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    As cammers, we generally spend most of our time at home and work from home. (Usually.)

    My vague question to you is:

    Do you get annoyed/depressed/bored always being home? Or do you work vanilla as well? I find that I've lost interest in a bunch of things due to lack of social interaction. I feel as though I can't relate to my "friends," because our lifestyles are completely different.
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    For me, yes and no. My issue isn't really camming, it's me. I have issues with self-discipline and I'm trying to work on that. What usually happens with me when I'm depressed is that I'll work just enough to make payout on all of my sites and let the cards fall where they may. I will literally lay in the bed all day and surf the web until I exhaust myself at 6am and fall asleep. At one point I had no car but now that I do it's not limiting me from doing anything, I'm limiting myself. I pay $19 for a gym membership, I have friends that I go out with on the weekends and yet when I get in my funk I don't want to do anything. I don't think it's camming or working from home at all. Funny thing is; excuses only sound good to the person giving them. I remember when working vanilla jobs (unless it was my own business) and I would make excuses not to come in or I'd get bored and quit every few years. I just have commitment and self-discipline issues that I need to work on is all. I believe a self-disciplined person would hustle whether they worked at home or not. It's a lifestyle. When I'm depressed I don't want to do shit.




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    Quote Originally Posted by kortneykay View Post
    For me, yes and no. My issue isn't really camming, it's me. I have issues with self-discipline and I'm trying to work on that. What usually happens with me when I'm depressed is that I'll work just enough to make payout on all of my sites and let the cards fall where they may. I will literally lay in the bed all day and surf the web until I exhaust myself at 6am and fall asleep. At one point I had no car but now that I do it's not limiting me from doing anything, I'm limiting myself. I pay $19 for a gym membership, I have friends that I go out with on the weekends and yet when I get in my funk I don't want to do anything. I don't think it's camming or working from home at all. Funny thing is; excuses only sound good to the person giving them. I remember when working vanilla jobs (unless it was my own business) and I would make excuses not to come in or I'd get bored and quit every few years. I just have commitment and self-discipline issues that I need to work on is all. I believe a self-disciplined person would hustle whether they worked at home or not. It's a lifestyle. When I'm depressed I don't want to do shit.
    I agree with this 200%, I feel the exact same way and do the same things. My issue is I don't have a car, no way to really get out and do things and really no one I socialize with. Camming isn't the problem at all and it isn't the reason I don't do things, if anything it is helping me get those things I have lost back but my lack of motivation and self discipline that holds me back from getting those things sooner.

    Plus me doing stupid shit like spilling my drink on my computer and frying it doesn't help with me being able to work, haha

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    Yes, and Yes!
    I do love being home though, and don't suffer from depression, so in my case, it's a matter of 'Been there, done that."


    I am probably older than most cam girls, and just can't put up with bullshit on cam, and then also when I go out.
    For me, it's just 'stimulus overload,' if you know what I mean.
    I have lived enough for several lifetimes. In my youth, I was never home. I mean, never. I was either partying with a bunch of friends, or was working in the clubs stripping, or just clubbing. Even in my corporate sales job I was out in the field making sales calls.
    I live in a major city, and hear most of what's going on, just from opening my windows, so I'm just not into it.
    I am never lonely, because I live in a bldg. that has 2000, or more people living in it, and always run into lots of people as soon as I step outside. The same is true when I go out to run any kind of errands. I've never had trouble talking with total strangers. I'm sure that helps.
    I would never be able to cam, and be so isolated if I lived somewhere remote, though. I tried to live in the California Desert, and knew what it meant to be alone, & I got very depressed for the first time in my life.
    If I were young, and I felt like You do, I would def. make room in my life for social gatherings, and would join groups with like minded people.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MiraMichele View Post
    I agree with this 200%, I feel the exact same way and do the same things. My issue is I don't have a car, no way to really get out and do things and really no one I socialize with. Camming isn't the problem at all and it isn't the reason I don't do things, if anything it is helping me get those things I have lost back but my lack of motivation and self discipline that holds me back from getting those things sooner.

    Plus me doing stupid shit like spilling my drink on my computer and frying it doesn't help with me being able to work, haha
    That's okay. You will get the things you need. I was in your exact same position back in April of this year. Back in April I was walking to and from my apartment to get groceries and or taking the bus to get to places I needed to go. I had left a very good financial situation as a military spouse but my ex had destroyed so much with his drug use, including the new car we shared. He even took half the furniture! It sucked but I had a plan and that was to hustle my way out. I kicked his butt out and did what I had to do.

