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Social Media and Mental Health?

DigbyDevon

Hi all,

Over the past few months my mental health has been a bit rocky which has been made worse by social media. I suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder which latches on to anything negative, low and behold social media is terrible for that.

What i have found is leaving X (Twitter) and reducing my time spent on Facebook has helped make life a bit easier.

I was just curious if anyone else had to reduce their social media in take due to their mental health?

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  • I deleted my X (formely known as Twitter) account. I only use Facebook once or twice a month, if I feel like it. I don't see myself opening another social media profile/account, there are way too many and it's getting worse by the year. From toxic culture, misinformation, AI slop, scams, etc. Don't forget the recent lawsuits in the United States following the payouts to families who's children were affected by social media usage. Overall, some of us including myself prefer to go back to a simple time. What's going on right now, wasn't like this 15+ years ago.

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  • I deleted my X (formely known as Twitter) account. I only use Facebook once or twice a month, if I feel like it. I don't see myself opening another social media profile/account, there are way too many and it's getting worse by the year. From toxic culture, misinformation, AI slop, scams, etc. Don't forget the recent lawsuits in the United States following the payouts to families who's children were affected by social media usage. Overall, some of us including myself prefer to go back to a simple time. What's going on right now, wasn't like this 15+ years ago.

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