- Instagram is very accessible so I would reach for it as soon as I wake up or when I can’t sleep at night. And it is definitely not an ideal way to start the day or end it.
- I waste so much time on the app, even though I had only intended to check the new posts. This happens as a result of checking the popular page and/or checking friends of friends.
- Comparing my life to my friends (and their friends’ lives).
- Comparing my life to celebrities and Instagram personalities (who often pose and project fake standards).
- Becoming addicted to likes (there is a scientific study to support that), peoples’ approval, and popularity.
- Comparing my Instagram’s popularity to my friends.
- It’s a great source of gossip.
- I value my privacy (and even though I am often tempted to post, It doesn’t agree with my nature).
- It could stir up past wounds like if I’m following an ex boyfriend, or ex best friend.
- It conditions my brain to want to seek peoples’ approval.
- It could devalue a great activity just because it doesn’t look attractive on camera.
- It makes my brain filled with other people, their lives, and fake standards.
- IG tailors the popular page towards your interests which made me spend so much time on the app (Also, I followed some positive accounts that show street animals and their transformation so my popular page was filled with pictures of animal cruelty that was a source of sudden mental and emotional anguish for me).
I just woke up and felt like writing this post cause I have been going back and forth between deactivating and activating my account. Recently, I activated my account after a long period of withdrawing from IG, and I started noticing how negative my thought process has become. I am sure not everyone uses IG negatively but I feel like most are. This post is very scattered but I hope your enjoy it anyway.
4ever21christina 