    I ended up getting very lucky but it was all due to camming. I ended up getting a wealthy regular who supplied me with what I needed which was money, a brand new laptop, a brand new king sized memory foam mattress, and a down payment on my car. You can take the bus if you have to or try and make friends and have them pick you up for those times you need to vent and have a laugh with the girls. However, I've also taken advantage of having all of the new nice things since I got. I just need to ignore those days where I want to sleep in because what's the use of having a new car when you can't afford the car payment or gas to put in it? What good is a new computer if you didn't work enough to pay your internet bill and now you can't pay your other bills because you can't work without the internet. I don't even want to get started on rent. I set myself up sometimes. You will make it out! Just hang in there, bb




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    Camming hasn't been good to me in that regard. I've become very isolated. If I made more money and it was consistent, I could schedule a day or two off a week and make plans with friends but because that isn't the case, I'm always " I don't know if I can take a day off" and that depresses me. Plus, the not knowing how much I'm going to make stresses me out because I worry about rent, bills, etc. If it weren't for health issues, I'd gladly get a vanilla job (at least part time) so I could interact with people instead of just talking to horny men on a computer screen.

    When my health is a bit better, Im joining a photography group and an environmental one that are in my town, so I can get out and be around people with common interests.

    But yeh, camming and working from home has definitely had an effect on me.

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    I have the opposite problem. Camming has made me too social. I go insanely stir-crazy if I'm at home too much, so camming has made me get out more ... a little too much, I'm always broke. It's difficult for me to balance working + social interaction. I'm working on it, trying to stick to a schedule.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kortneykay View Post
    That's okay. You will get the things you need. I was in your exact same position back in April of this year. Back in April I was walking to and from my apartment to get groceries and or taking the bus to get to places I needed to go. I had left a very good financial situation as a military spouse but my ex had destroyed so much with his drug use, including the new car we shared. He even took half the furniture! It sucked but I had a plan and that was to hustle my way out. I kicked his butt out and did what I had to do.

    I ended up getting very lucky but it was all due to camming. I ended up getting a wealthy regular who supplied me with what I needed which was money, a brand new laptop, a brand new king sized memory foam mattress, and a down payment on my car. You can take the bus if you have to or try and make friends and have them pick you up for those times you need to vent and have a laugh with the girls. However, I've also taken advantage of having all of the new nice things since I got. I just need to ignore those days where I want to sleep in because what's the use of having a new car when you can't afford the car payment or gas to put in it? What good is a new computer if you didn't work enough to pay your internet bill and now you can't pay your other bills because you can't work without the internet. I don't even want to get started on rent. I set myself up sometimes. You will make it out! Just hang in there, bb
    Aww thank you for writing that, that makes me feel a lot better. I'm trying to keep it in my head that things will get better and I know it will. When I get my new laptop I will make it a point to take care of it, no drinks around it and work my butt off as much as possible.

    I will get to where I want to be and it will be because of camming

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    Quote Originally Posted by Holly_xoxo View Post
    Camming hasn't been good to me in that regard. I've become very isolated. If I made more money and it was consistent, I could schedule a day or two off a week and make plans with friends but because that isn't the case, I'm always " I don't know if I can take a day off" and that depresses me. Plus, the not knowing how much I'm going to make stresses me out because I worry about rent, bills, etc. If it weren't for health issues, I'd gladly get a vanilla job (at least part time) so I could interact with people instead of just talking to horny men on a computer screen.

    When my health is a bit better, Im joining a photography group and an environmental one that are in my town, so I can get out and be around people with common interests.

    But yeh, camming and working from home has definitely had an effect on me.
    Exactly my feelings, i would do a lot more regarding social life if i would have more money but for me as a single parent is always a struggle to make what i need, i barely make it, cant take vacations or go out due to limited finances, this makes me very sad, i am a little 'jealous' on my son when i see he's going out & i sit at home working, it's depressing really. He has a gf & friends, i have no man in my life nor do i have friends anymore due to cam work situation/ limitations.
    Tho i prefer this than having no income and on the street homeless.

