During my time in college, I developed an addiction to the internet and social media, but for my senior year, I decided to make a change. I decided to get rid of a bunch of Apps including Tiktok and Twitter. My plan was at the very least not mindlessly doomscroll because I have a tendency to spiral easily. I was also excited to room with friends for my senior semester in a suite. I told my friends bluntly that I'm trying to reduce my screentime so I don't spiral and if people start talking about online drama, I might leave the room just for my own sanity.
It was fine for the first 4 months. However, it became sour when we would all hang out and people would just be on their phones doing their own thing in the same room. When we would interact, most often people were talking about online drama, specifically relating to fandoms. I personally have had horrible experiences as in the same year, a friend group who I thought was kind to me ditched me for other people over fandom drama. Nevertheless, it made me feel awful and I would always leave. I felt horrible because I thought I was being too sensitive. There were also issues surrounding chores since they would make me do a large chunk of them because I was the most "able-bodied" one due to how much I could do on campus academically and physically.
Due to not having a lot of friends over drama I was feeling cooped up in my dorm and would often go to social events alone just to get out. I was also doing a lot of school activities to distract myself from doom scrolling. One day I was a bit disappointed in not being able to participate in our conservations because it contained online drama. One of my friends ( I'll call N) said that she has a tailored algorithm so she doesn't receive negative content. I then told her I also have gone through certain things and I still spiral. She then said I needed to deal with being online more if I wanted more friends because its how people communicate now, citing that a lot of neurodivergent people are that way. Then, she told me I was being dramatic and tried to claim I was forcing people to interact when I was just upset that all people talked about is fandom drama. I got up frustrated and didn't say anything. Later I met someone with their friends (I'll call that person C), and it felt freeing being able to go out to a cafe and talk a bit, even if it was for a short time. I met up with C again and we went to a beach. Overtime, I just forgot about my suitemates. I would occasionally remind people to do chores because I still had to remind people, that that was it. When N confronted me about how I don't hang out at the suite I said "I just wanted normal friends".
I now regret how I phrased it, but my main point I still believe in. I later learned that one suitemate couldn't graduate the same year as me because he spent too much time on his Twitch channel (he got pushed back another time). AITA and is there anything I can do to support my suitemates?