I think I might take another short break from… probably social media in general for the most part, aside from private messages.
I saw a message from Matt Papa at Inti Creates earlier that resonated somewhat with me. He was talking about how he had gone cold turkey on Twitter in an attempt to improve his mental health, and in an attempt to reintegrate it into his life, he had felt himself just starting the old routine of endlessly scrolling, refreshing, all that sort of thing, over and over again… and I know that this is something I do.
Right now, this is not a healthy thing to be doing when you're already feeling a bit bleak and depressed, because there is no escape from the bleakness out there. There are better, more fun ways to be spending one's time — and with everything as it is right now, the bleakness is stifling a lot of real conversations that people might want to have that are nothing to do with The Current Troubles.
It's not that people are actively "silencing" others — it's more a noticeable feeling that a lot of people just don't want to talk in public right now. And I get it. I completely understand. But all that leaves is a mire of misery that you can wallow in… or that you can turn your back on, walk away from and have a more pleasant few days.
With that in mind, I won't be actively checking "public" social media for the next few days because I just need to tune out for a bit. You can still send me a DM private message or leave a comment on MoeGamer, YouTube or anywhere else you happen to see me — and of course I'll still be posting on MoeGamer and YouTube in the meantime — but I'm otherwise going "dark" for a bit. Much needed.
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