Freeing Self Of Social Media; Would Love Your Opinion
Being born in 1999, I grew up with the upcoming of all major social media. I joined early and it became the new 'normal'. I see how Instagram is capturing our minds, feeding it. Even my parents who are in their 50's are devoured by it. My mom, who didn't know how to use a phone properly until 2 years ago is now scrolling instagram reels endlessly. Instagram facilitated this.
However, even though I have been having this desire to delete instagram for over a decade now, it is naive to think it will only change my life for the better. I have travelled a lot and have met amazing people that I some times keep in touch with through instagram.
Selfishly, I don't care much about what 90% of the people I follow post. I have an account with 2000+ followers and 1000 following, the ones I follow I all met in person.
It is not because I am arrogant, but because with my ADHD brain I can barely keep up with my own life, or the life of the ones I love. Seeing what others do that I vaguely know just doesn't do it for me.
The thought of deleting it seems to be freeing me, but also scares more than it should; an intense fear of not being accepted into this society any more. A fear of losing people, which would surely be a reality because I would not be in touch with many people anymore. A fear of making pictures (I love photography, in my own amateur way) and not being able to share it with everyone I know, as I would normally post them to my stories.
It does make me think though, maybe some people are meant to only be met once. Being able to stay in touch with so many people we meet throughout our lives, is it truly necessary?
I know many of you have made this step, or are thinking about it. Could I ask for your opinion?
TL;DR What was your experience like deleting social media? Did it free you?