Should I sell my TV to finally face what I've been hiding from for years
Just a bit of a rant
I don't know guys. I'm tired of constant avoidance via digital media. I can install blockers on my phone to limit my usage and it's seems to be working quite fine, but this giant machine sitting in my bedroom is giving me a lot of comfort...
I also watch only long term stuff there, a lot of comedic stuff which exposure to (the material itself, not the form of it via yt or TV) gives me some good benefits. Also I'm following yoga videos through it etc. Some of the content is really valuable to me but I quickly find myself being sucked into the vortex of "just one more video" and that is a prison without a cell.
I'm beginning to thing about just selling it... and seeing what happens. There's a lot of shit that I need to face within myself and the world, but this comfort-machine inhibits my willpower and takes over my limbic system whenever it can.
But I'm not just my mind. We're not machines that one day just can decide from intellect that "well, from this day I am facing all of my fears and diving into all of the discomfort!" This as you might have learnt doesn't work long-term. We do need comfort. TV does provides some real comfort and that is a fact. Especially due to the fact that there's a ton of discomfort within me due to years of neglected emotions and shit, and I have - more or less unconsciously - designed a life of cheap comforting habits.
But more than anything else I crave freedom.
Posted Jun 3, 2026, 1:35 AM UTC