Thanks for sharing this, Kate!

I think part of the issue is that people are viewing social media as causation instead of correlation. When I fasted from social media some time ago, it wasn’t necessarily about not being on it, it was about what I was using that time for instead of scrolling. People tend to think that social media causes them to feel depressed or unfulfilled when really it’s probably just drawing attention to those feelings of depression or unfulfillment that were already there to begin with. Those feelings of inadequacy or non-productiveness are inner struggles that won’t go away simply by placing a timer on our Instagram and Facebook usage.

Also, I feel that in this era of self-care and self-awareness, people are getting the message that “social media is bad for you” or it’s not “productive” to be on social media so much. As a response, people feel like they should take a break from social media not because they want to, but because they think it’s what they’re supposed to do.

Great read!