That's probably quite normal for an imageboard user! Rock bottom? It all depends on your mindset. It depends what your values are, but if being highly social in real life is a goal then it's definitely not good.

You seem to be implying there is a world outside of here?
Have you seen it? What is it like? Does it taste good?

To me, rock bottom is a term from addiction medicine. It refers to the moment when an addiction has gotten so severe that the consequences it has created are overwhelming enough to cause the addict to finally sincerely seek treatment. Are you seeking treatment? If not, then it's not rock bottom. You can go lower.

Rock bottom? You've reached otaku heaven!

¥my only form of human contact is twitter
There you go, that’d be rock bottom

>>94361
No, that's when your only form of contact is r*ddit.

>>94361
>>94362
Both are equally bad for different reasons but are still bad.
Hell let's be even more generalized, microblogging sites like bluefaggot or whatever are kimo as well too, federated masterdan system or whatever the hell it called

>>94354
No friend, you are in heaven, but like pearls before swine it is wasted.
I was a NEET turned business owner and I will tell you right now, "value it".
Even though I work for myself in the best way and actively am working to be better I miss my neef years and not actually enjoying them for stupid reasons. DO YOUR BEST TO UNDERSTAND YOUR JOYS BECAUSE IT'LL BE TOO LATE LATER!

I moved to the other side of the world and now rarely speak to anybody besides my supervisor at work once every couple of months. Most days, imageboards are my only means of interacting with other people. The last time I had an in-person conversation that wasn't work related was when I visited family and that was months ago.
I'm worried that I'm not more affected by this. I feel like I should be miserable or going crazy but I'm the happiest I've been in years. I used to be really upset about being alone all the time, but now that I've isolated myself from everybody I know, I no longer feel lonely.

>>94368
Its fine to be a hermit, Anon!
Some people love isolation and I'm one of them!
Don't forget though, people can be lovely and its worth exploring relationships because true friendship and love is always worth it!
No one exists in a vacuum!

I used to be troubled by this, however I've come to realize it isn't so much that other people aren't interested in me as it is the other way around. People talk to me at w*rk often but... It's very rarely anything I have any interest in. I never seek out conversation myself. It's an annoyance, nothing more nothing less.
You have to ask yourself: "Are you really missing out?"

>>94369
I enjoy talking to people when the chance arises (in fact, I think people are fascinating), it just doesn't happen often and I have virtually no motivation to seek it out.
If someone does reach out to me I'll try my best to give an emphatic, thoughtful reply.
I feel like a living contradiction.
Love sounds nice but I'm not sure a partner would put up with someone that lives like this.

>>94371
I get you 100% as I'm challenging myself to maintain relationships i have no motivation to keep
For me I know that making relationships with the opposite sex is tedious but nice once you break the barrier. Even if they sometimes fall for you and make things hard..!
You're not weird or a constriction! You're just like me in knowing how to socialize wonderfully but not willing to take a real relationship (at this time). I hope I find a girl willing to look past my fear of love, but in the mean time I'm happy to love all my anons!
You'll make it if you wish it so and I believe in you! I love you, Anon!

>>94371
That's my problem as well. I want a gf, but could live without friends (and currently do). But it's unlikely a woman would want to put up with someone like that.

n*rm thread

>>94354
Rock bottom is just the deepest you've gone, but it always goes deeper and things can always get worse, when everything you've taken for granted is pulled out from under your feet and you just keep falling and hope you'll find solid ground to stand on.
...If you think about it, lack of human contact really isn't that unusual nowadays, so if it's just that, maybe things aren't all bad?
Although maybe things are emotionally bad. Are you lonely? Do you miss talking to people irl? Who are the people you know who'd be most likely to give you a hug? Do you have any?

I get pretty depressed when I go without human contact for too long... I also know someone who doesn't have that problem at all and enjoys isolation. It really depends on the person and it isn't for everyone.

I self-isolated for a while because I was anxious af and it was just bad for me... Moving back in with a family member helped me feel a lot better and regularly meeting with people without pressure made me more confident too. I never managed confidence with my old coworkers because the work environment with the manager breathing down my neck and me worrying about getting fired all the time (it was my first job) made me nervous.
Now that I'm doing volunteer work, I don't have that problem and chat with my coworkers all the time, it's pretty neat. I still need to find a money job again though, not looking forward to that...

>>94354
>is this what hitting rock bottom feels like?
no. rock bottom is being homeless with no job, money or propect of getting any of them and getting your ass ravaged for some dollars that you use to buy drugs to forget about your miserable existence.

>>94418
no, rock bottom is having a job and no free time or any prospect of getting any and using your dollars to buy alcohol or drugs to forget about your miserable existence.

>>94420
............................

>>94420
um, if you are drinking and buying drugs, then you're doing that on your free time

rock bottom is the friends we lost along the way

>>94418
>>94420
Rock bottom is when you're trapped in an eternal seeming cycle of hopelessness, whether it's tangible (physical health, homeless, no job or kuso job you can't quit) or intangible (depression, mental illness, distorted reality) and you feel driven to seek out drugs, self-harm or whatever else you think will help you forget or end your miserable existence.

AHEM
>>>/f/739

>>94431
Then what's the difference between rock bottom and being a normal responsible adult? Because those seem like the same thing when you listen to what the people around you say.

>>94354
Yes, because you didn't cut 4chan off.

>>94433
>being a normal, responsible adult
I think rock bottom is when you've lost complete hope in your future and your current course towards it.
Having trouble with your physical and mental health or job is normal to some extent and trying to numb your mind or to just distract yourself from the stress is also not something that necessarily means that you've lost all hope.
A lot of people work towards their own goals and have (at least faint) personal hopes. I do and I also don't hate my life, even if I'm anxious about a lot of things and hate myself sometimes.

>>94354
Why don't you try making some Steam friends, Anon?

>>94689
NTA, i want to find more frens via steam but i'm often too shy to speak through voice chat... what do?

Rock bottom is once you realize you misunderstood Lain.

>>94698
You don't need to VC to make online friends.
I'd suggest becoming a regular on a server for a game played on /vm/ or something
Or join for L4D2 with Kissu tonight