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    Camming has definitely made me less shy and gave me a new sense of confidence. I can pretty much talk to anyone but get annoyed and bitchy very easily.
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    I have the opposite problem. Camming has made me too social. I go insanely stir-crazy if I'm at home too much, so camming has made me get out more ... a little too much, I'm always broke. It's difficult for me to balance working + social interaction. I'm working on it, trying to stick to a schedule.
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    Yes and no.

    I annoyed/depressed/bored in general, but it has nothing to do with being at home. Growing up I either never had my own room or never had a room, so I love having my own apartment and own space.

    Lately working from home is getting annoying because when I see my computer/home office space I have a hard time relaxing and cannot stop thinking about work and I never relax and just watch tv, have friends over, read a book, etc. When I move next month I am either gonna look for a house that has a basement where I can leave everything behind or look for office space outside of my house for the other work I do besides camming and maybe camming also.



    I wonder if anyone has ever rented space just for camming lol...... wonder if the trade off would be worth it. In my case I do lots of other work from home besides camming so it would be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whoregeous View Post
    Camming has definitely made me less shy and gave me a new sense of confidence. I can pretty much talk to anyone but get annoyed and bitchy very easily.
    Same here! I'm so mean to anyone who annoys me.

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    My husbands friend was just complaining about his hours (at a vanilla job) and how he never can go out and do anything after work because he sleeps during the day and works at night.

    Camming allows you to choose your own hours and adjust your schedule as needed. All it takes is YOU to put in the effort to make plans.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JaceyLynn View Post
    Yes and no.

    I annoyed/depressed/bored in general, but it has nothing to do with being at home. Growing up I either never had my own room or never had a room, so I love having my own apartment and own space.

    Lately working from home is getting annoying because when I see my computer/home office space I have a hard time relaxing and cannot stop thinking about work and I never relax and just watch tv, have friends over, read a book, etc. When I move next month I am either gonna look for a house that has a basement where I can leave everything behind or look for office space outside of my house for the other work I do besides camming and maybe camming also.



    I wonder if anyone has ever rented space just for camming lol...... wonder if the trade off would be worth it. In my case I do lots of other work from home besides camming so it would be.

    That is EXACTLY how I am. I don't understand what relaxing is anymore. I've tried to watch shows, read, drawing, etc. It just doesn't work. I'll watch for like, 2 minutes and then zone off into a train of thought and before I know it, 2 hours have passed and I've been staring at the computer or the wall.
    Thankfully, I scored a job as a waitress and I started today. It put me in a good mood (Surprisingly.) Hopefully this helps my mentality.

    I've thought about renting space for camming , but it's probably not worth the expense.
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    When I was living with my boyfriend I started becoming very resentful towards him because he had an exciting job that he loved and was out and about all day meeting interesting people and doing interesting things while I was stuck at home dealing with a bunch of perverts while my brain was liquifying from the boredom and the monotony. I didn't feel like that everyday but camming really played with my moods, if it was slow I used to be a real bitch to him and that wasn't fair. Obviously we had problems but since I left so did all my head trips about wasting my life in front of a computer screen. I'm still camming but now I'm in the process of starting a business with my friend and I'm now mentally stimulated and I'm finally becoming happy again

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    Thank you ladies for these great posts. I've learned that camming is exactly what you make of it. If you're innately a sad, unmotivated, or unhappy person, your camming experience will reflect that. If you are a go getter, have a positive attitude and can stay focused and disciplined, then your cam career will also reflect that. That said though, I believe that having so much freedom over your schedule, your work, your income, can lead us to take advantage of it. Partying too much (or not enough), taking excessive days off, or working too hard are just some of the extremes I've seen and experienced.

    Working from home though, it can be isolating. I've found that unless I take some time to get out of the house it, be it to see friends or to hit the gym, I go insane. I am not a sad person by nature, but too much time boarded up in my house can lead to some serious depression, especially when the money isn't flowing. That in turn leads to a bad attitude and even less money. Maintaining a firm grip on sanity is a key to being successful on cam, because nobody likes to watch a girl sit and bitch about this and that all day long.

    The balance between too much cam and not enough is not always an easy one to find. But once you've found a way to take care of yourself and stay in your "happy zone", you'll ultimately find that your income stabilizes. Gear yourself up for some extra dollars and you can raise that bar. The yin and yang of personal time and work time will forever be somewhat fluid, at least for me, it fluctuates often.

