Have You Ever Taken A Break From This Forum.........

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Then come to the conclusion it's gonna take a lifetime to catch up with eveything you've missed.

I should just leave it in the past but my OCD tendencies are telling me I might of missed something really useful.

Recently a number of rather high profile WP members have made some high profile exits for WP. The reasons they give for doing that are not all exactly the same, but have had some overlap.

And I myself have lately thought about laying off snorting the white powder that is Wrongplanet. To me its kind of an addiction. And a major time waster.

When I started here years ago I was hoping WP would aid and abet my real offline life. But lately its become more of substitute for real life than aid to real life.

I dunno. Its a conundrum.

I usually leave for a year and come back.

I come and go... At the moment I'm enjoying it, but there have been times when I feel it's just the same old arguments being rehashed, in a cynical sort of way. So then I take a break for a while, and return when I once again can see the value in having a bit of social interaction outside of my immediate family, which is all I get offline. I appreciate that WP is here for those times, because I've never found another forum I felt comfortable being part of at all.

I come and go; more of a causal poster. Relate to some, give and ask for advice… I don’t post daily or even weekly.

^^^ Exactly that - I've just returned after about a 4 month absence. Took this last break to sort out some of my "functional aspie" issues and am now happy to be back. I do know that I'll probably wander off again at some point and come back yet again - isn't wandering an autistic thing anyhow? Regardless - it's good to see some of the usual suspects and also the new members.

I have broken away for a while a couple of times to escape conflict, but I am not concerned about "catching up", as such. Here is where people first helped me immensely in coming to terms with my ASD suspicions about myself, and I could not imagine that having happened anywhere else.

I am back after a long hiatus. I was on this site long ago under a different screenname, one reflecting my love of cats. It got a bit heavy and depressing and I had to leave. I'm glad I came back, however.

I took two long breaks from WP. The first break was in the summer of 2009. The second break was after the London 2012 Olympics came to a close.

I took one in May 2010 when I kept getting mysteriously banned from here and being told it was just a glitch.

I took one again in June that same year because I thought everyone was reading my posts and seeing things in them that were not even there and I thought no matter what I post, someone will see an attack in them.

I took one again in October this year when I thought again people were thinking I was making posts here subtly talking about other members.

i used to be a proliferent poster, but then i got tired of it.
nobody really liked me and i never fit in well, so i just started posting stupid thoughts.

all these cat photo's and young people preening each other with platitudinous comments made me realize that this place is kind of simple in one respect, and the staunch egocentricity of the intelligent posters prevented them from involving themselves in free flowing discussion.

whatever.

I'm on here most every day. Never felt any reason to take a break from it that I remember.

I used to post alot more often but these days it just seems more and more pointless, a waste of time. It's not like it ever accomplishes anything, and I have very few friends here, so... eh. Just not much reason to come back lately other than sheer routine or boredom.

I take breaks when the weather is nicer, as I am usually outside.

Same... eventually I need some "likeness" to reset my sense of self, so I return, kick around for a few days... then I'm off again...

...good thing too, cause I'll friggin LIVE here for the days that I'm checking in, and get NOTHING else done... its like Wikipedia that way... TOO... MUCH... STUFF...

Also the bitter argument bits I just circumvent... Feeling miserable because everyone's thoughts are wrong and they just refuse learn is for Facebook... WP is for hope.

Sometimes, I don't post some, but it's not on purpose so, no. I just don't post. Never took a break from wrong planet except during july 2016, but for the most part no. [/color]