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Am I connecting to connect or connect to distract? I have much been guilty as using connection with others as a means to escape my own reality. In this, I found myself making others somewhat upset by my often too frequent presence. This is when I knew I wasn’t connecting out of a genuine urge to relate and to understand someone, but I was using it as a means to distract myself from the task at hand. The dose makes the poison. Even too much of a good thing can be bad. Am I connecting out of love,