The moment I saw this topic, I felt I'll have a lot to share as it has a whole lot to do with me because I'm a lover of chatting than talking in reality or on phone, I think it is like that because I was a very strong introvert until some years ago.
I still remember how addicted I was about chatting on 2go, Facebook and on WhatsApp... I made a lot of friends that are still friends up till today, I won't say this is the only good thing chatting has done for me but it is a major one for me.
A day won't go by without chatting online, you could safely say I'm kinda addicted to chatting online. I find it more easy and comfortable to chat, this even got worse when I joined Hive.
I'll share the good and bad I've found in chatting but let's start with the bad before the good thing...
It may not be totally bad but it is for me, I'm not the hardworking kind before I got addicted to chatting, it made it worse for me. As an introvert before, chatting made me hide behind it and I couldn't face my fears but just remain in the shadows laughing, crying and being my real self in hiding... It wasn't all bad but I knew I wasn't doing well back then.
At least I made friends by being lazy and chatting almost every time but a lot of them were unreal and a few made me feel so less of myself just through chatting. I remember encountering a random person who almost made me thinking very bad of myself but somehow I fought through and block the person away.
I never knew how to turn anyone down even if I didn't what to do what they were asking for (there are exceptions though) I would chat with anyone including the ones who were obviously trying to frustrate me online... I get really emotional a lot just from chatting so it affected me.
It was a few years ago I examined the whole thing for myself and something changed.
Yes! The same chatting that had made me feel less of myself and even made me feel like I didn't deserve to share my life out there in the virtual world... That same chatting made me feel so confident after a few encounter with some persons I would forever be grateful to have in my life.
I've had so many friends but a few has changed my life in more ways than they could even think through chatting... Yea, I'm yet to meet a few of them and some I've seen but a lot happens on chats than in our reality.
Nowadays since a few years ago, I hardly chat online and feel sad or bad about something or myself... My chatting life has improved so much that now, I find the good opportunities in them than worry about the bad effects it tries to play on me.
I won't say it's all good now to keep chatting but I think I've become mature enough to control my kinda chats and face my reality with full might and not shy away like I have no guts.
Chatting first broke me but made me! In the end, chat has done more good for me.
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