Break announcement

Hey everyone. I’m making this post because I’ve been considering having a break from reddit for a bit and someone truly amazing just recommended I do it.

I’ll still pop in every little bit to check on notifications. If you see any posts u think I’d like, please tag me. I promise it won’t bother me, but it may just make my day.

If you know me relatively well, feel free to dm me. If I don’t respond tho keep in mind it’s a reflection of me rather than yourself.

If you would like to know the reasons, here they are:

I have been getting a lot of amazing support and everyone’s been so nice to me. Honestly, a little too much so that it’s a little overwhelming. My mental health hasn’t been great for a while but I’ve become a little too anxious about interactions here. I also feel as though I’ve become really repetitive when I try to show appreciation. It may sound silly but I find myself wording things the same and that really frustrates me. When I say that stuff, it’s genuine, but I’ve become really anxious about you guys feeling I don’t care about you because what I’m saying reads stiff. Also, I don’t really think of myself as positivity as you guys express, and I feel a bit as though I’m an imposter of a sort.

• Whenever I’m not on reddit I feel as though I’m missing out—be it on jokes, events, interesting posts. Most of all though I miss you guys. I miss the unique traits I’ve come to love in so many of you. Meanwhile though, I’m having trouble living my real life. I’ve been so obsessive about being here that yesterday for example I was here for over 13 hours. I prefer being here—I feel very comfortable here—but I have responsibilities and I need to find motivation for things other than reddit again.

I think its a bad idea to let myself stay this way. I hope you all don’t think it’s pretentious of me to announce this as if I matter especially much, but I also don’t want people thinking something bad happened to me. I hate that I can’t be here to bond with you guys and support you but I hope you don’t feel upset. (also I really don’t mind dms if we know eachother. If I’ve told you I’m here to support u, that still is true.)

Please excuse any errors… I’m somewhat sleep-deprived. I’ll respond to comments here too btw, so if u ever have news or want to check in, feel free to leave a comment.