Viking Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 Well, for some reason, I am not feeling so great right now, and mainly due to facebook it seems...big surprise. It has been only two days since I was messaged by my GF, but the message was short and not so personal/what I was hoping for. I absolutely hate facebook, but it is really one of the ways to communicate with someone 10,000 miles away . I haven't been sleeping the way I used to (full night and rested), now I wake up and it is 8AM, 830, 835 etc. I just can't stay asleep and I check facebook to see if there is anything new...it is almost like torture sometimes! What can I do to limit the amount of stress I feel and develop for myself based on this? My GF doesn't know that I am having difficulties, and that I constantly check facebook. The stress is killing me and making me feel super insecure. I want to make sure that I am not undermining our relationship.
Els Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 Why don't you Skype? Facebook does not appear to be the only way in this age of broadband and advanced VoIP, not by a long shot. I would've gone bananas during my LDR if there had been no Skype.
Author Viking Posted October 5, 2011 Author Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) Why don't you Skype? Facebook does not appear to be the only way in this age of broadband and advanced VoIP, not by a long shot. I would've gone bananas during my LDR if there had been no Skype. Due to the timezone differences, it is tough to skype. My GF is attending a university and she has class until 9PM my time, but would have to go all the way home to skype and then back up to the campus to study with her friend. I am also usually working 4 days a week at 9PM, so that is kinda out of the question from Thursday/Friday through Sunday. In order to catch her before class I would have to be up at around 8AM my time and she would have to be going to bed at around 11-1130. She is 15 hours ahead of me, as she is studying in Taiwan. Frankly, I don't want to skype too much as I am afraid I'd run out of things to say... She's clueless as to how I am feeling, and that is how I would like to keep it. If she knew I was having this bout of anxiety/insecurity, she would begin to worry also and I don't want that. She has enough on her plate (4 Chinese classes and trying to move up a level next semester, so she has a lot to study). I just don't have much to occupy my time other than Chinese 101 and my student teaching. I have an antique truck that I am restoring, but due to needing to save for my trip, I can only make small bits of progress at a time. Edited October 5, 2011 by Viking
AudiHax Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 Hey Viking. Thanks for replying to my thread today. I've been reading quite a few of your threads/posts and I feel like our situations are very very similar. I can relate to you a lot and understand your feelings completely... Rather than talking here, would you like to talk through email? Unfortunately I can't send any PM's on here just yet. I'd love to talk about both of our situations more in depth with each other. I feel it may help us somewhat. Email me at [email protected] I'd love to hear from you!
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