Do you think you would attempt if social media was never around?

[secretsfromthecity]

Like the title. Do you think you would attempt or try again if social media/the internet wasn't around. I know for me jealousy and what people put out there really triggers something in me and I feel like if it wasn't so easy to access other people's thoughts and photoshops, my suicidal ideation wouldn't be as terrible as it is. Maybe before the 90s, would you even consider suicide if it wasn't about financial debt? I know I'd probably still think about it just bc of childhood trauma but I don't think it would be so prominent in day to day life.

 

[Agon321]

In my case it doesn't change much.

I use social media in a limited way.
I also don't watch other people's lives.
I'm just not interested in it.

Even when I see it, I don't feel jealous when I see someone's "perfect" life on the Internet.
This may be because I know that in many situations it is imaginary fiction.
People want to be admired, respected, etc.
That's why they create their own artificial world on the Internet.
Such people are not necessarily happy.

I recommend limiting social media or changing the way you use it.

If you use Instagram, you should definitely quit it.
There is virtually no valuable content on Instagram. If you can't, at least limit it to the absolute minimum.

I guarantee everyone feels better long term after cutting down on social media.
Your CTB thoughts should slow down a bit.

 

[hot]

I completely agree with you, my mental health definitely wouldn't be so bad now if there was no social media

 

[Patches]

The only thing I use is Reddit.

I don't care for social media generally, I've tried most and it just makes me like people less. Reddit I don't mind as much, its good for a laugh, but it is an echo chamber of wildly stupid opinions. There are some advice subs I find useful though, which is what keeps me interested.

It wouldn't affect my choice to ctb, but I see how it could influence others.

 

[xinino]

I can't even imagine my life without the internet to tell.

 

[Ash]

Social media has actually helped me time and time again. Being able to connect with people I know who are scattered to the four winds has made a huge difference in the past. It's not at the moment but that's not about social media or friends; it's my mood and MH. But it might be about how I use it. I only friend people who I'm actually friends with and I'm liberal with my use of the block/ignore button. I don't think it creates an echo chamber so much as a protected space for my MH, just as I'd ask someone spouting hate speech to leave my actual house and never invite them back.

 

[ringo99]

Yes. I'm a millennial in my late 30s. My problems started even before my family had internet access or even a computer. The presence or absence of social media would've made no difference whatsoever

 

[LunarLight]

Social media and the internet kinda saved my life actually. I can access so much things. Music for example. And social media conforts me.
If I couldn't access the internet, I wouldn't know SaSu and couldn't find a suitable method. So... I think I would feel trapped in my own existence and would be too afraid to CTB as I want a peaceful death (I'm very afraid of pain).

 

[Forveleth]

I already suicidal before the internet (as we know it now) existed, let alone social media.

 

[HappyForever?]

Without social media I would never be able to find a method good enought for me to CTB so no. I believe this world would be better without modern social media that uses algorithms to artificially create echo chambers and radicalize people.