Holisticpedia: [Blog-eye-tis] Blog withdrawal refers to a group of symptoms that may trigger from prolonged hiatus in posting after sustained blogging. There is no way to predict how an individual will respond in the abstinence. If you plan to break for a month after blogging drunkenly for a minimum of a year, you should consult a health care practitioner before going cold turkey or locate a support group near you.
Days 1-5
Brain has yet to process the trying spell ahead. It is still feeding off the sugar of the comments from the last post and is feeling okay enough.
Days 6-12
Brain knows something is up. Headache and mild agitation.
Days 13-21
Irritability coupled with mood swings, anxiety, paleness, increased appetite and caloric intake. Seeks comfort food, craves alcohol.
Days 22-28
Shakes, sweating, failing blood pressure, chest pain. Bad dreams (that you have forgotten your WordPress password and are calling out to your readers, the screen impermeable against silent shouts).
Days 29 – Day You’re Kidding Me.
Call 911.
A Holistic Journey 
LOL, but probably true! I would feel cut off, and I do check for likes and comments all day long to boost my spirits.
To boost your spirits. LOL.
Totally!
LMAO ❤
YeAH!!
Loved it 🙂
Reblogged this on OWL☆WONDER and commented:
This is so good! 😄
LOL, Thx for the support, V.
Stuff is easy to write when it’s genuine. LOL!
It’s terrifyingly addictive. After sitting at home alone writing for myself for years (with the hope of publication- one day) I entered the world of blogging, signed up for WordPress Blogging 101 and got totally hooked.
People ‘liked’ my posts. I attracted ‘followers’, received and replied to ‘comments’. There was even talk of the occasional ‘Reblog’. After six years of scribbling with the odd dose of feedback from writer friends, it was all so instant, the praise so delicious, so… hmmm.
Problem is now, I can’t not look at my ‘stats’ page, worry when I’ve not had any likes or visitors… Lady Blog is a cruel mistress 🙂
Ha ha ha ha. I appreciate the feedback, L. I plan on doing a post exploring addiction vs. passion. Food for thought. The instant feedback is what is amazing about all this. I’ve thought it actually beats plugging through a book and peddling it. I’ve got my audience right here! Thanks. =)
If I could make a living out of writing online, I would. Maybe there’s a career change ahead…
Addiction vs passion sounds interesting. I’ll look forward to it.
=)
Good idea! addiction vs passion….fine line between the two.
It IS a fine line. =) But there IS a line nonetheless.
Love this post! Almost fell into Day 29 in my mind, fast decline after three PC computers failed. In a way I was cut off from my ” usual” connection to WP. So, no posting, but I could read posts and comment (iPad & cell phone) to fellow bloggers. The adjustment taught me to go with the flow, followers are not going to disappear if there is no NEW post for even a few weeks. Stats are hovering, but not completely flat. I was never a power blogger anyway! There are a few new sunsets on my Welcome Page and some blogger friends visit for a peaceful look. I’ll “be back” soon with a new Apple iMac and NEW posts. Thanks for helping to put blogging in perspective in a funny, very clever way! Christine
Ha ha ha, thanks for sharing the unwelcome “trial” you learned to adjust to, Christine. No, that is why I don’t apologize when I don’t post: there are so many of us out here I don’t delude myself into thinking I am missed as people like to think they are. But I HAVE missed you all bunches. Stay happy!
Xx
Diana
Diana, thank you, such kindness, being missed. There are some that do say, glad you’re back. I also know now who actually is following me and not just gathering followers to up their stats. There’s a whole new culture to learn in Blogosphere! It’s Like moving to a new country! Christine
Yes, ha ha. The SPhere has its unspoken laws which can be played with or broken by the savvy. I’m just so grateful for this genuine crowd.
Xxx
Diana
I wouldn’t know…but I should probably try it sometime!
“Do not attempt this at home alone without supervision.”
So true.. I lasted a day or two between my last blog and this one..
Ha ha ha. This was the longest I’ve held my breath these two years. I am slowly starting to lose the blue in the face…regaining color.
I swear I was almost shaking… Not quite kind of like when I gave up heroin(joking)
Ha ha ha. Well, good thing you’re able to feed this addiction. ^ ^
I actually checked to make sure I didn’t inadvertently unfollow you. You’re a braver woman than I.
Ha ha, so sweet of you to chk, Julie. Yes, this was the longest I’ve gone in two years. (PaiiinfUL!)
They did an experiment using rats where they gave the cheese reward intermittently, which caused the rats to check for cheese constantly. . . . I need to check stats now.
RoAR…! Rats can get sick and die and get cannibalistic in the labs.
Exactly.
Oh the pain, health may push me away for loner abscesses now, so I may need counseling in the future! Time will tel!
