How quitting social media has made me happier

by Staff writer

 

Speaking to The Guardian close her journeying in addition to eventual determination to quit social media, 23-year-old Daisy from Manchester narrates how quitting social media has made her life happier:

"After ending a romance amongst a guy I actually liked, I kept trying to avoid Facebook then I wouldn’t guide keep to encounter him.


It was later this that I gradually switched off from social media, but earlier that I’d been wanting to quit for a while.

Facebook made me experience anxious, depressed in addition to similar a failure.

When I went online it seemed similar everyone was inwards Commonwealth of Australia or Thailand, in addition to if they weren’t traveling they were getting engaged or landing bang-up jobs.

I felt similar everyone was living their dream in addition to I was nonetheless at abode amongst my parents, amongst debt from my pupil loan hanging over me.

I too felt that if I wasn’t tagging myself at restaurants or uploading photos from nights out, people would assume I wasn’t living.

I recollect a friend from uni said to me once, “Yeah, but you’re nonetheless going out in addition to having fun, I saw it all on Facebook.”

I tried to introduce myself equally e'er having a bang-up time. If my condition didn’t larn to a greater extent than than 5 likes, I’d delete it.

My life has changed for the ameliorate since deleting social media.

I at in i trial savour catching upward amongst my friends, in addition to when they say me novel plans my answer isn’t just, “Yeah, I saw on Facebook.”

It makes you lot realize who your existent friends are in addition to how social media takes the joy out of sharing word amongst people.

I too experience less anxious in addition to less of a failure.

I’m planning to catch a friend inwards Commonwealth of Australia adjacent month, in addition to she in addition to my mum in addition to a twosome of other friends desire me to larn dorsum on Facebook to part my pictures.

I’d actually prefer non to, though.

I’m on Instagram, but I to a greater extent than oft than non follow sarcastic quote pages.

I’ve never had a Twitter account."

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