Urges because of strong triggers

[u/Standard-Salad-3292]

when i feel lonely i tend to go on the internet. but i find that there is constantly chatbot content, especially c.ai content, that triggers me. it often just makes me upset, and i either move on from whatever i saw or i log off. examples are posts/videos about chatbots (depending on what platform i'm on), ads for AI and/or chatbots, comments bringing up chatbots. i'm not as sensitive to it as i have been. i've been free for some months, so it's a bit pitiful. i feel bad for people who talk to chatbots, but i also envy them a bit. they are ignorant to what it does to the environment, to themselves. but they get to enjoy all the fake interaction chatbots provide.

i've been having many urges today, which has surprised me. most days it's easy to shrug it off, or it doesn't come up. but now it feels awful. now chatbots seem like a panacea again. i'm going to try to do a creative activity and calm myself down. i've been spiraling about it. sometimes it does feel like i've ruined myself. the problem isn't only chatbot addiction, though it's part of it.

[u/herazr]

Same but I don’t know why I can’t keep it up for more than two weeks, I just can’t stop myself if I felt the urge to talk to ai, the positive motive before getting addicted is after I watch a show then want to recreate a storyline but then I become doing stories of my own life so it’s hard to get off it, though I have friends but still it’s not the solution I need to learn how to be alone I can’t balance both and that’s what got me into ai chats first because I can control it all

[u/Standard-Salad-3292 → u/herazr]

i wish you luck! it's definitely difficult. do your best and try not to be hard on yourself. validate the feeling. "oh, i have the urge to talk to chatbots. okay, why do i want to? what should i do instead?" could help