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maree98
maree98

Does anyone else feel like social media triggers their episodes? At times I'll feel extremely calm like my OCD episode has passed. Then I'll see something on social media that'll send me into a spiral again. Do you limit your social media time? Do you have some type of trigger warning blockers up? If their are any

Bougey
Bougey
I have a very hard time going on fb I have often deleted my account because it causes me a lot for grief.. I also try not to join groups on fb when I do have an active account because it can be very anxiety inducing, I'm on fb now only because my SO wants me to sell stuff on marketplace
arfie
arfie
Media, in general, can trigger my psychotic episodes in the most unpredictable ways and times. I have been limiting my media intake since long before the WWW explosion. Even more so since. It really does help. I take frequent "media fasts" where I cut out all media intake in order to purge my psychic system. Even when I am not being triggered to psychotic episodes, the random nature of media intake leaves allot of toxic residue.

I haven't been on FB in years. FB security, etc., has escalated to the point where I will no longer even click on a business advertising on FB. You can no longer browse FB without logging in. I never have been on any of the pop-up social networks like Twitter or Instagram.

I've never heard of TW Blockers but it wouldn't surprise me to find an app for that. I'm not going to bother looking, though. My own psych triggers are far too unpredictable for software filters I can trust.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
I am active on facebook. Not so much instagram, and currently suspended on twitter...because I refuse to give more information.

I keep my facebook limited. Instagram is for sharing pictures and I know a lot of photographers whose photos I enjoy.

For me, it's certain words that trigger my automatic self defense - and I've learned to scroll on by for the most part.
Happiness_seeker
Happiness_seeker
Maree98 social media certainly does affect me. I haven’t had a Facebook in years and I do have to say I’m glad I made that choice. I do have Snapchat and Instagram but whenever I start to feel the negative effects I will take it off for however long I don’t want to have anything to do with it. I have thought about getting rid of those but I can’t bring myself because I still want to be connected with some of my really good friends but I do try to avoid looking at anything other then their things.

Depending on how I’m feeling I can be trigger by anything negative and sometimes seeing people post all of the great things they’re doing or experiencing. I know that one post doesn’t represent their whole life or show the problems they may be going through but I still find myself feeling low about myself even when my brain that post isn’t the whole picture
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