    I'm just getting back into camming after a relatively long time away, and the fear of slipping into the depressed camgirl spiral is frightening. I have a strong social network of friends who I can talk to about my work, many hobbies to escape from the freechat blues, and of course, a boatload of homework to stay focused on as well as financial goals with camming.

    Do any of your ladies have any tricks you use to help keep yourselves motivated and positive when you're putting in many hours in front of the cam?

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    Thank you ladies for these great posts. I've learned that camming is exactly what you make of it. If you're innately a sad, unmotivated, or unhappy person, your camming experience will reflect that. If you are a go getter, have a positive attitude and can stay focused and disciplined, then your cam career will also reflect that. That said though, I believe that having so much freedom over your schedule, your work, your income, can lead us to take advantage of it. Partying too much (or not enough), taking excessive days off, or working too hard are just some of the extremes I've seen and experienced.

    Working from home though, it can be isolating. I've found that unless I take some time to get out of the house it, be it to see friends or to hit the gym, I go insane. I am not a sad person by nature, but too much time boarded up in my house can lead to some serious depression, especially when the money isn't flowing. That in turn leads to a bad attitude and even less money. Maintaining a firm grip on sanity is a key to being successful on cam, because nobody likes to watch a girl sit and bitch about this and that all day long.

    The balance between too much cam and not enough is not always an easy one to find. But once you've found a way to take care of yourself and stay in your "happy zone", you'll ultimately find that your income stabilizes. Gear yourself up for some extra dollars and you can raise that bar. The yin and yang of personal time and work time will forever be somewhat fluid, at least for me, it fluctuates often.

    I'm just getting back into camming after a relatively long time away, and the fear of slipping into the depressed camgirl spiral is frightening. I have a strong social network of friends who I can talk to about my work, many hobbies to escape from the freechat blues, and of course, a boatload of homework to stay focused on as well as financial goals with camming.

    Do any of your ladies have any tricks you use to help keep yourselves motivated and positive when you're putting in many hours in front of the cam?

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    I work a vanilla job 9-5, then come home and work on clips and camming. It means I have less of a "life" than I would like to right now, but I'm working to build my brand in clips/camming so that I can get rid of the 9-5. I take a dance class once a week with a former housemate, that forces me to get out of the house, and I try to travel one weekend every month, even just a day trip somewhere nearby.

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    I love working from home. Possibly a little too much, as I have to make myself go make plans with family and friends and go to the gym most days (working out is my stress-relief and time to be around men in a non-overtly sexual way, so it's essential).

    I try not to go into full-on bitch hermit mode because the people I care about are so important. This month has been terrible personally, but they have been here for me, and even my customers stepped up with tributes and buying clips when I couldn't cam or take phone sex calls much.

    Yes, sometimes there are a couple of weeks where I only go out to go to the gym and grocery store but I wouldn't trade working from home with a 'normal' job for anything right now.

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    Annoyed or sad at working from home? Hell no it's like a dream come true. However, I am naturally a loner (but I live with my works-at-home husband so alone time is actually not that common), was an only child and I'm completely used to entertaining myself. My problem is making myself want to socialize with others and making myself make friends. It doesn't come naturally, yet I'm friendly and affable when in company and I have a good time when I do, as long as it isn't too often. I can't remember the last time I got bored. Maybe when I forgot a book or phone and had to wait at the dentist's for half an hour. Have too many projects and such to keep me going. I don't find camming to be that much more isolating than my life ever was. Sure I had more friends in the past but I've moved a lot so that's not related to camming. I had almost too many friends when I last lived in the city, it was hard to focus on my own projects and make time for them all the time too. I need to force myself to network more if I want my side projects (my art career) to really take wings. That's hard for me, but more because of my personality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JaceyLynn View Post
    Yes and no.


    I wonder if anyone has ever rented space just for camming lol...... wonder if the trade off would be worth it. In my case I do lots of other work from home besides camming so it would be.
    Oh yes! I have. When I moved here (to the boonies in Canada) I thought I'd have some internet connection. Basically my husband was having a complete nervous breakdown and we had a surge of money come in so I wasn't worrying about camming just then. After we bought our new house and such, things dwindled and I had to get back to it, and found there were NO options for internet. I rented an office space and that was OK but nerve-wracking as I had to do it at night and weekends and worry about someone finding out. A couple years ago I rented a commercial building in the country 5 min from my house and then ended up buying it (I am planning on getting into real estate investments, slowly, maybe). So I guess I do get "out" if you can call it that, to cam & film clips. What I'm saying is it was worth it for me because I had no other choice. Rent was super cheap out here though, $300-$500/month for commercial space with electricity included (and internet too at one place.) I can't imagine not having a separate place now, mostly because I've become a crazed bitch hermit hoarder of sex clothes and toys and it's really nice to keep most of that away from home. Had to bring a drawer full back home to actually have stuff for playtime with my husband. I never seem to have a bra to wear that isn't a sports bra or any sexy panties at home though.

