Thread by @mottapuffs, tbh I was v addicted to twitter a few months back. but [...]

joe

mottapuffs

tbh I was v addicted to twitter a few months back. but since then, a lot has changed. my mood and happiness relied so much on people I& #39;d never even met, and suddenly when things changed, it was incredibly difficult to cope. I found myself wanting to leave and I did.
But-

I couldn& #39;t stay away. Not that I was thriving off of online validation or the pleasant temporal feeling of being absolutely open in front of a non-judgemental crowd; as amazing as they all felt, it still meant that I was running away from so much. From the boredom of online-

classes, from wanting to spend time with my brother, from working on myself, from being "in the moment". Everything became about Twitter and keeping up a face here.
Now, almost 1 year into being active here, I& #39;ve learned so much. Met so many beautiful people. What I now know-

is that there& #39;s so much more to everything than what meets the eye. It& #39;s completely normal to have bad days and you don& #39;t have to have good ones and have an impulsive need to flaunt it. Be yourself and true to yourself. As long as you know you& #39;re never comprising for yourself,-

you& #39;ll get better. Prioritise yourself and your happiness. Accept the vulnerabilities and embrace them. All these I learnt, over one whole year. It& #39;s been a long ride hasn& #39;t it?
And now, I don& #39;t wanna leave Twitter everytime something bad happens, and of course that& #39;s completely-

okay to do. The question perpetually stands. Am I being true to myself?
Now I& #39;ve reduced social media time, I& #39;m reading more, I& #39;m learning more. I get out (yard) and play with my little brother for atleast 20 minutes. I pay attention to online classes and note down stuff and-

organise it, because then I know I& #39;ll be accountable to myself to keep it going. I& #39;m drinking water, I& #39;m taking care of my body, I& #39;m getting better and I& #39;m slowly learning to be okay with the fact that things might never just go back to the way they used to be.

It& #39;s a slow process, but we& #39;re getting there, aren& #39;t we?

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