The way we appear to others is so vastly different online than in the real world, too. I think this medium tends to invite worm eating; I know a lot of my navel gazing posts unintentionally turn into worm feasts, and I've seen it happen to others as well. I've lost count of the number of times people I interact with both online and in real life have pointed out at how different I am between the two worlds (usually making the observation that I'm a lot more mellow in real life, which always comes off sounding like a mixed complement).
It's so strange to me, the need to eat worms that sometimes overtakes me. I'm starting to examine the cyclical nature of the urge, and realizing that it's probably chemistry-related, because it does not seem to be an in-born trait in my personality (you'd find it hard to believe just going off of what I tend to write here... In a way, I kind of regret being so open about everything I experience, because there is no more mystery, and just a lot of misinterpretation). But yeah, it is there and when I am in my weaker moments, it does overtake and I end up posting whingey posts on my LJ.
My personal view is that worm eating is not a bad thing, so long as the feeling passes after a short time. For me, it'll be a day or two, and then I'm over it. I'm also starting to write private posts a lot more often, to just get the feelings out of my head. The audience participation of LJ is fabulous, but it's taken me a lot of time to realize that no, really, everyone does NOT need to know all the crap that goes on inside my head at any given moment. ;)
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Date: 2008-02-16 03:18 am (UTC)It's so strange to me, the need to eat worms that sometimes overtakes me. I'm starting to examine the cyclical nature of the urge, and realizing that it's probably chemistry-related, because it does not seem to be an in-born trait in my personality (you'd find it hard to believe just going off of what I tend to write here... In a way, I kind of regret being so open about everything I experience, because there is no more mystery, and just a lot of misinterpretation). But yeah, it is there and when I am in my weaker moments, it does overtake and I end up posting whingey posts on my LJ.
My personal view is that worm eating is not a bad thing, so long as the feeling passes after a short time. For me, it'll be a day or two, and then I'm over it. I'm also starting to write private posts a lot more often, to just get the feelings out of my head. The audience participation of LJ is fabulous, but it's taken me a lot of time to realize that no, really, everyone does NOT need to know all the crap that goes on inside my head at any given moment. ;)