    It can be a little depressing though because I covered up the windows to keep out prying eyes so there's no natural light in the camming area. I try to make my cam days like a little party though, wine and music and playtime to make it fun for me and my guys. Weird introvert interpretation of a social life. Heh.
    However we recently broke into the social scene here, sort of, it only took 4 years. Finally making some friends here. There is hope, you guys.
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    I might not be the norm, I'm never lonely..heck idk what that even feels like. I can go out and have a good time with friends, but I much prefer my own company. I live alone in a house and prefer it that way, roommates are always screwing things up. The money a roommate gives me does not make up for the lack of privacy, I'd rather eat ramen than have someone live here. I do have a vanilla job but it's from home as well (PT 25 hrs)(also have side jobs), sometimes I can go a good week/week and a half without ever leaving my house ( I walk my dog in the neighborhood). I just don't care to go out-out, I got friends I see when I can (want)/good family but I just don't care. I'll go fishing 4 days a week, but just by myself.

    Frankly I don't mind being alone, maybe I'm just getting old. Having a good time means inviting friends over and bbqing, playing cards, whatever. I always have things to do I just turn them down because I'd rather lay out in the back yard tanning and reading a book than going to the bar and listening to a bunch of drunks. I do agree with @kortneykay though, I can totally be a bum and just pay the bills and hang out in bed...the thing that gets me is I can tell when I'm depressed my house is messy..I'm a clean freak. So after a day or so I can't take it and have to get my act together.

    I worked from home before full time, not camming, and the one thing that got me was actually touching another person. Like I could go weeks without physically touching someone, it was so weird to pay at the gas station with cash and touch another persons hand.
    I think after reading what I wrote I'm officially a weirdo LOL oh well

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    I think I could honestly not leave the house and be happy. But, as it is I usually have one day a week for errands. Dinner out with hubby one weeknight and one weekend night. I tend to work on clips during the day and cam at night. Summer has been a bit harder as I find myself going out into garden and pool to care for those. I tried to cam outdoors but signal is not reliable. I do miss my vanilla income especially as I need a new roof and car. So, just need to up the ante. lol I have not found those generous regulars yet. But I do like just being able to walk into the home office and work.

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    Working from home has been a double-edged sword for me.

    I think I might go back to a full-time or part-time vanilla gig if one that matched both my skills and need for my satisfaction of self-worth came up. My last series of jobs was rough. Healthcare was demanding on my body and seriously mentally draining because of my catty coworkers, revolving door of management, and trainers who were constantly breathing down my neck about productivity while completely unwilling to help if we were short staffed/working overtime/blah blah blah. I got passed over for promotions into office work with my company for people with less education, less work ethic, and less common sense. I met qualifications for jobs but never got them next to people who didn't have the qualifications and got the job for being there a year longer than me or being less 'threatening' than me (I was qualified for each job except manager, which I only missed for years of related field experience). Basically, I quit because I was tired of being paid and treated like crap.

    However! My job and my college classes were my social life. I've quit one and graduated from the other. I hated the people at the former and, unfortunately, my college friends have all moved 3+ hours away and calls just aren't the same. Working from home meant giving up my entire social life. My friend group is now exclusively my boyfriend's friends, who are lovely, but will pick him if we split. They're cool with me, but our commonality is that he and I are dating in 90% of my friendships. I realize that makes them more like acquaintances, but beggars and choosers. I've never had a ton of friends and I've always wanted them. So working from home may have gotten me away from a burn out job, but it also seriously isolated me.

    What's worse is that I'm on the rocks with my boyfriend (his social anxiety disorder is wrecking our relationship), so I'm seriously afraid that I just signed a one-year lease on a place where I'm not going to have friends in the near future.

    This turned into a total rant, but my point is that working from home has made me very dependent on the people in my life that I'm close to for relationships with other people and it's very, very frustrating. I may start job hunting again soon...


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