Have you ever found yourself getting annoyed or frustrated at something you saw on social media? In the past year I noticed I felt frustrated or some other negative feelings a few times based on certain accounts. With all the politics and strong opinions on social media it was hard to go into these apps without feeling frustrated or annoyed at something.
This happened with more than just politics and opinions though. Some fitness accounts made me feel guilty or like less of an athlete and some other accounts made me feel other negative feelings. I noticed that there was a pattern with these feelings, and that they were often from the same accounts. It came across my mind as I ranted to a friend about something that I don’t need to follow these accounts. Why view something that is going to make me frustrated and give me negative feelings when I can change my social media to have things that will make me smile, happy, and motivate me to be my best. I’m not sure why I continued to follow these pages even though I could feel my happy mood change to a negative one after I closed the app. This week I was talking to a friend about Tik Tok (another social media app) and she was sharing with me how she ended up having to delete the app all together because it made her so mad that it ruined her mood. As she was talking about it I made the connection that I just wrote a blog about that for this week! We talked about how important it is to acknowledge when something makes us feel this way and really take the time to question if we need it. I think she made a strong move that not many people have the strength to do. She deleted the app all together. I wish I could say I did that too, but I still find myself scrolling through social media apps. Thankfully social media makes it really easy to hit “unfollow” or “unfriend” so why not click it. What we fill our brain with correlates to our happiness. If we’re taking the time to look at things that make us frustrated, guilty, and annoyed, we’re not taking the time to make ourselves happy. A couple months ago, I finally decided to unfollow and it changed my mindset drastically. I no longer had things to “rant” about and was able to leave social media feeling motivated rather than frustrated or guilty. If there is an account, or even a person, that makes you feel a negative feeling every time you see a post, why not hit unfollow. If it’s a friend in real life, they can still be your friend. If you’re on Facebook use the snooze feature and snooze them for 30 days and see how that makes a difference in your day to day on social media (and even off social media). There’s even an unfollow feature so you can stay their friend but not see their post! (See below). Maybe you could replace those accounts with ones that will motivate you and remind you of the things that make you happiest. Have you found yourself unfollowing accounts already during the past year? Comment below how it helped your happiness and mental health.
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