Starting to wonder if there's any point to SW for me anymore 🖤

I knew you in your former incarnation here; we were friends, Ms. S. Yes, we were on a first name basis in our PMs.
from Ms. L. 🤗🩵🧜‍♀🐚🌊🐳

Are you needing to withdraw into your safety cocoon to recharge and reassess and maybe really truly rest, as you did last time?
A kind of reflecting, that can only occur, when we are introspective and immersed in our 4eart and soul and the bond of our loved one(s) and for me, nature; things that take me INTO who I was born to be , who I am remembering I am.

ME: Re reading my fav books because they ground me and are a comfort = My/The missing mirrors.

I am fragile and osmotic and volatile. there are depths to me, things almost no one knows or has seen or FELT (no ones really felt me).

I am volcanic
I am oceanic

©LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON(with just a lick of pride to do that :))) 🤭😏😁😎🥳😂🙂‍↕🥂

W4en things are very VERY difficult, when we face it alone, every day is not only a stru99le it is a battle and some days a war: You know this, You live this.


I am more than overwhelmed in my life, in fact I don't write anymore
(I post nothing, I can't. I have nothing to give now) , I am as Bilbo Ba99ins says, spread too thin on toast, but I am not even that, it is beyond that.

So. Yes, from me it will be very limited but you are the one who I respond the most because I can relate to SO MUCH of your stories, your life skeins speak in a language I understand and it harkens me and reaffirms that I am not alone. And I can't express my gratitude sufficiently in words,

Your journey reminds me of how I used to be also: I was very active in EP and had my posse of CLOSE people and it was my favourite online place ; it will always hold that fuzzy warm memory sensorial feelin9 (a unique distinction). EP was just IT :D .

As someone that's always been on the outside looking in, I feel you. Who wants to come to a place where no one wants to interact with you? It's one thing if people try and it doesn't go anywhere. You'll never be everyone's cup of tea. But when your inbox sits empty for several months at a time, it does make you wonder if anyone even notices you. If you're already feeling low it makes you feel downright worthless.

But over the last decade I've come to realize that this place is not about making friends. It can happen for sure, but this site doesn't do a whole lot to facilitate it. EP was designed to help people see others like them. Our feed was populated by groups we belonged to. There was a section for stories, a section for q & a, a section for confessions. There was also instant messaging. There were paths for everyone to find what resonated with them.

This site just smashes everything together and has us sorting through the debris to find anything meaningful. It's cacophonous and impersonal. It leaves most people grasping in the dark to find someone who gets us.

Can't say I've had success here. Doubt it'll ever have it, but I'm okay with that. Building a life outside of here was really the key to finding a healthy balance. I can come here for lighthearted stuff and the occasional vent. I can find nourishment for my soul when I log off. Far too many people use this place as a crutch and ultimately do themselves more harm by expecting online strangers to fill the voids in their lives.

I hope you find what's best for your mental health. If that means goodbye forever, then it was a pleasure knowing you. If you pop in from time to time, then I'll be happy to see you're still around. You're a good soul in a world that seems to be running out of them. But I guess even the stars in the night sky never get to know their own brilliance. They can only be appreciated at a distance. Just know that your presence is appreciated

I think about you and I care about what you go through. Wish I could make things easier for you. Ebbs and flows here as someone else commented, is also my opinion. The energy here changes as well as with individuals and peoples desire to interact and what they interact with changes. Back and forth, up and down. Take it easy on yourself, you are loved here. You are not finding what you need in this right now, do what you feels best always and sw isn’t going anywhere and connections will develop here again in time as always. Here for you anytime just as you have been for me. 💛

I dont always respond, even on my own posts, because Im too overwhelmed with life. It doesn't mean people aren't noticed or ignored. I know the whole point is interaction, and I should do more.

You are noticed, and you are cared for x

Here for you. Sometimes I'm quiet. Lost in my own thoughts. Or just don't know what to contribute. Doesn't mean not noticing or don't care though.

Sometimes I need to take a short break from here (occasionally planned, as in my vacation this coming October, but sometimes just to get away from the interacting and just recharge).
We do what we need to do for ourselves....and someone will notice when we're not here, but they also will understand why we might need to take the time away from here for a while. ♥

Life changes for everyone, sometimes I'm on here a lot, sometimes a little. I know you and I have had times where we interacted a bunch and others not so much. Life will vary,

I don't have near as much fun in this hell hole as I used to lol.

But that's part of the deal I guess. People come and go, it's the nature of the beast.

Shizz and giggles. Try not to take it seriously I guess is what I'm trying to say.

I hope you don't go far. I know I've been busy with my own life lately, but as I am traveling back home I will be absent for a few more days but eventually be back on once I reach home.

The energy here ebbs and flows but mostly ebbs these days.

I’ll miss you if you go 😥

I always miss you and hate seeing that big X where your picture used to be.

hugs!!!!

I've been thinking about leaving too