Anyone else delete Facebook for good?

[garfieldfan22]

If so, do you feel better for having done so? I deleted my account last night because I had been spending way too much time on it, to the point where it was starting to affect my mental health.

One of my main reasons for deleting it aswell is because I have seen so much hatred and trolling on it, so it's something that I definitely feel I can do without in my life .

Anyone else quit for good and what were your reasons?

I quit for good about 5 years ago. Prior to that I left temporarily after splitting with a long term boyfriend. When I went back on I remembered exactly why it irritated me. I didn’t feel any closer to my friends & I got tired of hiding certain feeds. I also found it unhelpful from a comparison point of view when I was single & everyone I knew was getting married/ having kids. To be honest social media has never made me feel great about myself. I don’t miss it at all & since I’ve left a few friends of mine have too (not following my lead but just getting fed up of it too).

Also I went down a rabbit hole on there very easily. Only prob with leaving is that I now do the same with Mumsnet 😂

Yep.

It highlighted to me just how isolated I am and how toxic my family are. All those posts showing kids with their grandparents after school, expensive family days out, how wonderful life is when you have childcare that you don’t have to pay for etc etc etc.

It’s the most gut-wrenching lonely heart-breaking lonely place when you have no support (financial, emotional or physical) at all and children.

Yep! H walked out in sept, I deleted it and haven't missed it one bit. My anxiety is improved without it, and I'm not pining over everyone else's 'perfect' lives!

I also think that the more platforms we seem to have, the less (ironically) we engage with people on a more humane emotional level. We don’t ‘check in’ on people any more so much. Plus I don’t want my DC thinking it’s ok to be looking at a screen for 12 hours a day like I was, so it was a conscious effort, plus poor poor Olly’s family, that’s on my mind a lot at the mo as I am local to them.

Really sad.

I got rid of it years ago but was never really into it in the first place. Never even think about it, let alone miss it

Me! I found it irritating. I much prefer people in real life.
Deleting it was liberating. And life goes on 😊

Deleted it ages ago, I think a lot of people are getting to that point with it. To many show offs and attention seekers.

I also came off it because especially during lockdown, I found I was comparing my life constantly to other people and felt like crap. I totally agree with everything you said too @Morningpig

Havent permanently deleted it, but I do very regularly go on social media hiatus maybe a week a month or something I notice when I need it as my mental health is quite poor anyway and it grips me I can't really explain it.

I signed up sometime after it started up. I didn't value it so didn't use it. I stopped altogether over 10 years ago. I'm glad, but it never held anything for me so it wasn't a hardship.

I did at the start of the year. Pissed me off no end that is doesn't actually delete for a month after you ask for deletion. It's my account if I want it gone it should be gone