No Facebook
My therapist has advised me to stay off Facebook. I usually go on Facebook daily as I find it the best method of staying involved and knowing what everyone's up to. But lately, i feel anguish and pain everytime I see things my "friends" are doing without me. I feel envy, anger, and sorrow at everyone's posts. So I'm trying to stay logged out.
I didn't realize how difficult it would be. I didn't realize how much I depended on it to feel connected to the world.
So im hoping that 7cups offers me some sort of satisfaction of this need for contact.
You should look at the science behind why facebook is so addictive. Simply put, it has a feature that allows you to scroll down 'infinitely'. That messes up your reward cycle because, after cycling through a whole bunch of posts you dislike, you'll eventually find that one post that makes you laugh; that one post that releases dopamine in your brain. And so the scrolling (something that is really quite effortless) is seen by your brain as a task you can complete to get dopamine. Thing is, the times you'll see something that's actually interesting varies and you may scroll for minutes until you find the next thing that you enjoy. This is exactly why it's an addiction: in spite of how long you might scroll, you'll eventually end up doing it because you're subconsciously searching for the next easy dopamine rush. Another thing that makes it addictive is the anticipation of getting likes on posts, but I won't go into that. Do a little research and you'll find how addictive a site can be. :\