How To Get Over A Facebook Addiction?

[DoinMyOwnThing40Participant 1000]

I want to change my life for the better. I make fun of our current society, with everyone’s obsession with having their faces glued to their phones or in my case my laptop. Having to always talk and read, talk and read, talk and read. Participate in forums, etc.

I find that I spend way too much time in fantasy land. I spend all my free time just cruising around on Facebook. I am not living life or doing anything. Instead of going out and enjoying the nice weather…….I find it much easier to just stay inside in the air conditioning and read Facebook all day and all night long.

I can’t even concentrate on a television show or movie. My big passion is college football and college football season is right around the corner. I worry that I won’t even have the concentration of sitting and watching a game without having to have my laptop right on my lap.

I want to change. The first step, is I deactivated my Facebook account. All those “friends” and forums I belong to………In all seriousness I could vanish off the face of the earth and NO ONE would lose any sleep over it. So why should I bother going there? To see all the girls who have boyfriends and how much they love their boyfriends, love their kids, etc. What good is it for me to see that?

I actually WANT to be more reclusive than I already am. I want to disconnect from society. My goal in life is to one day live extremely rurally. I’m talking so rural that you only go “into town” once every 2 weeks to do food shopping and what not. I want to be a total loner and be alone on a lot of land out in rural Western Kentucky or somewhere like that.

So my question to you all is………..how to go about living a reclusive life not only in person but online. Without losing your mind and dying of boredom. That’s my question. To learn how to enjoy life without having to be “connected” all the time.

 

 

Women are parasites. Each and every last one of them.

[slardy mcbardfastParticipant 118]

Buy metal working machinery and make stuff 😉

[Knights Templar RisingParticipant 5116]

Beacause FaceBook is pure s~~~.  Nothing but female drama, or women re-posting something they like – being delusional thinking it doesn’t make them look like a vapid mimic.

I slowly deleted most of the females from my friends list.  I got really sick of there used up 30-40yo snatch drama on there.

Month one:  “Oh my god Bobby, you are the best. I can’t believe I found someone so great, I love you for being you!”

Month two: “OK, live your life, I hope you are happy. I wished I never met you!” (Chorus of c~~~s replying with “you go girl!” affirmations).

Month three: Rinse and repeat!

Sovereignty above all else.

[Soldier-MedicParticipant 2566]

I read a lot.  If you were plugged in for a lot of your day, it seems like you need mental stimulation.

Doesn’t matter what type of reading you do.

I also am an amateur woodworker and I am always working on my house trying to make it more energy efficient.

I also work on projects to keep my lawn green.  I live in central Texas and water is normally limited on watering your lawn.  I have developed a solar powered system for capturing my AC runoff and storing it to water my lawn.  Next I am working on a project for a solar powered condenser developed by an Australian.

 

"I asked you a question. I didn't ask you to repeat what the voices in you head are telling you" ~ Me. ........Yes I'm still angry.

[Bright guyParticipant 156]

Hey Doin my  own things 40,

You are taking the first steps in your online recovery addiction.. You realize it is starting to overtake your regular life. Facebook is just a new way to keep up with the Jones. Its the place to show on how great a life one truly wants to live but in reality their lives SUCK!!! Your right — your Facebook friends couldn’t give two  s~~~ about you– most would probably walk past you in the street without saying hello to you

The only thing worse is twitter (Total f~~~n waste of your valuable time). Start doing something more productive with your life like slardy mcbardfast said. BUild s~~~, work out, get off your ass and just start to moving!!

Just remember to check in here from time to time  and tell us  how your life has gotten better.

[Anonymous 9]

Just delete it and don’t look back. It’s really simple.

I did it in January of this year.

I hardly talked to any of my so called friends, no one commented on anything of substance, and what’s up with everyone posting the same meme?

I f~~~ing hate Facebook. It has ruined authentic communication for a lot of people.

As someone mentioned above I read more, and I also play video games for entertainment.

[tofu916Participant 36]

Do you play an instrument? You could probably dedicate your time to learning how to read/play music.

 

Who knows, you might fall in love with it.

[Bright guyParticipant 156]

Anonymous wrote:

 I f~~~ing hate Facebook. It has ruined authentic communication for a lot of people.

I went to a neighbor’s house for his son graduation party. Its amazing sad that people don’t talk to each other. I saw the guys on one side of the party texting the girls on the  other side.. Its a sad freakn day that electronics have taken over the way we communicate with other people. All the time they were taking pictures and posting it on social media

[Anonymous 9]

Bright guy wrote:

gllahone84 wrote:

I f~~~ing hate Facebook. It has ruined authentic communication for a lot of people.

