Honestly, it's very difficult to cut social media.
We like to tell ourselves that those who managed to quit (and are informing us of how bad it is) are being snobs or acting superior: but the truth is unfortunately that we are just feeling defensive of our inability cut the habit.
I managed to get off of facebook and my mental health improved greatly, enough that I actually notice it. However, that was insanely hard and I did it years ago... and to this day I get tempted to go back.
I'm still on Instagram, I'm on tiktok, I'm on Twitter.
Twitter in particular always leaves me angry when I close it: people keep telling me that it's my fault, that I'm using the tool wrong, that I don't curate my feed enough.
I don't care, the truth is I can't quit because I feel like I'll be out of the loop, that people will not be able to reach me and I'll lose out on being a member of society.
For example: I lost connection with half of my family when I deleted whatsapp.
At some point we have to recognise that we've transitioned the majority of communication to these platforms: and telling people to quit is unreasonable.
I say this as a person who has tried, I recognise it is hard, I even believe it to be _necessary_ and even I can't do it.
We like to tell ourselves that those who managed to quit (and are informing us of how bad it is) are being snobs or acting superior: but the truth is unfortunately that we are just feeling defensive of our inability cut the habit.
I managed to get off of facebook and my mental health improved greatly, enough that I actually notice it. However, that was insanely hard and I did it years ago... and to this day I get tempted to go back.
I'm still on Instagram, I'm on tiktok, I'm on Twitter.
Twitter in particular always leaves me angry when I close it: people keep telling me that it's my fault, that I'm using the tool wrong, that I don't curate my feed enough.
I don't care, the truth is I can't quit because I feel like I'll be out of the loop, that people will not be able to reach me and I'll lose out on being a member of society.
For example: I lost connection with half of my family when I deleted whatsapp.
At some point we have to recognise that we've transitioned the majority of communication to these platforms: and telling people to quit is unreasonable.
I say this as a person who has tried, I recognise it is hard, I even believe it to be _necessary_ and even I can't do it.