re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth

In a fit of rage last February, I deleted my Facebook account. At first I felt left out of family gossip and jokes, but over time feel like it has helped improve my mood and outlook.

Over the course of 7 years on FB, I was increasingly outraged and dismayed by the views shared by friends and family. I was starting to intensely dislike people I love. I decided it was better for me to go back to seeing family at weddings and funerals and every few years on Thanksgiving, rather than seeing their posts every day. I know it goes both ways and that people probably felt the same way about the firehose of negativity spewing from me on FB.

I understand that others use FB and other social media platforms only for kid photos, etc., but I wasn’t able to compartmentalize like that so in the end I said goodbye for good. A year later I feel like it was the right decision for me.