[Calaer]

Lately my anxiety about being connected to specific social media sites has been pretty intense. I don't mind TH, because I consider this a pretty neutral place. Here I can avoid things that trigger me and I'm still able to be social and reach out to others and offer help.

I also use Instagram, and that doesn't bother me either. My account is private and I only allow people to follow me if I know them personally and we have a connection to each other. (In other words, if I meet you in a study group, that's awesome, but I'm not going to give you access to my IG (Instagram) account unless I consider us close friends.)

FB has been a big issue with me for awhile. I've recently went through my friends list and unfriended some people who trigger my anxiety in various ways, I've also unfollowed/blocked quite a few pages that were causing me to have anxiety, but as I'm sure most of you know, that doesn't really prevent things from winding up on your page. I've considered deleting my FB, but for some family/friends that live long distant, that's truly the only way we really connect and keep in touch.

I do have a phone, but it's a pay as you go because sometimes I get too anxious about having one, and don't pay the bill for a while until I'm ready to try it again. I really only use my phone to call family anyway, and most of the time, we see each other every week, or I can use my husbands phone if I need to. (He actually has a contract phone line, as he uses his regularly.)

I'm not really sure how to over come this anxiety. It comes and goes in waves. It's always kinda there, but sometimes are worse than others. I'm wondering if it's worth it to just delete it and maybe doing a pen pal sorta thing to all my family members who live long distance, and then having them on IG to keep up with the photos of Ava and the family.

Any advice on this would be awesome. Thanks in advance.