This comment really resonates with me. The annoyance at the label, the realization of internet addictions being a coping mechanism for uncontrolled stress (subconsciously finding myself scrolling hackernews or Reddit on my phone when I run into a problem that doesn’t have an immediate solution), the feeling of failure from not being able to be productive 100% of the day.
I’m glad that you were able to find a solution, and I’ve heard some others(and ChatGPT) say similar things, but I never understand what it means to “solve stress”. Like what does that mean? To me, stress isn’t a singular task that can be killed/solved, it’s just a long running background task that takes up more resources than it should. Likely you won’t want to get into your personal life here, but can you give an example(even if you have to make it up) of what it meant to remove the stress from your life?
I’m glad that you were able to find a solution, and I’ve heard some others(and ChatGPT) say similar things, but I never understand what it means to “solve stress”. Like what does that mean? To me, stress isn’t a singular task that can be killed/solved, it’s just a long running background task that takes up more resources than it should. Likely you won’t want to get into your personal life here, but can you give an example(even if you have to make it up) of what it meant to remove the stress from your life?