Facebook and Tumblr Addiction: Done

[Queen Dopamine]

Hello, Wild Minds Network! 

I am new here. In honor of going on a fast from Tumblr and Facebook, I decided to make my first official blog post. I'm excited to get to know you all and talk with you. I've joined a few groups and I would eventually like to share some of my "scenarios" and introduce you all to my characters :) I'm sooo thrilled to have a community of people who not only understand, but who actually do this, too!! I'm 25 and I've been in denial for years that I do this. I mean, of course, I knew I was doing it but it was as second-nature as eating or breathing. I tried to pretend it wasn't an issue. It does affect me when it comes to concentration and things of that nature, but I'm otherwise pretty functional. It'd be nice to be able to have more control of it when necessary, but when I'm on a strict schedule, it seems to be easier to control. 

Other than that, it's so fun and I really enjoy spending my time going over these storylines and even repeating over and over my favorite ones. :D Ah, it makes me want to go do it right now. haha.

I see that a lot of you like to shake something or do something compulsive with your hands? That's quite interesting to me. I literally pace my room and act out the scenes. I have to speak everyone's words out loud as if they were really saying it. It's a bit like being in a play except I'm constantly walking. 

Ah, so here's me busting my social media addiction. For now. I've only desired to log into Tumblr roughly 879 times, but I think it'll get better each day. :)

Nice to meet you all!
Jessica

[Queen Dopamine]

Thank you, that's very nice of you to say. I am trying. It does feel nice to have this community to go to!

[Queen Dopamine]

@Antigone: I get paranoid, too!! I live with my brother and one day he unexpectedly came home and knocked on my door while I was (very loudly) acting out my daydreams. I was so embarrassed. He pretended nothing was going on (I did have my music up loud), but still. It made me paranoid when I used to live with my parents. And yes, breaking the social media addiction does feel so good!!

@MatthewR - I'm glad I'm not the only one who does that! I mean, I know not everyone with MD does the same things when they daydream. I can also do it when I'm sitting still or even driving,  but I don't speak it all out loud. I'm just sure my face looks ridiculous :P In my head, it definitely is more like a movie with the type of dialogue and the way the "scenes" cut from one to another. I guess acting it out can sort of feel that way, too.

[Queen Dopamine]

Oh wow! That's so cool to hear! I'm very relieved to see that it isn't just me that does this. :) I feel oddly normal, heh.