I am dying, and my death is completely preventable. My deterioration has two causes. The first is the poverty: the lack of care and financial support for someone like me on disability assistance. The second is the abdication of care, as I battle a 40-year war with a post-viral syndrome, the treatments for which my […]
Yeah, social media has been a pretty negative influence on my mental health, honestly. I rely on it for distraction and social interaction, but I don't think it really even does that very well.
Last week I used a browser extension to limit my screen time to 15 minutes per day except for Wikipedia. I still used a lot of screen time, but at least reading Wikipedia was better for my mental health than getting in arguments or getting mad at random opinions. Although it had the side effect of making me feel more lonely and empty after a day or two, which I guess is what I'm using social media to avoid.
So I've been experimenting with pen pal apps. They're designed to limit the rate at which you can exchange messages so as to encourage long form, thought-out letters. It's honestly been a lot nicer than shiposting. Although I have to keep forcing myself to do it because my attention span's just not that great anymore.