its a form of forced self imposed self control. just because i dont have the self control to leave it cold turkey unassisted doesnt mean i dont need it out of my life.
i have lots of friends and family i talked to on a regular basis and groups i participate in regularly. i used it alot when i couldnt afford a phone bill. groups i were on were mostly educational ones about snake IDs and plant IDs or shitposting meme groups where i share saucy memes i find on poal. the plandemic made it one of my only sources of socializing with my friends. it really became a way of life and it was toxic as helll because i can be toxic as hell
i know theres other and better ways to live my life and i will be doing that instead. no one NEEDS facebook, theres other solutions to those problems i entioned
Good job for deleting facebook. I understand your reasoning. My argument is you are using a crutch in order to quit and therefore not properly changing the way you think.
You have to train your brain to protect itself from failure. By "limiting" the amout of ways you can fail, in this case a password you do not know, you are also limiting your ability to not fail again in the future if limits or protections are not in place. Now if the urge hits to log in, your brain doesn't have to actually do work to protect itself because you "can't" log in as opposed to you "won't" log in.
i see what you're saying but i have failed to delete facebook in the past for this reason. i would be farther ahead in my personal development if i had thought to use a crutch sooner. My brain will still heal and i will move on :)
My brain will still heal and i will move on :)
No it won't. And you will fall for the next one unless there is a safety measure already in place to stop you. Take better care of your thoughts.
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