With my new found time, I even created a blog focusing on Mental Health and Wellness called.
I wanted to shout it from the rooftops and encourage everyone to try it. My life and perspective had changed so much during this detox. I’m now CERTAIN that scrolling though photos of celebrities, influencers, fitness models etc., on social media every day directly contributed to my feelings of anxiety. I was constantly preaching my story to everyone and anyone who would listen. I stayed off social media for a further 4 months and felt a huge amount of growth during this time. I was reaping the rewards of escaping this addiction to scrolling. I felt happier with my life and how everything was going. I didn’t even consider going back online at this point as I was so proud for achieving what I once believed to be impossible and wanted to continue. I was really enjoying this social media detox and felt like a better version of myself already. Related: The dark side of social media: Why is everyone online so ANGRY? I had never really considered that my relationship with social media was causing me to feel anxious, but I was now almost certain it was a huge factor. The most significant thing I noticed in myself was my anxiety – it had vanished. I remember telling a colleague that I felt “like there are more hours in the day now!” – I was noticing extra periods of time throughout my day which just didn’t exist before where I could now fit in more activities for me. I brought a book with me on the DART and managed to get through half of it within that first week? this book was one I had bought three months previous and could never find the time to read. Turns out you can’t have a fear of missing out on something when you don’t even realise it’s happening. It was a liberating feeling and I enjoyed that my life was starting to feel more private. When I went out for food, I just ate it without sending a photo to everyone I knew…imagine that!? I went to an outdoor concert with the girls and didn’t spend twenty minutes getting photos taken to post online. I started to care less about the crazy things we do for social media. I was noticing extra periods of time throughout my day which just didn’t exist before, where I could now fit in more activities for me.
#I quit all social media free
I wasn’t scrolling through images of people being paid to stay in fancy hotels and use #SP free products while I was on my way to my normal office job – this is something that used to annoy me. I just got up ? there was nothing to catch up on or scroll though before. I was less stressed arriving at work because when my alarm went off in the morning. I had more energy because I was going to bed at night and just going to sleep, rather than staying up scrolling through Snapchat stories and Instagram, like I used to. Related: Social media isn’t all negative – it can help and heal too Day 6 – 14 While everyone else around me was scrolling and staring at their phones, I hadn’t got anything to look at. I had nothing to read first thing in the morning when I woke up and felt uncomfortable and bored on the DART to and from work. I noticed how often I glanced down at my phone without even thinking. I have never clicked into ‘Calculator’ more times in my life than I did in the first five days of my social media fast! When I deleted the apps from my phone, everything moved around slightly on the screen and where Instagram used to sit was now the Calculator, so I was clicking into this constantly. I deleted all social media apps from my phone (Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook). I honestly didn’t believe I would survive a week, never mind a whole month, but I really wanted to challenge myself and maybe even prove myself wrong. I watched the video a few more times before finally deciding to ‘give it a go’.
I felt jealous of this girl, whom I’d never met, simply for doing something I felt was too difficult to do myself.
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