Social media are cancer

Exactly what the title says. Avoid them. Most of the time they give you false information and feed you false ideologies. People spout bullsh*t for people that will follow and believe that bullsh*t. And you know what makes many people vulnerable to also believing and following that same bullsh*t? The false belief that if a crowd believes something is true, then it must be. That is ultimately NOT true. In fact, the whole planet could believe into something wrong with only one person believing the opposite and being right.It's also scientifically proven than they worsen mental health. There is literally zero benefit in them, you're just addicted. If you want information, read books and find the information your self. Don't settle with second hand, passed from mouth to mouth by people that starve for attention, information but settle with the type that you've found yourself. Learn how to trust yourself little by little, develop your critical thinking skills. While this won't necessarily help much with ocd since it doesn't listen to logic, it will help you to grow as a person. Good luck.

tinydancer

111d ago

You had me at “social medias are cancer”

g00dbye angels

111d ago

I think that social media can't be too bad if you don't use it so much time and you know that you won't become addicted, but nowadays it's pretty difficult because most of people depend on their phone and they spend a lot of time daily; even the percentage of depression and anxiety is increasing because of this. I left social media because my ocd was getting worse and I absolutely understand people that prefer not having social media and living 100% in real life.

LydiaK

111d ago

Sure, but you see, the problem lies on the fact that many people believe "anything" that they see there,they can't think for themselves due to this habit of living through them (social media). It's also really easy to become addicted if your mood is mostly bad, since they become an easy, quick dopamine boost. People this way become misinformed and adopt unhealthy coping mechanisms and in general habits that lead to worse problems in the future. The trap lies on the fact that the victim is unable to see that when they drown into that illusory pleasure.There are many, better things to do on the internet other than visiting social media. You can read books or comics, watch movies e.t.c.

LydiaK

111d ago

Sure, a person with really good critical thinking skills can avoid all that, but most people just aren't this way.People that want money take advantage of that.

g00dbye angels

109d ago

@LydiaK You are completely right. People stop having their own opinion because they believe that everything they see on social media is true, so everything else stops mattering to them. Also there are almost no teenagers without social media, that's weird and I think it is a way to control the population so that they keep scrolling for hours. They have limited free time that they could have spent reading books and learning new knowledge in general, but as you say, the other option is a normaliced drug and an easy way to get dopamine.

LydiaK

109d ago

@g00dbye angels Yup