Do you ever feel like your presence in others lives is diminished by a screen?

It's like being physically present but mentally elsewhere. It can be frustrating when you're craving real social interactions and connections.
🌻A virtual flower to brighten your day a little . Give you a real one if I could, my friend 😀

I felt that before when I was more social but now I'm going through weird times in my life where I feel too empty to even give anyone anything through my presence. Maybe it's rather me who escapes through the screen or avoidance because I forgot how to be social.

Yes...I'm trying to not be here as much ... it can go from being cathartic to draining in a short time ...it's unhealthy and I see it ...

It was one of the many things I hated about my ex. He would ask if I wanted to watch something with him, then sit there looking at his phone. It got so bad at the end that he couldn't even hear me talking to him.

Whenever I log off of here I feel as though I’ve escaped somehow. I have to take it in short bursts. Life is for the living.

This is what happened when I took a break for four years. It was not intended, I just had my life at that time. I rarely use my phone, just for text and calls only.

I feel desperately sorry for the small children I see ignored by a carer who is engrossed on their phone and the poor things are either running around out of control, or sitting waiting for some loving attention. 😟

i shut off myself behind my screen because i can't handle people.

Sometimes.

It's always been a thing

It gets on my nerves.

Yeah not nice ew

My brother is constantly on his phone, drives me nuts

I stopped using a cell phone years ago

I refuse to become a slave to it

There is no life to be lived on an electronic device. The Internet is just some nerds' greedscheme. 99% of what is on it is a total waste of time. When the time comes i doubt your last thoughts in this world will have anything to do with the Internet.

It's not even close to being the same.
It's a distraction.