Ever felt you were using dating apps as your main dopamine hit with your BPD?

[u/vicecitylocal]

I feel like I was doing this, but after a lot of disappointing dates and people being weird I just deleted them all the other day and feel like I’m having the worst crash ever. I try to continue productive stuff like gym and walks, but honestly when I’m off work I just endlessly swipe for hours. Now I have no idea what to do with myself lol

[u/Yellowcup508]

I could recomend somethign totaly different what about a cool puzzle game? that would kind of get you more into the logical side of the brain and that you might get stuck on one puzzle for hours or even go to bed stuck on some puzzle and look at it a different day with fresh eyes and say AHAA i see! and then once you solve get that nice dopamine hit of the solve and accomplish?

i dunno if you game at all but maybe try out void stranger on steam

or any other simalar type thing where you are trying to solve something et a little stuck once once you figure it out it feels really good

this is just a thought that comes to my mine on reading ur post

ive also done the same with dating apps but it can kinda mess me up too from getting sex bombed and mess me up in other ways too

[u/Southern-Elk3954]

I relate I’m addicted to it and they make me feel bad overall but I can’t seem to stop

[u/Rayeoneace]

I did for a while last year, and for a bit in the previous one as well, but after a couple hook ups I just came to realize that I'm not really into that. Not sure if I'm asexual or demisexual, or maybe something else entirely, but it was just not worth leaving the comfort of my home for. As for the swiping, I scroll through reels/shorts a lot, so those made up for it.

[u/Unhappy_View8413]

I noticed after deleting them it was harder to feel secure without that quick easy validation