Post by cat on Feb 17, 2020 22:36:26 GMT
Hi everyone! I'm not very active in the community but I keep reading your posts and I thank you all for your contribution. I was diagnosed FA a year ago but my anxiety has diminished a lot throughout this one-year therapy. Avoidance is pretty much high though. I'm in my early 20ies.
I wanted to share my "relationship" with my mobile phone and social media.
I quit Instagram a year ago, just couldn't stand all the pressure coming from comparisons with people's fake beautiful lives so I quit. I use Fb every now and then but I NEVER share anything personal (be it political, religious or in general personal ideas about important matters). Same goes for pictures, I just don't like to show things I think of as private on social media.
Sometimes I turn my phone off for even 24 hours when I feel like I don't want communication with others/ feel overwhelmed by my friend's requests or texts. My DA friend does the same and to me it's 100 % relatable. An anxious-preoccupied friend gets worried sometimes and contacts me on Fb to ask if I'm okay.
Is that a FA thing? When you just want to stay with yourself and cut contacts with the world out there?
It would be nice to hear your side of the story.
PS: English is not my first language, sorry for any possible mistake
I wanted to share my "relationship" with my mobile phone and social media.
I quit Instagram a year ago, just couldn't stand all the pressure coming from comparisons with people's fake beautiful lives so I quit. I use Fb every now and then but I NEVER share anything personal (be it political, religious or in general personal ideas about important matters). Same goes for pictures, I just don't like to show things I think of as private on social media.
Sometimes I turn my phone off for even 24 hours when I feel like I don't want communication with others/ feel overwhelmed by my friend's requests or texts. My DA friend does the same and to me it's 100 % relatable. An anxious-preoccupied friend gets worried sometimes and contacts me on Fb to ask if I'm okay.
Is that a FA thing? When you just want to stay with yourself and cut contacts with the world out there?
It would be nice to hear your side of the story.
PS: English is not my first language, sorry for any possible mistake
