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Thank you. I think about that a lot because one reason I can't use social media like Instagram & Facebook, my brain reacts in such a way that I start obsessing about people I see on there, I dream about these people all night & think about them all day even though I haven't seen them in decades. It really messes with my head and it's not normal, it's not healthy. So for my sanity I delete everyone & everything from social media and live in the real world,
(And I have a feeling that people who feel the same way I do but don't fight against it, are the ones who become stalkers.)
I'm wondering what this mental illness is
I am seeing my psychiatrist in 2 weeks so I will ask them about this. Over the past 30 years my medical records have all kinds of words on it like "bipolar 2, cyclothymia, ADHD."
I've tried all the medications but they're all pretty rough, I only feel the bad side effects but not the benefits, so for the last 20 years I choose not to be on any medication but I exercise and eat healthy and that seems to do best for me.
I think I am a sane person living in an insane world, social media is not healthy for anybody's brain, but as all things in life, the healthiest most popular beautiful people are the ones who thrive in that social media environment.
I prefer to live in the real world and eat healthy and exercise and get lots of sunshine.