Thursday, September 22, 2016

So, I left Facebook again, today. I'm thinking about just deleting it and being done with it all.

I keep getting sucked back in. Even with that post I wrote about trying to follow social media rules --I don't even follow my own rules! I become a horrible person. I don't like who I am. My filter is broken. I've tried not checking FB, deleting the app on my phone, making scheduled times when I can check it, etc. but like a bad addiction, I keep coming back to it. And then I genuinely offend and insult everyone I care about with my opinions and thoughts. So many people have distanced themselves from me because of what I write. It's a factual lose-lose situation. I'm not strong enough to stop myself from hurting people, and so I'm removing myself from it all so I won't hurt people, anymore.

Well, at least not as easily.


2 comments:

Diane said...

Hugs. Don't be too hard on yourself, just give yourself some time staying away. Like anything, after enough time, your habits will change. Quite frankly, I have been surprised at how good I have been at following my rules for getting back onto Facebook because every other time in the past I just fell right into the same habits. I really needed 2 full months to change.

It helped me to find something else to do to fill in the time I had spent "relaxing" on Facebook. I expect you really do need the sit down time that you had when you were on Facebook, so making it a sit down thing will probably keep you from missing it.

Cheryl said...

Diane, that's a really good idea! I appreciate it. <3