Sheru (she/her)
It is amazing how much one day of disconnecting and just playing video games and knitting with no external distractions improved my mental health.
That said I don't think it's the connections with people itself that's the issue... it's the slow creep of news and the depression it causes in my friends and myself. I've done my best to curate my timeline but it's not enough :(
Back to working on the hobby room today with limited online scrolling I think.
👩🦯The Blind Fraggle
@MsHearthWitch Right. That's why, even though I understand where it's coming from, I can't agree with people who say, "just take a break from social media for a while." First, I need myy people! Second, if you're in that depressed mindset already, just getting away from social media won't help and might even make it worse, going back to number 1!
👩🦯The Blind Fraggle
@MsHearthWitch Oh, that's fine if it works. In fact the other day I was just lying in bed listening to this odd radio station I found and I just didn't want to get online, but at the same time I did, just because it was my habbit and I felt like I had to do something to connect with the world. I'd say I can maybe do half a day, not counting the hours I'm naturally offline anyway.
Sheru (she/her)
@Fragglemuppet I mean, I don't agree. Getting away for a day helped me hugely. I had been in a huge depressive spiral but taking a day away I feel a lot more settled and grounded.
Now I'm trying to figure out how to maintain that balance because I do like connecting with folks online... being online has been demonstrably bad for my mental health.
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