Yes, I’m not sure if it’s healthy or dangerous to pull away. =)
Lol…love it. Holisticpedia is so official
Indeed.
=)
This made me laugh out loud. So relate. Many times I simply don’t want to post anything, then belabor myself that I have now withheld from the world my great genius….. Such is the razor’s edge of life and work of us creative types.
LOL. Glad you are confident as a writer and blogger, N. =) For me, it’s NEVER that I don’t want to post! It’s my arch-nemesis TIME.
Glad I’m not the only one who often feels overwhelmed by blogging and considers quitting cold turkey!
I would never go cold turkey. Over my dead body. =) But I HAVE had to pull back for the small matter of having taken my boy’s education into my own hands. =)
Noooooo. I had to give up coffee, and limit wine, and give up most of the foods I used to love due to my colitis. Please don’t make me give up blogging!
(Oh, wait, that wasn’t really the point of your post was it? Just ignore my knee-jerk reaction. No addiction here!)
LOL (I knOw you’re addicted to blogging….) Heh heh.
More so than you know.
I think I know. Ha ha ha.
All the more reason to continue the addiction. 🙂
Spoken like an addict.
Why suffer? LOL
hahaha very true!
Heh heh.
I wonder what we are all looking for? Are we forgetting how to interact with people? Did we forget that there are people out there in the physical? This is probably just an easier way. Yes, I do miss some bloggers, and there might even be a couple that miss me; Who am I kidding! Great blog, interesting.
But face-to-face relationships are so…hArd. Ha ha ha.
Addiction Vs Passion I look forward to. Let me say that I am a reader first, then a writer. I have all the stories bouncing around inside my head. So I work slowly on them, trying to publish once per month. That is sufficient–and time-consuming for my “research.” But I am replying more than ever, keeping the two or three fingers going. When the computer is down, I suffer from the DT’s. That is addiction. Passion? I love to love: words and reading. Not addiction, but burning desire to read and to live and to think. Oh, to sit and contemplate, too. That’s my love. Expression. :o)
Wonderful. Thank you, James. I have seen your passion for words and contemplation. =) And thank you for including me among those you comment on. That is the heart of blogging. Writing is just a part of it.
Diana
STAT! Send comments, likes, reblogs and general ego strokes immediately! XD
Fun stuff Diana. Your creativity and love for blogging are shining. I think you will be OK GM.
“I think you will be OK GM.” Ha ha ha. For those who’re not clued in, this is the shorthand between Brad and me for…GODMOTHER (as in Mafia, not Fairy – though that’s subject to debate).
And yeah. STAT!! *Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzzzz*
Haha! You do make me laugh. This is so true.
I KNOW you knOW, Amanda…. BIG wink.
Oooooh, I know! *Winks back*
LOL!
This is so perfect. I keep a file of my own writing prompts, most of them come to me in the middle of the night. As they pile up, I have to hold myself back from writing too many posts all at once. I feel almost guilty to skip a day. It’s all still new to me, not a year active yet, so it may wear off a bit. Thanks for this one, very creative !! ☺ Van
The pile of notes sounds like me. =) (So does the night’s inspiration.) I don’t feel guilty skipping a day. I don’t believe people are drumming their fingers waiting for me (not to say you do). I’m just very sad when the rest of life calls me away. =(
It’s not so much the drumming fingers of others, it’s more like me getting the words onto the screen and out of my head. ☺
Yes, that I understand
completely.
Very clever and extremely funny.An excellent summary of blog withdrawal symptoms. 🙂
I wondered where you were. My inbox was smaller (and sadder!) The computer wouldn’t share any answers as to why I hadn’t heard from you. You have been revived and are obviously back to fine blogging form with this post!
Ha ha ha. So terribly sweet, Debbie. Since you’d wondered (and missed me), it wasn’t just the homeschooling. Omg, I devoted over two days just to visiting everyone back from the previous posts. (And I was gearing up for the upcoming series. =) ).
Xxxxx
D.
Honestly, I don’t know how you get it all done! We all need breaks from time to time to recharge and to catch up on other things. Oftentimes, that leads to more inspiration for our blogs!
Ha ha ha, the respite does lead to more work when the brain has time to see and think. Although, as I shared, it wasn’t really respite. Trying to visit everyone back over here is like drinking the ocean through a straw. And then there’s the mommying and schooling…(Trying not to complain.) =)
Love,
D.
LOL… I was wondering when you were going to pop up in my mailbox again. Hope the hiatus was good- knowing you you were coming up with some new editorial yumminess for your readers.
Ha ha ha. You know quiet doesn’t mean idle or still. 😉
My dear Diana,
Your timing couldn’t be any more perfect. Just as I’m planning an indefinite hiatus, I read your wise warning about what may happen if I pursue.
