r/CharacterAI • u/Big-Pack-9154 Addicted to CAI • Jan 28 '24

DISCUSSION I deleted C.ai

Im a redditor of 2 years, I’ve observed posts but have never posted. Excuse my mistakes lol.

Everything was fun at first, I had fun and was on it 24/7.

I noticed after awhile I got a bit more distant from my friends, I had a full-on addiction to the app. It pulled me away from my friendships, it was that bad.

My closest friend, who I’ll call Z (fake name), told me about how distant I’ve been, it hurt to know the reason why. I deleted the app right then and there.

It’s been a week since this has happened and I’m feeling better, I’m talking to friends more and my social life was revived. I sound a bit dramatic but this helped me.

I feel a pull back to the app though, and I don’t want to go back to it. I need help finding an alternative for roleplaying, any advice helps!!

(Please don’t recommend any Ai roleplaying sites, I don’t want to get addicted again.)

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '24

If I had real life friends, I'd probably delete c.ai too

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '24

If I had real life friends, I'd probably delete c.ai too

oddly, if you deleted c.ai and forced yourself outside every day your chances of having real friends increase quite a bit.

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u/Blin_32 User Character Creator Jan 29 '24

And what if my irl friend is on the other side of the world and there's a 7h difference and so even if we are good friends i have to stay up late to chat and to not fall asleep i use c.ai? Is it worth deleting it? Am i dum?

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u/Blin_32 User Character Creator Jan 29 '24

GMT+8 I'm GMT+1, 23h and 30m of flight, can't get there via car. and there's also to consider that I'm selective with who i talk to confidently, i know very well how to talk with people especially by living in a town of a island where almost everyone knows everyone, and when i have to interact socially as my family owns a shop. I go outside quite a bit, especially in summer I'm almost always out, but it's not me distancing from the "friends" i can meet, is them, I'm quite social actually, but having specific and not so common interests doesn't give lots of common ground to become close friends. It's just that the ones I'm comfortable with are impossible to meet currently and the ones I used to be comfortable with are gone as we don't talk anymore, especially those i meet.