How Quitting Facebook Helped My Mental Health [PsychCentral.com]

Samantha Sangenito 5/24/164:00 AM

About a year ago, I quit Facebook. It had become a place for me to experience disappointment and agitation. Distant relatives who I haven’t seen in years were messaging me for favors. The presidential election was gearing up and people were getting very vocal about politics. And some of my best friends were dropping out of the site or not sharing anything anymore.

I decided it was time to close my account and do something more positive with my time. It was hard to break the habit, but there was much to be gained.

I stopped broadcasting my opinions.

I am not my opinions. The world wasn’t put in front of me so I could sit there and pass my imperial judgment on each and every thing. I was put on this earth to live, not to sit around justify my opinion on the news of the day.

[For more of this story, written by Sarah Newman, go to http://psychcentral.com/blog/a...ed-my-mental-health/]

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