If you don’t see me for awhile, you’ll knowing that I’m buried in chocolate wrappers.
I just LOVE you. But, you already knew that didn’t you 😉
Oh, so glad you caught this. So keep the oxygen mask near, k? (And I had wondered how in the world you were gonna keep up, with all that’s piled on your home/work plate.)
xoxoxo,
me
An oxygen mask will do in a pinch…how about that alcohol you mentioned? Both?
YAH! I just made the 911 cut-off. Today’s Day 28 (history I made in my two years here). “Indefinite” sounds dangerous. You need all the props you can gather.
Wow I can so relate. I have had to take a sabbatical from my blog and the withdrawal is definitely a “trip” I didn’t foresee!
Ha ha, glad you’re alive and well, Amanda. =)
Diana
Thanks Diana. I’m Still not able to blog F/T but as you say I’m alive and getting well. Appreciate the kind words.:-)
Writing is just a piece of it. Blogging is a lot more, with the engagement out here. Take it easy and take care of yourself. =)
D.
Thanks. You’re right about blogging being so much more than just the writing for sure!
Too bad there isn’t a vaccine for this ailment. Even something to temporarily relieve symptoms. Of course WP would likely try and block such a thing.
Ah – brilliant, JC. That’s what homeopathics are for. (Die-hard homeopathic folks believe vaccination is a bastardization of homeopathy.) But even my apothecary came up short the last 28 days. Yes, I was on the verge of needing 911. I’m just so glad I saw daylight. Missed you all terribly.
Glad you’re back.:-)
So sweet. So am I. Furniture hasn’t changed. I haven’t missed too much, it seems.
You are hilarious, and I am so relieved that you are back, and I hope you got some rest, really!
I listened to you. TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS, I pulled off, Yvonne. History in the holistic making. Be proud of me. =)
Love,
D.
Yes, I am very glad that you allowed yourself to rest. I an very proud of you.
Yvonne X
Great post! Also raises great questions, even though I didn’t have time to read every comment. I think the addictive piece would be great to explore.
Elouise
Yes, some readers caught in the comments that I plan to explore addiction vs. passion sometime. =) Thanks, E.
A very serious ailment indeed. You need to visit a blog specialist. 🙂
I hear they cost an arm and a leg. I’m not made out of money. =)
Don’t worry, Obamacare will cover it for free.
LOL!! There is hope!
Hahahaha! That was great 😀
Thx. =)
Love your witty writing, D. And I missed it.
Totally understand your sentiments going on a blogging hiatus. I used to blog once a week, post out on Thursdays. Then late last year I decided to cut down to blogging three posts in a row, then a blog break at the end of the month. In this week I do feel like I have more time for practising photography, which is great and I love it, but I miss talking to everyone in the blog world and a lack of purpose.
Hope you’ve been well and looking forward to reading more from you soon 🙂
So sweet. i appreciate your having noticed my quiet, M. Indeed…you survived the withdrawal at the end of the month! =) You have a wonderful community that enjoys those great discussions. Yes, a lot of work to sustain but also something to miss. I’ve been around catching up on responders. Just haven’t been able to post. =)
Xxxxx
D.
Glad you are back. I am sure more interesting posts from your side are on the way in the near future, I can’t wait to read. Love how you engage your audience, it’s never easy. Thanks, D. Looks like I’d be doing the blogging disappearing act a bit more in the next couple of months…and be back recharged and raring to go 🙂 ❤
Your parents – and YOU YoursELf need you. You don’t want to just survive the juggling act. You want to thrive. (Keep your oxygen mask on hand when you’re away!) =)
I had to come over to check if you had posted something my mailbox missed days ago… apparently you hadn’t. Glad to see you’re back again, Diana.
Ha ha, sweet. I know. It was an unthinkably long lapse between posts, those 28 days. Gasp, I just missed the call for the ambulance. Appreciate your wondering ’bout ‘lil ol’ me. =)
Xxx
D.
Love this. I actually just shut down my blog yesterday cold turkey. I’m in the middle of a very unpleasant family situation and decided for now I need to keep my content off the web until this all plays out. I’ll have to channel my energies into journal writing again for now.
Oh, dear. Sorry to hear. We can’t be tied to our blog like it’s our life supply (though the big joke is that we are). Take good care and thx for sharing.
Diana
Love it. Sounds right to me. 😀
Ha ha ha. Yes, I made it. I’m alive to write and talk again. I appreciate your staying connected, MF.
Blogitis is the likeliest cause of why I’m ill as well – thank you, Doctor Diana!
I feel the symptoms are much more pronounced in my case, with my loooong absence being caused by work and life. Ugh!
