I gotta say. I’ve been avoiding scrolling social media for the better part of 4 weeks and my mental health increased substantially. I mostly just hang out with discord friends and my family. It’s worth it to reset your nervous system friends! - ThreadSky

mattsbeans.bsky.social • 82 days ago

I gotta say. I’ve been avoiding scrolling social media for the better part of 4 weeks and my mental health increased substantially. I mostly just hang out with discord friends and my family.
It’s worth it to reset your nervous system friends!

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dwalker443.bsky.social•82 days ago

I don't have friends….. Not any family I can hang with…… so good for you…. I guess

mattsbeans.bsky.social•81 days ago

There’s other ways to escape the social media pit. Hobbies like reading art, exercise etc etc.
I mean I don’t know your life and it sounds like you’re dealing with a hard time. And that sucks to hear.

I was just saying social media scrolling didn’t do me any favors.

dwalker443.bsky.social•81 days ago

and so exercise doesn’t work.… I don’t know why people keep recommending that as some mental health fix I honestly don’t even understand the appeal….. like whenever I do it I don’t feel better at all. I actually feel worse. I know maybe it’s just me. Maybe I’m just broken.

dwalker443.bsky.social•81 days ago

That is the only hobby I have… art, illustration, and sketching….. I used to play video games for fun, but now, especially online games, they are just frustrating…. Single-player games are cool, but I’m going to board them involuntarily, and I guess my depression is to blame for that….

dwalker443.bsky.social•81 days ago

The Internet is honestly the only way I’m feeling happy right now in this time in reality….. from YouTube to streaming services to drawing digitally or traditionally while watching using listening to music it’s the only thing that’s physically keeping me saine as my suicidal ideation keeps growing

nublar.bsky.social•81 days ago

Yeah, I’ve uninstalled Twitter on my phone and only use it as a desktop browser, it’s had a significant impact on my wellbeing. I argue less, i get less angry constantly, and I think about things I want to do more often. Social media truly needs to be moderated and used in moderation to be good.

grandworks.bsky.social•81 days ago

It’s wild to me, having done exactly this (deleted my Facebook and IG and Twitter accounts) how similar people’s unprompted statements about why they *can’t* leave is identical to the rationalizations addicts use for why they can’t stop. I’ve never asked 1 person to also leave, they just tell me 🤷🏻‍♂️

mattsbeans.bsky.social•80 days ago

ill never fully leave because i love the artists and people i met here. But One really needs to be careful not to scroll every day. Its bad.

grandworks.bsky.social•80 days ago

Sure, same, but I was done with with dopamine and those specific social medias were just plowing political propaganda at me. And I didn’t want to support our new oligarchs. But their greatest trick was making us think we NEED them. So I broke away.

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