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Grand Magnate
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May 28, 2020 at 10:48 PM
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I did something very stupid today. I started wandering around on social media accounts and went to places it would have better I steered clear of - you know, those accounts where people are living the perfect life.
Don't want to get specific but a couple of the accounts really shot me into a major tailspin. NOT ACCOUNTS I SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT. I decided "Enough!" and temporarily locked down two social media accounts, after also blocking several people. It made me kind of nuts. I know I did it out of loneliness. I live alone and am socially isolated and cried all day. I will say going on social media sites is kind of a habit...and now it isn't a social outlet for me anymore. I am sick of living this way. I was online too much before lockdown. __________________ |
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May 28, 2020 at 11:12 PM
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You need to borrow my cousin-in-laws. They are the greatest! One posts what she makes for dinner every day. Another of my my cousins teased her about it in person one time, and i was like, what is he talking about? Its nothing fancy, its on her corelle dinnerware, its very homey - its just so sweet! It makes me very happy for her husband, my cousin. We are the closest in age. We never had much of a relationship before facebook, but now it feels like we do. But really only in the last year or so. Its what you make of it. She just posts about her cats.
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May 29, 2020 at 08:45 PM
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You were just bored and got curious. It sounds like you are depressed. A lot of people are struggling that way so you are one of many.
Try to be patient and maybe see if there are any free online courses you can take. |
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May 29, 2020 at 09:41 PM
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I am sorry you felt like that. This craziness is getting to people isn’t it.
Do you ever go on reddit? I like to read opinions and discussions on all kind of topics including goofy ones. It’s a great distraction but it’s not like reading people bragging about their lives. You can read and look at pics on travel or cooking or hobbies or arts. Or discuss movies and books etc |
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May 29, 2020 at 09:51 PM
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Okay, so I have only been on Reddit for about two weeks and I love, love, love it!  So Besides Psych Central that's the only site I kept open. I agree...I love the special interest forums I am on...and it is totally different than bragging and showing off. I am on several Covid 19 sites and I feel they keep me informed...and I get to hear from people all over. Yes, I agree, Reddit is awesome! I find the people on there are super friendly. I kind of hate Facebook so I deactivated that...and I deactivated Instagram. Too braggy. I kept SoundCloud which is a music app site. I have a lot of playlists...it has really been a calming influence. But Facebook is the worst! I know you aren't on it...I am on my way out. I went on there and deleted almost all my photos. It looks more professional now, very spare, then I deactivated it for a week! I really got triggered looking up some people's accounts I shouldn't have. I swear Facebook is evil! __________________ |
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May 29, 2020 at 10:06 PM
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I sometimes am on Facebook using my husbands account when I want to see specific info for specific groups or somebody tells me to look something up, or we look up stuff together using his account. I can’t keep up with stuff opening my own accounts. I have two accounts on Instagram because I forgot the other one so I made a new one. I like to follow some stuff like celebrities or news or some tv show casts on there. Goofy stuff. I don’t care to post anything personal. Facebook has too much politics. And people want to be friends with you and then get offended. My dad gave in and made an account and then he had people mad at him because he didn’t want all those friends. So he deleted it a week after. He talked about it for a month “What a crazy site” lol |
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May 29, 2020 at 10:32 PM
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Haha Facebook War Stories! I have one brother...we have unfriended eachother twice now on Facebook! Stupid. I have a bunch of people blocked. Stupid. Instagram started to irritate me so I deactivated it but I will go back. I have a couple of communities on YouTube I belong to. YouTube became very addictive for me so now I limit my time there...just once a week. __________________ |
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