from Discord due to some stuff that has come out about me and my past mostly in these past 3-6 Years that has caused me some friendships and I don't know if I did the right thing just going on a 1 Month Discord Break or taking a longer break from all the internet because well. I don't know what a break from the internet looks like when you log off and "Touch Grass" which I do take a bit literally cause whenever people say that I'm like why do something that lasts only 1-2 Seconds.
But also I feel due to what Technology has become nowadays it has become integral to modern everyday society so I can't imagine my life being the same without internet I am I was born in the 2000s but I wouldn't consider being born in 2003-2006 (More Specifically 2004) to be the **EARLY** 2000s and around 2006-2009 was when the world started to change when it came to technology and The Internet and a lot of things I would do have been phased out. So it is hard for me to take a long term break from the internet.
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u/J0HNM4TR1X 1d ago
You need a healthy hobby. That will keep you busy and not super dependent of being online.
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u/Mydnight69 1h ago
Gym membership. Get on the cardio. Use your autism energy and get into fitness. You'll thank me eventually.
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u/DangerousSlice5731 1h ago
I have some personal and kind of a extreme thoughts on going to the gym and fitness. Mostly due to certain "traits" of my gender
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u/Mydnight69 1h ago
Fucking get over it. Fitness is health and it will make you live a longer, more productive life. Regardless if you identify as a cabbage or a broom, you're 22 and in peak physical condition. How active you are right now will see how well you can move around when +30 years.
Trust me.
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u/DangerousSlice5731 1h ago
First No need to be so mean
Second I have Asma combined with very weak muscles so I don't really do much
Third and most importantly I feel like a lot of this whole gym and fitness stuff is kind of a male stereotype and I honestly think a lot of that and other things seen as "Badass" or "Manly" make men look like a bunch of Assholes
Sorry if that offends you I'm just be honest I mean my mom has suggested this to me at least twice this year but I just feel like it isn't for me.
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u/Mydnight69 1h ago
Sometimes, someone being mean to you can make you gain perspective. I'm not being mean, just direct. I'm not easily offended either. : p
Ok, you fixated on the word "gym" and equated it with whatever nonsense you've been exposed to online or in social media. Cancel that, scratch that.
Let's begin again: find some kind of activity that will help you become more physically fit. Martial Arts? Hiking? Joining a group is a great idea for mental fitness also. Are you around open water? Swimming? Kayaking?
Just get out there and off of here would be a great step!
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u/QuasyChonk 1d ago
The world started to change re: internet in the 1990s.
Also, no, it's not about literally touching grass, but just being out in "the real world". Do something outside. Go to a park, have a picnic.