Weekend engagement 183: My experience living without a cell phone.
Hello friends! Happy weekend to all. Today has been a really great day for me, I met several Hive users in the city where I live and we eat pizza, chat a little and get to know each other better, it was an experience worthy of this community.
Returning to the main topic of the post, today I come to leave you my contribution to this weekend's Weekend-engagement. The topic I chose seemed interesting to me: Could I live a weekend without my cell phone? I hope you like my participation. Without further ado, I will begin to develop the topic.
On occasions I have mentioned that I have a problem with social interaction, I am being medically treated for social phobia and little by little I have been improving, in a way I have managed to break the bubble that complicated my daily life.
In my university days, it was necessary to have a cell phone to keep in touch with my friends and teachers, it was a very useful tool for everything, such as asking for homework on WhatsApp or answering questions in groups of classmates, so I was always very attentive. from my cellphone. At that time I did not live with my girlfriend and we communicated exclusively by messages since we lived in different towns. My close friends and I did not communicate by cell phone either, but from Facebook chat using the browser on our computers.
One day, my cell phone was stolen. By then I had already stopped studying and had moved to another city with my girlfriend. For some strange reason, I decided not to buy another cell phone and I literally went for years without a cell phone.
For me, it was something really liberating, being so close to social networks, notifications, messages and emails stressed me a lot, although it was also part of the social phobia that I was developing in me but I hadn't noticed it so for a while For a long time I saw that as normal, until literally overnight I realized that something was wrong in my way of being, I went to an expert and that's when they diagnosed me.
The first thing they recommended to me was to try to contact the people I know more often, something I did very occasionally, so I got a cell phone again, although I still feel a little stressed about the fact that people can be in contact with me just a message or a call away, it is something that I have managed to improve over time, it is difficult to explain the feeling, it is like feeling that you are not prepared to socialize right at that moment and that causes you terrible anxiety, to To chat with someone I have to think about it well in advance, although I have been improving it with a lot of practice and willpower.
To answer the main question of the topic, yes, I could live a weekend without a cell phone, I could live for years, for many people it is difficult to be without a cell phone for a short period of time, I am completely the opposite, I practically force myself to use a cell phone. , using networks and living with people, in short, the strange ironies that life has.
Wao Dani, I didn't know about your phobia, but I see that you have overcome it hehehe good! as for years without a cell phone uffs, I don't know if I could hehehe well, my job doesn't allow me to do it hehehe but I'm glad you did it and maybe that led you to overcome your phobia a little bit too.
Well, I still have a lot to improve. I feel a lot of pressure when I have to speak in front of strangers and I "channel" that by making bad jokes 😂 so when I'm funny it's because I'm very nervous haha. Regularly when I am in a group of people people think that I am upset or in a bad mood when the truth is that I am very insecure and I am afraid of making others uncomfortable and that is why I take my space 🫠
Mobile phone can be a useful tool for communication and work. The problem is that its constant use has caused addiction in many of us.
I am not addicted to cell phones but I must admit that I am addicted to computers haha, the thing is that computers have always fed me in one way or another because I work with them but at the same time I also use them to distract myself hahaha, it is a endless cycle 😝
I knew people addicted to social media, but have never met anyone who's the opposite. I hope you find a healthy balance and get rid of your phobia.
The truth is my change was so gradual that I didn't notice it until a long time later. When I came to my senses I panicked but after going to the consultation I knew that it was a relatively easy problem to treat ☺️, it's a matter of willpower and changing habits, the truth is I'm much better than I was about 2 years ago hahaha hive has helped me a lot, using the platform as a personal diary is like "therapy" 😅 thank you very much for commenting, I am very grateful for your support, greetings 😊
Excellent the fact of meeting with Hive friends and not using the cell phone, chatting and laughing. Important to exchange in a personal way. It was fruitful in you the challenge. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, it was great, although I'm still not very good at socializing, little by little I'm improving, the fact of being able to listen to other people and being in that environment helps me a lot, although I was very quiet during the meeting I managed to have several conversations so I really enjoyed the event 😄 greetings friend!
Yay! 🤗
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