Stopped oversharing on social media and now people think something's wrong
I used to post everything. What I ate, where I went, random thoughts at 2am, the whole thing. Not necessarily for attention, just felt natural to share. But a few months ago I realized how exhausting it was to constantly think about how my life would look as a post.
So I stopped. Just quietly stopped posting. Didn't announce it or anything, just went silent.
Now people keep reaching out asking if I'm okay. "Haven't seen you post in a while, everything alright?" or "You've been so quiet lately, is something going on?" One person even messaged my sister asking if I was depressed.
The ironic part is my mental health actually got better after I stopped. I'm not constantly comparing my life to others, not refreshing to see who liked what, not crafting captions to sound interesting. I just exist without needing to document it for an audience.
But apparently silence on social media reads as crisis mode to everyone. Like if you're not performing your happiness online, you must be falling apart. I was just sitting at home last night playing some league between doing laundry and got three "checking in on you" texts.
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