Healthy 1 Month Detox
Packerjohn
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Here is a 1 month detox to to improve your mental health:
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Now that is a detox I would be willing to try3
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I don't wake up until 2pm most days, so hey, I've already managed most of these
I can't call people due to severe anxiety. I eat in bed with my laptop so I'm not on my phone at meals... eating alone with nothing to catch my attention is unbearable, so I have to Netflix something during meals. I have work to do, I can't just close off my laptop and do nothing at 6pm...
I guess what I'm getting at is that for a lot of people, social media is a positive thing - and that these aren't realistic for lots of people for a lot of reasons. People might say 'oh if you can't even do this challenge, you must be SM addicted' but SM is the only way I have to communicate with my friends and family, who I live far away from. Checking out what my friends are doing helps me get up in the morning (er... afternoon >.> ) because I won't see my friends in real life until I go home for Christmas.
People are so quick to poo-poo social media, but they always forget the good it can do. I'd be so very alone without it. Sure, if you think SM has a negative effect in your life, go for it, but don't demonise SM for everyone.8 -
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Mmmm I have neither Facebook, nor twitter or Instagram or such.
Only MFP and e-mail (which I only check during 'office hours' ;-) )
Does that make me super detoxed?
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I don't have any social media (except this, but I don't count this as I use MFP to lose weight). Life is much simpler since I deleted all my accounts!0
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ladyreva78 wrote: »Mmmm I have neither Facebook, nor twitter or Instagram or such.
Only MFP and e-mail (which I only check during 'office hours' ;-) )
Does that make me super detoxed?
We are both super detoxed. But I do need to start detoxing from MFP...
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I have been Facebook free for a couple months and since disappearing not a single one of those people has contacted me because they noticed
Proving social media is a pointless waste of time. You are spending all your time thinking you are meaningfully engaging with friends and people you know when they really don't care as you are just a face of hundreds4 -
Facebook has basically become a black pit of ads and mlm scams. There were no tears when I left it.
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HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »I have been Facebook free for a couple months and since disappearing not a single one of those people has contacted me because they noticed
Proving social media is a pointless waste of time. You are spending all your time thinking you are meaningfully engaging with friends and people you know when they really don't care as you are just a face of hundreds
I don't think this is true for everyone. I have a relatively small friends list and there are about 20 people I engage with very regularly. I have two group chats and we check in with each other almost daily. As a socially anxious agoraphobe with not a lot of friends living nearby FB is pretty important for me.
So social media for me is actually social with people I know well. People check in with me and I them. In fact I posted something about how I'm struggling a bit at the moment and the rubbish/garbage fairy (upstairs neighbour) visited and put it out for me. Much to my bemusement initially because it was gone and I could have sworn I'd put it there to put out.
So yeah, if social media is just a mindless habit then have at your detox. But don't rain on the parade of those who get positives from it.1 -
They check on you outside of Facebook?0
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VintageFeline wrote: »HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »I have been Facebook free for a couple months and since disappearing not a single one of those people has contacted me because they noticed
Proving social media is a pointless waste of time. You are spending all your time thinking you are meaningfully engaging with friends and people you know when they really don't care as you are just a face of hundreds
I don't think this is true for everyone. I have a relatively small friends list and there are about 20 people I engage with very regularly. I have two group chats and we check in with each other almost daily. As a socially anxious agoraphobe with not a lot of friends living nearby FB is pretty important for me.
So social media for me is actually social with people I know well. People check in with me and I them. In fact I posted something about how I'm struggling a bit at the moment and the rubbish/garbage fairy (upstairs neighbour) visited and put it out for me. Much to my bemusement initially because it was gone and I could have sworn I'd put it there to put out.
So yeah, if social media is just a mindless habit then have at your detox. But don't rain on the parade of those who get positives from it.
This. I've carefully curated my social media contacts so that my experience on the various platforms I visit enriches my life and are enjoyable to me.2 -
HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »They check on you outside of Facebook?
Generally no as FB has become the habit. I hate phone calls too, if friends are going to call they'll often check first. And some of my best friends have come from FB. Maybe because I'm part of a bit of a niche "community" that uses FB in a slightly different way to the meme sharers and spammers. At any rate, everyone uses the old interwebz differently and that's all I was getting at.
There's irony in people slamming FB and Twitter etc and then posting on forums (not just MFP and not directed at you) all day.
Different strokes eh? I never advocate using your phone when having dinner with someone for the most part though. There are limits.1 -
Well maybe it's just Halifax nova scotia
Maybe this is just a province of self centered humans.0 -
I had about 200 on my fb.. removed a lot and brought it down to 57 and still. I have been gone for 2 months but left the profile up. No texts. No phone calls. No messages via fb. Nothing. Lol. So from my point of view it's a collection of people who were a waste of my time trying to engage and keep in touch with.0
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dinadyna21 wrote: »Facebook has basically become a black pit of ads and mlm scams. There were no tears when I left it.
So true...all of a sudden people I hadn’t talked to since high school were coming out of the nooks and crannies messaging me. “Heyyyyy how are you? BUY RODAN AND FIELDS. HAVE YOU HEARD OF PLEXUS? LIPSENSE!!!!”
Oh and the worst one of all...lularoe0 -
I have a very strict rule on my Facebook - if I ran into you in the street, would I offer to buy you a beer? if the answer is no, you're not on my Facebook. Makes it an all around pleasant place to be, and given that I have family and friends all over the world, it means I'm in a lot more regular contact with them and aware of their lives than I ever would be otherwise.
