Recently for personal reasons, I deleted most of my social media. I realized how much it was worsening my mental health and how addictive it was. Now I have youtube, pinterist, and reddit (just for linux stuff tho!). Now that I don’t have it I feel a lot better honestly. It made me realize how much we rely on short term dopamine and dumb trends.
Without social media I have become much less anxious, a lot more productive, and overall i think just a much more normal less hyper person. I feel like seeing things on social media really made me crave what others had like figures, cool rooms, cool clothes, etc. and OH MY GOD IM SAVING SO MUCH MONEY NOW! But seriously, once you get off things like insta you realize how little those things matter, you stop noticing these micro trends that are dumb as hell. And im my opinion you are able to enjoy life a lot more.
What do i do without social media..? No that I dont have social media I spend a lot of my time reading, scrolling pinterest, journaling, and doing my hobbies! Like now im making websites. But tbh i still dont do my homework even with all this time on my hands T_T.
While no social media isnt for everyone, i noticed that it works really well for me. Weather it be because im mentally ill and seeing things online makes me depressed or i just feed into consumerism very easily, ive noticed that for me its been a very nice change.
I know this is a short one, but i genuinely have nothing to add, i just wanna show u guys my experience.