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Not looking at other peoples insta stories
or really any social media stories. I know social media is just a highlight of a persons life but I feel like the stories feature is just a bombardment of happening-in-present-time content for me to compare myself to. my mental health has improved drastically.
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@shrillhaus
Sep 4, 2024
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@gforce2001
I've actually been feeling this too lately! I know technically the posts from people's grids tend to be more curated than stories, so you'd think the grid posts would be more damaging to our insecurities. But I think at this point, everyone is aware of how curated the grid is, so it's easier not to compare yourself to it. Ur definitely right about the real-time aspect of the stories, it gives me wayyy more FOMO.
Jan 19, 2025

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Honestly deleting social media (especially instagram) has widen my capacity for new Real world things in so many ways. Being more creative, having more original ideas, honestly just more time To think!!! I think the first month was an adjustment because it was like a dopamine cleanse, lots of overthinking and feelings of intense boredom A lot of the things projected onto me I realized were not even insecurities of my own but harbored in my brain because of tiktok/instagram I did worry about having FOMO and not seeing what my friends were up to but I can also just text them and ask ??? I feel like instagram especially is a very PASSIVE and superficial way of connecting with people. I definitely feel like my social circle decreased exponentially without it but for the better ๐Ÿงโ€โ™€๏ธ
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@eggshellmindcracked
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been off ig since 2016
itโ€™s so horrible for your brain and self image and iโ€™m sure itโ€™s just gotten more hellish since 2016. i save photos i like to an album (u can now add captions to photos on iphone) that is my social media for myself. and i also just text people or more often wait for them to text me since im bad at reaching out. i truly do not miss it at all. i however am not perfect and will do my share of doomscrolling on youtube shorts which is bad for my brain but at least doesnt affect my self esteem since there is no community of my peers, i feel no urge to post, and the algorithm is so bad nothing is ever very targeted/relevant. you will be surprised how quickly you stop thinking and wondering about it and how good and free it will make you feel, i have quite literally never looked back.
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@worldonfire
Mar 3, 2025
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actually casually posting on instagram
no more archive postsโ€ฆ no more second guessing how your smile looks in a picture โ€ฆ no more spending an hour critiquing a picture to post on your story (obviously yes still choose an uber-specific 15 seconds of music for your story aimed at one singular person, duh)
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