To be honest, I'm someone who loathes speaking on the phone. I can honestly say that Facebook has saved many friendships which would otherwise fall by the wayside.
I see it as a tool. It's what you make of it. If you indiscriminately fill your friends list with vacuous people, it's not going to be much fun.1 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »I have a very strict rule on my Facebook - if I ran into you in the street, would I offer to buy you a beer? if the answer is no, you're not on my Facebook. Makes it an all around pleasant place to be, and given that I have family and friends all over the world, it means I'm in a lot more regular contact with them and aware of their lives than I ever would be otherwise.
To be honest, I'm someone who loathes speaking on the phone. I can honestly say that Facebook has saved many friendships which would otherwise fall by the wayside.
That's pretty much my rule with Facebook too. I have a very small friends list over there for that reason. I follow very few pages with narrow interest.
Now, that being said, my sister, nephew, and brother in law and I disagree on many things, but this is nothing new. I still love them very much and we have learned to just have our say and move on with life. Cute animal videos smooth a lot of conversations over very quickly.1 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »I have a very strict rule on my Facebook - if I ran into you in the street, would I offer to buy you a beer? if the answer is no, you're not on my Facebook. Makes it an all around pleasant place to be, and given that I have family and friends all over the world, it means I'm in a lot more regular contact with them and aware of their lives than I ever would be otherwise.
To be honest, I'm someone who loathes speaking on the phone. I can honestly say that Facebook has saved many friendships which would otherwise fall by the wayside.
That's pretty much my rule with Facebook too. I have a very small friends list over there for that reason. I follow very few pages with narrow interest.
Now, that being said, my sister, nephew, and brother in law and I disagree on many things, but this is nothing new. I still love them very much and we have learned to just have our say and move on with life. Cute animal videos smooth a lot of conversations over very quickly.
Heh, my family is a bit odd - Dad's Aussie and an only child, Mum's American and second youngest of 13. I'm the second-youngest of 34 grandkids, the extended family is HUGE. Because I grew up in Australia, I didn't get to know the US family (aside from my grandma, couple visits from cousins and 2 trips to the States as a kid) until I lived there in 2009. The family is so big I can pick and choose who I FB friend with, without repercussions. So the ones I have significant disagreements with I can unfriend without worrying that the family dynamic will be affected.0 -
My family on fb is completely opposite, None of them speak with me anyway, they make posts all the time over holidays when they all get together saying they are glad to have each other in their lives, i am never invited nor am i included.0
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I have 46 people on FB, all very close family and friends who I speak to at least once a week.
It is just a way to spread a group message really. I use it maybe once a month.0 -
I don’t have family on my FB because I don’t have a family anymore through choice. So no worries there.
I also have friends spread all over the world never mind country. I’m from Scotland, live in England and have lived in New Zealand for two separate periods. I am horrible at keeping in touch with people so FB is brilliant.
As someone said it is what you make it. It’s definitely an issue if you’re using to fuel your self esteem. But I know people who use it all in a totally different way to me and that’s fine. And nobody tries to sell me anything so that’s a bonus.1 -
Perhaps that's why I can't connect with people via fb. It's a gallery of their perfect lives. I can't relate to that.0
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HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »My family on fb is completely opposite, None of them speak with me anyway, they make posts all the time over holidays when they all get together saying they are glad to have each other in their lives, i am never invited nor am i included.
Unfriend them and get them off your feed.
There are family members I have who are on Facebook who I'm not friends with.
It's that way for a reason.
This includes my father.
You don't need toxicity in your life.0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »I don’t have family on my FB because I don’t have a family anymore through choice. So no worries there.
I also have friends spread all over the world never mind country. I’m from Scotland, live in England and have lived in New Zealand for two separate periods. I am horrible at keeping in touch with people so FB is brilliant.
As someone said it is what you make it. It’s definitely an issue if you’re using to fuel your self esteem. But I know people who use it all in a totally different way to me and that’s fine. And nobody tries to sell me anything so that’s a bonus.
Life would be very boring if we were all the same and did the same things.0 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »My family on fb is completely opposite, None of them speak with me anyway, they make posts all the time over holidays when they all get together saying they are glad to have each other in their lives, i am never invited nor am i included.
Unfriend them and get them off your feed.
There are family members I have who are on Facebook who I'm not friends with.
It's that way for a reason.
This includes my father.
You don't need toxicity in your life.
Well that is basically why i stopped using fb, cause when i went through those last 50 some people i realized that there was no connection with any of them. If i removed them, it would just be me left LOL.. so i said, why bother haha2 -
facebook is the method I use to stay in touch with some relatives, namely, the ones on facebook. Some others I have to call if I have something to say. For my daughter the nurse, I just send a text message. I invited her to the big Thanksgiving event at my wife's aunt's place. She, my daughter, did not respond and did not show. That's the way she is. Smart as all get out, but done with me and Mrs.0
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Not trying to be negative but this would never work for me for numerous reasons.
First: I don't have FB, twitter, istagram, Snapchat etc.
Second: My sleep schedule is erratic (thanks to my job and a baby who doesn't understand mommy works at night) If I called friends at 3am they'd be livid.
Third: No puonebat meals? How am I supposed to log??
Maybe this would be good for some people, but wouldn't work for me.0
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