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View submission: Tuesday Check In: How's Everybody's Mental Health?
What am I supposed to take away from all this?
That social media algos are based on ad revenue that do not reflect real life and we need to be careful in how these views can affect our mental health. Nor do social media views come with the nuance these topics deserve.
That digital self harm often manifests in the form of "doomscrolling ~~> internalizing generalized messages targeted at us ~~> extreme feelings of guilt or a desperate need to feel accepted ~~> doomscrolling to placate these feelings of guilt or need to be accepted"
That the existence of data does not make a view truthful or present the full issue.
That framing matters. The framing of these topics as an absolute truth but none of these views are truthful in the way you present them even if there's some truth at the center.
That your self-reflection relies on harmful ideas that don't stop once you become this "inherently immoral, physically strong" kind of man that you think you might have to be. That even if you learn to accept this version of you that is based on the harmful internalization of social media views of men, it doesn't lead to a more fulfilling life or more happy life.
And if you don't have the tools to prevent yourself from participating in doomscrolling or other unhealthy behaviors while on social media, that it's ok to separate from social media. I will be honest in saying that this is me too. I don't allow myself to have a facebook, tik tok, IG, snap chat or other social media apps on my phone. It is not good for me and I'll just end up scrolling for bad feels in the quiet parts of my day. I almost exclusively use reddit when it's attached to my keyboard. Otherwise I'll harm myself with it. I have to heavily curate my reddit feed. I don't ever accept youtube's next recommendation. And I never let people tell me who I am.
There's nothing here!