Non judgemental advice and positive stories- deleting social media for good
I really want to try to delete my social media (FB & Instagram for good).
I’m finding it’s really hindering my mental health at time, comparing, seeing stories which triggers my anxiety and just the pressure.
I feel like I’m addicted to looking on them and I hate it! And I hate that I feel pressure to post pictures of my son too.
I’m fully aware how unhealthy and dangerous that is. I think it comes from a place of trauma from when I was younger, I don’t want to feel left and that I’m missing something and I feel like I’m constantly seeking validation from people I hardly know about what I get up to as a Mum and how my relationships are with my husband and son.
I have had ‘breaks’ in the past but they never last.
I just feel like although it will be a challenge to delete them and sticking to deleting them, it will be the best thing I do in the long run.
Any advice? Any positive stories from people who have done this?
I’m desperate to be the best Mum, Wife and person I can be and I just feel this will be the start for me.
I’m off Facebook and Insta, also off twitter after Elon musk takeover. I do check socials about once a month (mostly FB for the groups as I need hobby supplies), and you know what? It’s all the same crap, over and over again. When you’re neck deep, it looks like every little thing is the next big thing. As soon as you step back, you start to see how repetitive it is. Like NPCs in a computer game, all repeating their scripted lines and never going off their pre-programmed trajectory. I’m just bored of it. Does it make me a better person? Heck no, using or not using socials does not define a person, at all. But it does free up A LOT of time and energy.