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- Annia
- Date posted
- 4y ago
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- Anon4Anon4
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I deleted all of my social media aside from Instagram that I just don’t go on, because it was all pretty toxic beforehand, but when my ocd started getting bad again social media was partially the trigger. It’s hard, because some parts of social media I enjoyed and it took up so much of my life that now I’m kinda bored and I don’t know what to do. But I don’t necessarily want it back. The problem is I get the urge to go on it a lot even when I don’t really want to and then I get confused because I think “am I avoiding it solely because it triggers me or am I avoiding it because it’s not good for me anyways?” and then I think “is avoiding social media hindering my progress? Do I HAVE to go on social media to get better?”
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- Tmbc2740Tmbc2740
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I deleted it as well a while back
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- BigGyro09BigGyro09
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I'm genuinely considering deleting most of my social media, or taking bigger limits to using them. After seeing things I didn't want to see on YouTube, Instagram, Discord, etc, I just don't feel safe whenever I use it. I always worry about the things I do on there and it doesn't make ruminating go away as much as I think it does
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- feethebeefeethebee
- Date posted
- 4y ago
more than a month ago a little before my ocd onset i decided to delete instagram to do a "mental health cleanse" or whatever that shit is and i was all left alone with my thoughts having minimal distractions. as a result, that day i had my first ocd attack and i havent known peace ever since. i reinstalled instagram a few days later and it's pretty much my safe/comfort space now. do i come across triggers? yes. but it is what it is, i can't keep avoiding my triggers forever🤷♀️ anyways to make a long story short im never deleting social media again because i might have a really bad relapse again i don't know you guys can cope without social media, as a gen z i cannot relate lmao
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- BigGyro09BigGyro09
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Maybe try some mobile games for a substitute. Think about what things you can use as an exchange in terms of social media. Unless you have urgent contacts on there I think it's possible
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- feethebeefeethebee
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@BigGip09 i like mobile games, but my problem is that although I'm an introvert i thrive on human interaction. like especially after my ocd onset when my mental health hit rock bottom, i need to talk to people so bad. that's the main reason why i have social media, i get to talk with friends for hours on end, see what other people have to say about the world etc,, the memes and aesthetic content is just an extra (and a good distraction as well). monitoring how much time i spend on social media isn't a bad idea at all, i might even try it actually, but deleting it completely wouldn't work for me, especially during quarantine
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- marsi
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Has anyone deleted social media because of triggering things? I find it helps as a distraction when I am anxious but then it can be extremely triggering when people talk about being sick or a news article talks about an illness being spread.
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- hyperactiveb...
- Date posted
- 3y ago
So you think it might be a good idea to stay away from social media during PMS? I noticed that it's much more likely that I get sucked into obsessing or rumination right before and during the first days of my period. And social media can be a major trigger during this time. I already deinstalled the Instagram app and only go there via my browser because then I spend less time there and it's been doing me a great deal of good. But I am not sure if this is avoidance. I don't mean to avoid ALL triggers because that is impossible and I am going to accept and sit with the rising thoughts and anxiety during that time but social media is nothing I need to succeed in my daily life and I wonder it might be good to detox for a few days each month when I know that those will be harder anyway and maybe it could help me to get through them more smoothly
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- JenniferNSepp
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Could use advice
Hello, I've used this app before but sometimes avoid to not remind myself that I do have ocd. So acouple of months ago there was an upsetting video that circuled around the internet and I deleted my tiktok and instagram to avoid it. I've been using ig only on other people's phones because it just feels safer. Safe to safe just the description of this particular video left me traumatized and my ocd "flares up" when I have PMS. For me, I'm scared of being on ig because I get scared I'm gonna see or hear about that video or even worse, look up the particular things to "make sure" its deleted off of the internet. I know I would never put myself to witness something so awful, but the idea of me even thinking about it is enough to scare me and makes the simplicity of enjoying ig kinda nerve-wracking and I wonder if anyone on this app understands this feeling and knows ways to use social media in a peaceful way. I would really appreciate advice and thank you a lot to anyone who took the time to read this! Thank you 😊
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