Hi all,
I've been grappling with social media addiction for a long, long time (I'm 22) - whether it be checking old chats on WhatsApp/Telegram/FB Messenger, infinite scrolling on Reddit, deleting my Insta account and creating one again (just 6 months later), or becoming needlessly aggravated by political hysteria on Facebook (especially after reading about Indian and US politics).
I'm sick and tired of it. Even if there's no new content to browse, I read old content, because at this point, my fingers reach subconsciously for these apps.
How do I battle this? Even though I want to sleep before 12 am, I rarely do so before 3 am, because I cannot sleep without two hours of mindlessly scrolling through anything. My average daily sleep over 4 years has reduced from 8-9 hours to 5-6 hours.
Social media has also killed my originality - where as previously, I used to hold opinions of my own, now I just love reading reactionary, "clickhole" like content (where you don't need to consciously think to hold/make an opinion), and my social feeds reflect that.
I consciously realize that it is slowly killing me from inside, and I'm still hesitant about withdrawal, but I now realize there's a safe social media limit, which I crossed a long time back. I want to return to at least that stage.
