How To Engage In Social Media While Protecting Your Mental Health
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Follow consciously
“Monitor your followers and the people you follow,” recommends Matthews. “Determine how you want to use your social media page.” Sometimes when someone follows us, we feel pressure to follow them back – especially if it’s someone we know personally. But sometimes, Greg from the office is very different as Greg on Facebook, and Greg on Facebook posts disturbing, aggressive rants about the state of the country or society that make you uneasy. You can mute Greg. Or, you can simply choose not to follow him back. Every person you follow is a person whose thoughts and ideas you’re allowing to get to you. It requires immense mental fortitude to not let their posts influence your feelings, so the easiest thing to do would be to not follow in the first place. You don’t owe anyone a follow.