Lovely to see you keeping your spirits (and blog!) up, and with mummy duties too?
You have to let me in on your secret! :p
WISH I had the secret to having it aLL. We’re darned if we blog (as moms) and darned if we don’t. =) Keep the oxygen mask on hand!
Xxx
Dr. D.
There, there, Diana,
You’ll be OK. You just love what you do. And why not; what you do is good.
It’s simply separation anxiety.
You know: “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
Welcome back!
-Alan
Ha ha ha. Oh, my heart is so fond of you all. =) Thanks, my friend.
This really is funny, Diana. What if you purposefully broke from writing for the sole intent of engaging with both your readers and random bloggers, even if it took 21 days?
That’s what I did. For twenty-EIGHT days. I deserve a prize or something. Trophy…ANYThing!!
Blogitis, huh? Well, I have had a busy and disconcerting past few weeks (months?), and my presence in the blogosphere has been curtailed. Like the rabbit in ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ I often feel I’m running behind, late, late, late – and for a very important date!
I am trying to climb back aboard the ‘Blog Express’ train and get my equilibrium back.
Can I blame my newly developed puffy eyes and frantic, wild-eyed expression on Blogitis? I certainly hope so!
This post put a big smile on my face. Thank you!
LOL. I know you’ve been busy. I didn’t post for TWENTY-EIGHT whole days so we were quiet together. =) Funny you mention the Rabbit bc that’s exactly who I am all the time, everywhere. That’s how I was running out the door when I posted the piece on beauty (that I had to edit some parts to get ’em JUST right) when I got back. =) I hope you take good care of yourself this wknd, K. Please. =)
Yeah, that white rabbit is constantly in my thoughts! 😄 Thanks, Diana. 💜
Hahahaha😃😃😃😃
Good one👍
LOL. Thx. *Bow*
Diana I wondered where you had gone, now this answers my question. Hope you don’t stay away for too long.
Ha ha ha. Was just thinking about you today, K. I’m back. I’m back. =)
Xxx
D.
I really need a drink right now…
LOL. I’m still recovering. Pass me one too, will ya? Hold the rocks.
hello holistic wayfarer its dennis the vizsla dog hay this sownds like a seeryus kondishun!!! i hope i do not come down with it i am alreddy on enuf medikayshun as it is!!! ok bye
Take good care of yourself. =)
Nice to have you back. Wagons are over-rated.
Days 13-21
Irritability coupled with mood swings, anxiety, paleness, increased appetite and caloric intake. Seeks comfort food, craves alcohol.
Oh, that explains it – was wondering what was eating at me – you’re better than a therapist!
Heh heh. End up a patient nuff times and you can soon start prescribing stuff. 😉
HA. Sounds about right. You’ve been missed <3.
Ha ha ha ha. Sweet of you. You’ve no idea how much I miss you guys when I’m gone. =)
Not as much as we miss you ;-).
I’ve not tried the Break yet since going to the daily format about 1300 or so days ago, so I haven’t the remotest idea what it’ll feel like. But I know it’ll happen, whether it’s in a backing-down to fewer days (or once) a week or in taking a chunk of time completely away before plunging back in fully. I’ll be very curious to see how it goes. I don’t doubt I’ll be back here to check my pulse and see if I’m on Diana time! 😉 You do, after all, set the bar in so many ways that it seems only logical to assume you do this part best, too. 😀
xoxo!
K
Ha ha ha. That is freakin’ scAry to use me for a barometer, esp in gauging one’s powers of survival through blogitis. I am so not normal. Come and go as you please. We love it when you’re around. Just keep the oxygen mask on hand for unexpected delays on the return trip to yo’ beautiful blog.
Haha although its been just one week for me since I started blogging, but I can relate to this post completely. It is an addiction much more addictive (and healthy) than other drugs 😀 I hope I keep seeing you around and your wordpress password stays safe 😀
LOL. Just one week and addicted already. You’re in trouble – and welcome to the Cult. Ah yes, my password. To think, my sanity, health, and the safety of those around me hinge on a word…
Lol, those around you are very lucky to be with a person who thinks so beautifully and expresses so amazingly 🙂
Too kind, Prateek. Welcome to blogosphere. I know we’ll talk again. =) If you haven’t caught them, by the way, I have posts on successful blogging that new and veteran bloggers enjoyed and had a lot to say on. Tap any title to open up the sidebar and you’ll see BLOGGING under MY TOPICS. Some are in the Top 10 as well. Hope they’re helpful.
Best,
Diana =)
Oh that’s wonderful ! Thank you for sharing, Diana. I will definitely go through them! Thank you so much for the warmest welcome, we’ll surely talk again 🙂 🙂
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