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In the modern world, many people have their own account in one of the popular social networks. All the main events, as well as a lot of other information, are there and many people use social networks to watch the news. Another use case might be to communicate with other people since almost every social network has its own built-in messenger. In general, people are very accustomed to using such applications and sites, and they cannot separate their lives from them. However, there are people who do not use these resources and do not even have their own account on the social network for various reasons. The article below explains why some Canadians have decided to get rid of their daily feed on various social networks.

The article claims that avoiding social media can benefit your mental health. For example, 34-year-old Shaundell Fougere improved her mental state after she deleted her Instagram and Facebook account due to the fact that these social networks, like many others, reflect a distorted, improved picture of reality, and sometimes may not correspond to it at all. The fact is that most often the videos and photos that are posted in the user profile have little to do with reality. For example, if a person posts a photo where he drives an expensive car, this does not mean at all that he is rich and successful. Maybe he just rented it just for the post on Instagram. And there are a lot of such examples, so you should not completely trust Instagram users, because in this way they are trying to increase profile activity and increase the number of likes. Such misconceptions can lead to depression or other negative consequences for the psyche, for the reason that people who watch blogs of successful people may consider themselves a failure or insignificance, which in fact is absolutely not the case.

In addition, social media can be addictive and thus time-consuming. For example, Carmen Puopolo ditched his social media accounts for this very reason. He said that although social media creates the illusion of contact with other people, we are still left without social experience and live communication. Indeed, communication on the Internet and even communication via video communication cannot replace live communication in any way. However, many people do not notice this fact, which is why they may have mental health problems.

All these problems are somehow correlated with the problem of consuming a huge amount of content, and they all lead to negative consequences. Therefore, it is important to show people where they can improve their lives.

References: https://globalnews.ca/news/4669640/deleting-social-media/

https://globalnews.ca/news/4669640/deleting-social-media/