Addicted to social media: On quitting cold turkey
If I were addicted to alcohol, I wouldn’t admit it publicly. If I were addicted to gambling, I wouldn’t admit it publicly. There is shame, judgement and negative attitudes towards these addictions, unlike social media. Phoebe Carre, creative solutions lead, at dentsu, explores quitting social media, cold turkey.
Whilst on Christmas break, I missed swimming with manatees because I was busy finding reception on the island to upload videos to my Instagram stories. I am not an influencer; no one was waiting for my content to drop.
It was at this point that I realised I was addicted to socials, and I had to go cold turkey.
Apparently, smokers trying to give up miss the sensation of holding a cigarette. I find this believable as I missed the sensation of endless scrolling. I desperately wanted to know if Caroline had had her third baby yet, and what she had named her. I wanted to know if Chris had seen Meaghan recently, because they hadn’t done content together in ages, and I was curious what Tom’s latest run challenge was.
