Taking a break from the Internet?

[Kale]

Has anyone just took a step back from the web and stayed offline before? What did you do?

 

[Elvira]

Not by choice. I watched tv, slept, went to PT, stared at walls lol.

 

[Dollhouse]

I always failed.

 

[Duskpire]

I stayed off of forums for a while. I didn't use the Internet for recreational use but I had no choice to use the Internet for work purposes.

 

[Megan]

Not usually though it’d be good for me I think. Sometimes I just spend a little less time online though.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I took a 6 year break. From 2016 - 2022. I still had internet for streaming services (netflix, hulu, hbo max) but I wasn't on forums. I still used internet for shopping on amazon and whatnot. It was more of a tool instead of a way to pass the time.

 

[passenger]

Not by choice. I watched tv, slept, went to PT, stared at walls lol.

Me too.

 

[Banned]

My pc died and I was going through some rough $$$ times and I didn't get a new pc for 16 months. I missed the internet but did use my pc at work a bit to stay in contact with some people.

 

[Elvira]

Me too.

 

[Shortie]

I have in the past taken a step back and pretty much stayed off the internet before when things got a little too much. It was back when I was creating video game content and there was a lot of drama going on and it all just got too much so I stepped back for a day or two.

 

[Speaks]

Has anyone just took a step back from the web and stayed offline before? What did you do?

Lots of times. It can get to be too much at times and you don’t want to talk to anyone for a bit.

 

[Kyng]

I don't think I ever could: most of my social life takes place there!

I have, however, taken breaks from specific sites in the past (including my own, when it became too much to handle!)

 

[KenDaGamer]

I take time off away from forums and/or social media when tensions from the higher-ups are getting too high.

 

[Kale]

I don't think I ever could: most of my social life takes place there!

Hate to admit it, but same here.

I take time off away from forums and/or social media when tensions from the higher-ups are getting too high.

Me too. Social media for sure here.

 

[Dee]

If I have, it was very short. No more than a day or two. I'm addicted to the internet.

 

[Kale]

If I have, it was very short. No more than a day or two. I'm addicted to the internet.

Yep, me too.

 

[Uncrowned]

I have taken steps back in the past, but now that I have an online business, that is a much harder thing to pull off.

 

[Duskpire]

I took a 6 year break. From 2016 - 2022. I still had internet for streaming services (netflix, hulu, hbo max) but I wasn't on forums. I still used internet for shopping on amazon and whatnot. It was more of a tool instead of a way to pass the time.

When I was younger I didn't make a lot of money so I couldn't afford to pay for Internet. When we moved in 2013, I went off of a neighbors Wi-Fi for a long time until we moved to Florida in early 2017.

 

[Phillip]

I've taken one around 2010 for my health issues that kicked me down to where I couldn't move...did treatments for it. It had me down a good year and a half. It really messed me up from it.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

When I was younger I didn't make a lot of money so I couldn't afford to pay for Internet. When we moved in 2013, I went off of a neighbors Wi-Fi for a long time until we moved to Florida in early 2017.

MOOCH!

I've taken one around 2010 for my health issues that kicked me down to where I couldn't move...did treatments for it. It had me down a good year and a half. It really messed me up from it.

Glad those health issues are behind you!