I understand your decision to leave because all his hand-wringing can get depressing. That said, you do not have to unsub, just don’t come here for awhile. You may find yourself changing your mind, then you have the trouble of signing up again and so forth. I have come and gone a few times and I realized if I don’t feel good about this place, then I just don’t have to visit. I’ll say this though, you are unlikely to find a board with the caliber of people find here, even though, gee, everyone is so focused on their troubles. Maybe just take a break and see how you feel. Go with your gut. Cheers.

Good for you, Rachel. I never posted about this but have been very close to the same point (in my case, life circumstances meant I had an enforced break rather than making the choice myself).

Although I moved through it, there was a period where I strongly believed that this tribe was "worsening" my limerence dramatically. There was a very strong parallel between my reactions to this tribe and to my limerence. Yes, I became obsessed with reading posts and visiting the tribe multiple times per day. But I also experienced other mind flips, including posts feeling like "disclosures" and other poster responses feeling like some form of "reciprocation"; even getting jealous of other posters who expressed better ideas than I did. I have spoken in other threads about my attempts to go NC with this tribe and with posting!!

I initially had multiple occasions where I became paranoid that my LO was also a tribe member here. I find this hugely embarrassing to disclose, but I more than once I have scrutinised other member's profiles/posts in a panic until I found some comment or info that proved to me that they were not my LO.

I would be interested to hear if other people have had similar experiences?