We have certainly created an intense need to share anything online and learn about what anyone has to say—no matter what they are saying—thanks to social media. While it can lead to beneficial outcomes such as making new friends or participating in significant social concerns, it has also been linked to sadness, social isolation, and even body image difficulties in certain people. When we watch everyone else living more intriguing lives than us, it's impossible not to feel FOMO. What we don't comprehend is that these well-crafted pictures of high living just represent a fraction of the truth about the other person.
The truth is that avoiding social media has never been harmful to anyone. Some people may raise their eyebrows at you and think you're utterly insane for quitting social media. Their first inquiry might be, "How will you know what's going on around you?" The solution (and, to be honest, the reason you should detox in the first place) is that we don't need to know everything.
If you're still on the fence about whether or not it's worth it to perform a digital detox, here are a few reasons why you should.
It gives you the impression that you don't have enough time.
We've all been there: that feeling that there isn't enough time in the day to complete the task at hand. It's nearly usually because we've spent too much time staring at our phones, checking out what our buddies are up to. And, to tell you the truth, it's not totally your fault! Apps for social networking were created to be addicting. They've made it so you don't feel like you've been browsing through your feed for too long.
It has taught you to place a greater emphasis on other people.
People use social media to brag about their accomplishments, travels, and fun events they've attended. You can't really blame them because we're all predisposed to only show the positive aspects of our lives. When we witness other people do it, though, we often feel a pang of envy or disappointment. People who spend a lot of time on social media report having lower self-esteem and more anxiety, according to studies.
It's understandable that we feel sorry for ourselves when we only witness the beautiful but filtered reality of other people while we seem to see just the nasty realities every day of our lives. We've turned our focus away from our own personal improvement and toward other people. We do not share the same timescale for advancement, and social media will not be able to teach us this.
It takes your attention away from your objectives.
We tend to get sidetracked from the things that we really need to focus on because social media feeds us hundreds of pieces of information - a combination of fake news, actual news, and the boring things that other people tweet about.
We set our objectives because we consider them to be our top priorities. Anything that diverts our attention away from our work, whether it's social media or not, is a distraction that won't help us achieve our objectives.
It pushes us beyond our comfort zones.
We put ourselves under the scrutiny of whoever reads our profiles whenever we share something about ourselves. When we spend too much time on social media, pessimism and toxicity can infiltrate our personal spaces. We develop better boundaries by taking breaks from social media. Always keep in mind that we have complete power over what we invite into and share from our life.
It's become your primary form of communication.
Sure, social media made messaging, video calling, and meeting new people possible over the internet. It is, however, not far from the truth to claim that it has also led us to feel that these are sufficient to maintain relationships. The truth is that any relationship requires more than just phone conversations and text messages. These encounters might be fleeting, and they have the ability to make us feel more alone than we are.
It has made you forget about the pleasures of solitude.
When you suddenly feel the urge to open your social media timelines to see what other people are up to, you know you're not at peace with yourself. There's nothing wrong with it, but if it becomes a source of distraction from the comforts of taking care of our real-life self, it becomes an unhealthy habit.
Digital Detox
It is evident that using social media to share ideas and views with our loved ones can be beneficial to us. It is also true that it has become a distraction from the important things in life, such as our productivity, relationships, and mental health.
All of these problems can be solved by digital detoxification. We will have more time for ourselves, other people, and activities that make us truly happy if we restrict the amount of time we spend scrolling through our timelines and feeds. As previously stated, social media accounts for only a minor portion of our life. You are already standing on the edge of a whole universe worth investigating.
We all live now in digital era and avoiding social media is kinda hard as it became part of our daily routine maybe what we can do only is to minimize using it as it also has negative impact in our health especially in mental.