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.

x_g00dbyels

Date posted: 3y

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

Date posted: 3y

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

Date posted: 3y

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.

x_g00dbyels

Date posted: 3y

@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

Date posted: 3y

@g00dbye angels Yup

tinydancer

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 3y

You had me at “social medias are cancer”

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Date posted: 3y

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LydiaK

Date posted: 3y

Thank you!

iwanttogetbe...

Date posted: 21w

I want to beat OCD because. .

I want to beat OCD because I have seen and felt the benefits of clearing my brain from unnecessary, pointless, thoughts. OCD is like 0 calorie food. It’s pointless. No nutrition or benefits come from my obsessions or compulsions. I don’t care to have answers to everything anymore. I catch myself just trying to stress myself out so that I have some worry to feed on. But like I said, it’s a 0 calorie food. I get nothing from it but wasted time and energy. My brain feels more spacious when I’m not consumed by OCD. I’m present. My personality has room to be herself without making space for bullshit. I tell myself now that worry is poison. I think Willie Nelson was the person I got that quote from? Anyways, that imagery of worries being poison for the mind has been transformative for me. I’m evolving. 💖 Thanks NOCD community.

Doopydoowa

Date posted: 21w

Some Advice? Social media usage

Hey everyone so I am having a really terrible bout of anxiety due to an exam I have tomorrow. It has sent me spiraling. And unfortunately my ROCD/anxiety has gotten ridiculously triggered. So I had a birthday party this past weekend. I got all dressed up and put on some cute makeup. It was a lot of fun. I then posted some pics from the party, some of them included him. They were cute! I had never posted him in anything in my feed. So I was a little nervy. I was hoping he would comment something on the post or repost or something, but he just dropped a like. I feel like he usually comments on posts that he is tagged in, so for some reason this really hurt me that he didn’t comment or interact more with it. Like he doesn’t like I posted it? Or is he ashamed of me? I don’t want to be shallow, but some validation on social media would be nice? Or maybe him just posting me would feel nice. I want to talk to him about this, but I am so terrified that this will make me seem so shallow and a fein for public validation. I’m worried he thinks this of me, as I have posted on social media. I’m worried this makes him like me less. Someone please provide some expertise on how it would be best to handle these circumstances, as silly and minescule as they may seem. I’ve read a lot online (I know it’s not good) about how to handle relationships online. I know it’s more important obviously how the relationship appears offline. But I’ve been pretty obsessive about this and have a hard time letting it go. Part of me wished I never posted anything. All of this anxiety could have been avoided.

Relationship OCD

moon0270

Date posted: 21w

I think I need to take a step back

Finding this app has helped me a lot in feeling like I'm not isolated and I've definitely met so many kind and helpful people here. You guys have helped me on my darkest days. However, because of my fragile state of mind, I think scrolling on here is becoming a compulsion and I feel like I end up triggering myself more by scrolling through some posts. I think it just ends up adding more to my intrusive thoughts and more ammo for my false memories and POCD to latch on to. And I know exposures are good for treating OCD, but this level of exposure seems to be doing more harm than good. So I will try to be less active (maybe I won't, who knows lol).

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