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 ...

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.

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.

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.