Having an online social life

I’ve recovered a lot from my nerve damage, but I’m still rendered bedbound for 85-95% of the day. This is compared to standing for a total of 5 minutes a day when my injury was worse. Needless to say the internet is just an absolute blessing for the social life of people like me.

I have Bluesky, which you can follow me @mothtasia.bsky.social if you so please. On here I communicate by sharing about my life, but I also use social media to document my day. I guess i’m not very social as I can spend years and only have hundreds of followers on any platform. Something about my social media makes me perpetually unpopular, but not in any way that people hate me, I rarely get hate online because I follow a mentality on social media called “Grillpilled” – the world is burning and here’s Lillian talking about the grill. Social media is also a social stim for me, but I don’t know how to put into words how that mentality works; dopamine and stuff.

Another place I socialize is Telegram. This is where I speak with family and friends, but also my main “job” (occupation may be a better word with how little I get paid per work i do.) Telegram is my only way to make phone calls in an emergency with no phone as well. But I wanna talk a bit about Recappi Radio:

Recappi Radio is an oasis of respite where I post my raw content to. It’s a topic divided Telegram group with a section for all the different types of content I make. It functions like a channel, but as we had issues with people joining the channel and not the group chat we merged to one massive group chat. We have music that gets posted in the form of playlists that can be played on Telegram’s music player, we have a spot for art, reviews, IRL adventures. Did I mention it’s free? We have an option to pay a monthly subscription for extra privileges like starting your own video chats, pinning your content, which we’d gladly just give for free to anyone who helps keep the radio alive and functioning. you can join with any telegram account at: 🪸https://t.me/RecappiRadio🌺

Another way I socialize is through this game you’ve probably heard of called Old School RuneScape. i have a clan we call it which is essentially my in game family. my biggest social satisfaction comes from being a member of this clan. There’s been pride marches, and group activities, and we had a boxing tournament, i came in third place in a clan fashion show and my mom cried in joy because how much that fashion show meant to me. Not to mention the in game clan chat, like just today we were intimately discussing PTSD and therapy. I’m told I bring life to the clan, and the clan brings life to me.