there should be group therapy for people whose childhood was ripped from them by social media. I have been online for 8+ hours everyday. Everyday since I was like 11 years old, I'm 22 now. As a child you don't realize what it's doing to you. You think chronic social anxiety and emotional dysregulation is just "who you are". Maybe you're autistic? You're just an "awkward teenager". And everyone uses social media right? When I sober myself for a couple days I realize how calm I become. I can work through my emotions and arrive at a settled state. And then I become overwhelmed with a deep sadness. I cry at how cringe social media made me. This is the most painful part - I can actually be normal. I always had the potential to have normal relationships. But social media was blocking me. Here I am realizing this at 22. Well, more like 20 but becoming sober from a social media is very hard and I keep falling back into the cycle. I will never get my childhood back. Early 20s almost over. Idk how to move past this. FML.
>>83853349It causes mental damage, and that probably can't really be repaired, but children at the 19th century had to work in factories, or even coal mines, and that was also not exactly healthy. Every era has it's hardships.
>>83853349I would like to "sober up" but there's stuff online you admittedly cannot get as easily anywhere else, e.g. talking to people who are not normies, finding good recommendations you would not have found other way, reading reliable news about the happenings of the world, learning new information that quickly expands your perception of a certain aspect of reality. etc. I need to find the middle ground, where minimal online activity can coexist with irl. Because I am not willing to give this up for the bland, or sometimes ugly, real life exclusively.Also, to answer to your doubts specifically >Idk how to move past this.It sounds to me like you haven't much going for you out there. When you get yourself a couple of motivations (something to do) you will have a much easier time letting go of the phone, of this I'm sure
I wish there was some help or something, I'm 35 I wish I would have had a life
