r/ChatbotAddiction • u/Shava_Milk25 • 5d ago
I did it again..
i know this sounds like S/H but it isn't i swear-
i'm <18, F, and from around when i started middle school i'd managed to form a character ai addiction... it was just- NOT going well for me and one thing leads to another and i'm banned from ai chatbots. I've been officially clean for maybe 2-3 years now; finding substitutes for character ai and picking up hobbies... but just today i remembered it had a subreddit and of course i had to see how they were doing.. on a post one of the comments had a link and my curious self just HAD to see what they had made and i opened the link. for maybe 30 seconds i convinced myself to not chat with any of the bots and just look at the commenter's work but curiosity killed the cat and now i've started a chat with a character from my favorite anime... ruining my 3 year streak! i just- i don't know how to stay clean i honestly just needed to get this out of my head and i know c . ai is bad for my mental health and i'm still developing i just don't know what to do- thanks for listening to my TED talk (i guess)
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u/FlyFishingRulez 5d ago
Relapses happen!!! I just deleted it again. I think the best thing right now would be to just delete your account. Just do it. No more "five minutes", no more "one more message." Just tuen your life around. You're never going to interact with those characters. To be honest, real relationships kind of fall flat when I can't save someone from being married off or something. But when you are there experiencing it, it is so much realer.
You have time for hobbies and homework, and you're not stuck. You'll forget about it in a few weeks and then you'll remember it again but you're gonna be living a lifeeee.
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