So... I cracked a few days ago. Due to an ongoing thing in the FOSS and tech communities, I'd finally had enough of social media. I got rid of my own Fediverse instance, and today, I deleted my only other account on Fosstodon. I logged out of Twitter, and the only reason I'm not deleting it is due to it being a quick way to contact certain people if needed.

I'm tired of the constant negativity and toxicity destroying every good mood I get into. I'm tired of constantly living in fear of saying or staying silent, least I get the masses bearing down on me either way. I'm tired of feeling like I'm walking on Lego while just trying to exist. It's draining, and it's not worth being dragged into the mental dark alley that social media always takes me into. It's just not worth any so-called "benefits" I would gain from using it, at the cost of my own mental health.

I realized that, when I stop even thinking about looking at any sort of social timeline, my anxiety isn't nagging at the back of my head. I'm not doomscrolling, or anything like that. And it feels nice. It hasn't completely removed my anxiety or give me more free time (home life can be blamed for that), but it has helped, and noticeably so.

I still have my Delta Worlds Archive ( https://library.rismdragon.net/ ) site, and my blog ( https://blog.prismdragon.net/ ), as well as my email, IRC & XMPP (once my mind recovers a bit), and Discord (barely). I'm also keeping my FA, IknBunny, and Weasyl accounts. I'm not disappearing from the internet or anything, but I refuse to subject myself to any more mental torture from unhinged mobs that just end up dragging me down.

So yeah. I felt like making this known.