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Thoughts on staying away/limiting time on social media. I know it’s toxic and not helping but is that just because it triggers me? Should I keep it as a exposure ?
Thoughts on staying away/limiting time on social media. I know it’s toxic and not helping but is that just because it triggers me? Should I keep it as a exposure ?
I deleted my social media when my episode started earlier last month. I’m wondering if it’s avoidance, but I feel like not comparing myself to others like I used to has helped and focused on the friendships I really care for.
@yessyess I’m so glad you’ve found it beneficial in an ideal world I would delete it all ! Especially TikTok! But I’m similar to u in the sense I don’t want to use it as avoidance?
@Rachel12345678910 Yes! Before this episode I would spend 12 hours on my phone, not the healthiest as I used TikTok and Instagram to escape reality. Now the thought of social media is triggering. I kind of like having my IG deactivated, but may try and watch TikTok as exposure for a few minutes later in the future. Even with tv and movies, I am comfortable watching the same shows over and over or documentaries like Anthony Bourdain and Planet Earth but noticed with stuff I’m not familiar with I have to do 5 minute increments.
@yessyess I find movies also triggering, been trying to do stuff I want to do and don’t do stuff I don’t want to do but never if the reason I don’t want to do soemthing is due to ocd. If I ever tell myself no don’t do this/don’t watch this cos it will trigger u, I’ve been trying to do exactly what it says not to do.
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@Chibiterasu This is defo more what I was leaning towards to avoid using deleting social media as avoidance. Defo gonna attempt to limit my usage but not entirely, appreciate it !
Idk anymore it feels like being on here is a trigger. Every time I see a minor post on the app, my intrusive thoughts go haywire and then my brain says maybe you should comment something inappropriate and i literally don't wanna fucking do that. It's the last thing I want to do. And now im scared that I commented something crude on someone's post. obviously, when I went to check there was nothing now my brain is saying "you commented and then deleted". I want to think it's something I wouldn't do, but why are the images in my head so real. Children should be safe. I feel like I need to be locked away. Someone please help me.
like the title says, i also suffer from cancel culture OCD, even more these last two months in which i have noticed that several people have been deleting me from social media, in fact two days ago i had a spiral as someone recently blocked me. i won't go into it to avoid the compulsion to confess but basically i had issues before with my ex and some of his friends that he himself ended up involving, even though we are on good terms he made sure to make me look like i was the problem and several mutual friends have been detaching themselves from me. the thing is, i see many people say that to fight their cancel culture OCD they delete their social media and then just. disappear. but i don't want to do this - i don't want to hide, i want to stay in the public eye and create things, in fact, i am an artist. but since the last year now i live in constant fear and also somewhat sensitive to what others think of me thanks to the rumors about me and i'm afraid that one day i might be "exposed" or something like that; and i also feel like i'm "pretending" to be a good person all the time. so, with what i already said, how do i deal with this without having to resort to deleting my social media? i think that exposing myself every day and continuing to post things on social medias despite the constant fear and guilt i feel would count as ERP, right? thanks.
I feel like I’ve had a lot of different categories of ocd. Some categories stick with me more and are repetitive. I’ve been doing well with mental health - not having anxiety stick around. When the physical feeling of anxiety sticks around, every thought is horrible, but when the feeling of anxiety is gone the obsessions don’t really impact me. If I can keep anxiety at bay, my life is good. I’ve been doing well lately, although this week I was scrolling through tictok and watched a video about someone in a coma and wondered if I was in a coma right now and didn’t know it. I had a panic attack for about 15 minutes. Anxiety, sweating, etc. It didn’t take ahold of me and it quickly lost its impact on me. It still shook me and I was just like “wow” where did that come from. Now I am staying away from social media. Is that avoidance? Should I make myself keep watching social media? Many ocd problems have come from social media or watching a movie or show that triggers something and then spirals. I am limiting what I watch, which I believe is good because I shouldn’t be watching that stuff anyway. What do you think?
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