I feel very weird. I’m 27 and I’ve never done a social media detox (I’ve had social media since I was 15). I feel good in a sense but I also feel like I’m missing out and disconnected from the world?? To me, it feels similar to dieting. Like, I know it’s good for me, but it feels weird to change habits. Does this go away?? I’ve deleted everything besides Reddit (snap, IG, Facebook, TikTok). TikTok was making me extremely anxious about the state of the world and was influencing my negative outlook on life. I rarely used IG or snap, and Facebook was just to keep me updated on friends and family. Sorry for the word vomit, I kinda just threw all my thoughts out there haha.

I’m a freelancer, so I spend most of my time working and living at home.
A couple of years ago, I was always eager to go out, explore, and travel. But after visiting many beautiful places around the world, exploring most of the interesting spots in my own city, and having my close friends move away, I’ve gradually stopped wanting to leave the house.

Since becoming a freelancer, I’ve also had to be more careful with money, so traveling frequently isn’t really an option for me anymore.
I did try to make my life more interesting in other ways. At different points, I enthusiastically tried learning a new language, working out, and even learning the piano. But I never managed to stick with any of them for very long. After giving up on so many things, I feel like I’ve lost some confidence in myself, and I’m not even that interested in trying new hobbies anymore.

The problem is, I don’t actually want to become someone who just stays home all the time. I want to go out and enjoy life, but I genuinely feel like I’ve forgotten how to have fun. Whenever I leave the house, I often end up wondering what I’m supposed to do, where I’m supposed to go, or how people actually spend a fun day outside.

So I’m curious: what do you actually do for fun outside, especially on your own and without spending a lot of money? Where do you go? What kinds of activities do you do? How do you turn an ordinary afternoon or weekend into something you genuinely look forward to?
I feel like I need to relearn how to play and enjoy myself, so I’d love to hear very concrete examples of what people actually do.

I mean, its all about habituation, but how many of you got this feeling? Years of keeping in internet, watching everything and after that, theres no things that can give me happy.

Eckhart Tolle helpped me with that a bit, feeling slowly better now, but its hard to feel something. In somehow i feeling like an old witcher without any emotions, hoping that i die soon and dont be bother any family of mine.

Thats stupid, internet is stupid, even if theres still something good. Looking for the good thing in internet is now like swimming in cesspool, if this is correct word.

Its stupid.

I cannot explain how disappointed i am in myself. i have a problem and i need help. it's very difficult when you live alone. it's very difficult when it always starts with 'i want something to watch while i eat'. it's very difficult when im stressed and want to unwind. I just am in a trance and cannot stop or get up or snap out of it. I hate this hell im putting myself through and I need help. I don't know how to get it. I'm not doing right by my health, or my work, or my studies, or my cat or myself. i dont know how to get this under control. and it's just so unbearably difficult to not watch anything when i feel like i need some form of entertainment or company or a voice to hear and people to see so that i don't feel like im going insane. but then it just gets out of hand, because i can't stop myself. i am very sad

i get days and weeks where im fine, and everything is under control, and suddenly i've wasted 2 days, 3 days, a week... i don't know how to help myself out of this vicious cycle i keep inserting myself in .

I open one of my favorite games for 5 minutes and get bored and close it??? I used to play for 8 hours.

I used to be able to watch full movies now I can't even watch two episodes of a TV show.

Is this just cheap stimulation addiction? Or is it ADHD? I read you can't develop ADHD as an adult.