Anyone else vend at Nightmare Weekend ? Exhibitors and/or artist alley. what were your thoughts on the con overall??
My partner and I barely broke even and probably won’t be back again.
My final straw for having an AI chatbot addiction was seeing the way my partner looked at me when he discovered I was secretly using AI chatbots to put my OCs (original characters) in sexual scenarios. He was (and is) rightfully angry and very upset, and it’s affected how he views himself as well as me.
He’s the kindest, most caring and supportive person I have ever known, and I don’t want to keep using the chatbots. I straight up have an addiction. I would stay up late, like VERY late just to hop on and use chatbots, and I even missed out on an appointment I should have been at to support him with.
I also have a porn addiction I’m trying to stop but where I’ve failed is that I was trying to fix the issue on my own the last few months, and relapsing constantly. I was disgusted with myself, and always felt very guilty when I’d engage with AI or porn and I would sometimes even cry from the guilt of the dopamine addiction and need to use a chatbot. Some days I would stay up until 5am sometimes either gaming, drawing or using AI to stop my boredom or stave my anxiety and it’d genuinely affect my mental health from how poorly I was resting.
I was AND am perfectly capable of writing my own media as well as drawing but for whatever reason I fell down the AI Chatbot trap and couldn’t get out. I still feel like I’m drowning and I need it to stop, I could not bear seeing my partner be so unbelievably hurt because of something I did. He said it felt like cheating, which was completely fair.
I want to make my partner happy and not be living like this, I don’t want to hide anything. He made it very clear that this has permanently altered the way he views himself and his body, and the way our intimacy dynamics work. It sucks - I SUCK. And I hate that I became so addicted and couldn’t stop. Please note I don’t need any pity, I fully acknowledge it’s a PROBLEM and that I am not the victim in this whatsoever. I just never want to fall back into it again - what can I do?
If anyone has any advice on how to stop I would appreciate it. I have deleted twitter (where I used to engage with NSFW material often, and it’s very fast paced), and already limited access on my phone to the sites I would frequent to use AI. The dopamine addiction needs to stop, the AI addiction needs to stop, I don’t wanna hurt my partner any more than I have and I want to make amends to my behavior and my personality. What can/should I do to start?
Hey!
I’m new to Greenville and was wondering if there were any Filipino community events/clubs/groups that anybody could recommend.
I’m feeling very homesick as a first gen immigrant and I’d love to get in touch with my community a little closer. Any recommendations or suggestions would be deeply appreciated. Whether in Greenville SC or nearby!
Salamat po!
I’m trying to host a picnic for some friends from out of town, but I’ve never been.
Where would they be located at the park?
If not, what are some good alternative park options with shaded areas + BBQ pits?