I went to a neighbor’s house for his son graduation party. Its amazing sad that people don’t talk to each other. I saw the guys on one side of the party texting the girls on the other side.. Its a sad freakn day that electronics have taken over the way we communicate with other people. All the time they were taking pictures and posting it on social media

Exactly.

Then when people ask if you’re on Facebook, and you tell them no they think you’re hiding something.

Yeah, my privacy. What makes a person want to share so much information on a social platform like that? I’d rather share stories, and updates of my struggles with women on a forum like this with guys who are like-minded.

It’s ridiculous.

If you’re family doesn’t talk to you outside of Facebook then something is wrong there as well. I don’t fall for the family connection thing either.

[Anonymous 42]

slardy mcbardfast wrote:

Buy metal working machinery and make stuff

Agreed, when you acquire metallurgical skills you can make your own hardware and machinery, my metal skills include welding, fabricating, drafting, and design, I was determined to conquer the uncooperative spirit of metal when I was 13 trying to drill holes in my minibike frame to mount the engine, but using soft wood drill bits that looked the same as high carbon bits, did ya ever watch a 13 year old with a cherry red drill bit trying to burn his way to the other side?

That was my “F~~~ THIS” day! I started purchasing my own tools, instead of taking what was in the abandoned cars we towed that were headed to the junkyard.

I find gardening to be very rewarding, I’m designing a fertilizer trailer with a 55 gallon barrel and water pump. I hate wasting time, I tend to automate everything I do for maximum effect with as little time and effort as possible…

I just painted Towtruckster 2 (silver and black) when it’s fully reassembled in a few days, I’m using both Trucksters to raise a raft to replace flooded barrels. I don’t  build things (anymore) that are showy and useless (MG TD not withstanding). Some things are just classic, have that look, and deserving of a full restoration…  I like antique British roadsters, I hate Lucas dynamos and voltage regulators, almost as much as I hate Chrysler GM and Ford, America’s automotive three stooges…

[IGMOW (I Go My Own Way)Participant 2572]

Get other things in your life that demand more of your time than Social Media stuff.  Now I work, I come home tired and wonder what is worth my time to spend on.  So, I do those things.

"I am my own thang. Any questions?" - Davis S Pumpkins.

[FullMetalExoParticipant 2383]

Anonymous wrote:

Yeah, my privacy.

Oh man, I had people arguing with me on Steam (on some game sub-forums there), and others over Private profiles.

It’s open for my Friends only, not Public.
Like , “why would you hide anything, its anti social ! What privacy ? Unless you are a scammer or a cheater,also your argument is invalid now and I will report you. etc.” and it goes on and on…

 

IGMOW (I Go My Own Way) wrote:

Get other things in your life that demand more of your time than Social Media stuff. Now I work, I come home tired and wonder what is worth my time to spend on. So, I do those things.

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[RennieParticipant]

I’m slowly using facebook less and less. I turn it on to see if there’s any messages and then back off. I think I’ll limit myself to that once a week as well, since the message traffic is so infrequent. Eventually I’ll get to the point of deleting it entirely.

It’s amazing that people don’t value privacy anymore, they are so brainwashed they think it’s an alien concept.

Time to go work on my offline network comprised of classic computers. Octane, O2, Alphaserver DS10 and Sun Ultra 5.

[FrankOneParticipant 1427]

I have a fakebook account, but I only get on it every few months — but then I’m an introvert.  I never post anything and I think a lot of it is pretentious.

I would go for a walk at the local park — that’s fun and free and good exercise — I love nature trails.  I carry a cell phone with me at all times, but only for work emergencies, I don’t pick it up and check e-mails all day or text like I was a teenager.  I’d also get a stationery bike or treadmill.  I do have a bit of a TV addiction — watching an old sci-fi series Lexx the last few weeks — so that’s a good way to get some exercise whilst in front of a screen.  Consider getting a pet — my dog is my best friend.

[Anonymous 5]

I deleted mine awhile ago. I feel a million times better. All facebook did was make my life worse especially with all the c~~~ drama.

[FermatParticipant 3478]

I never post on facebook.  I have conversations with three friends that I know care. We are currently working on plans to live together so that’s why we use the private chat to communicate.  That is it. I don’t like. I don’t comment. I am a ghost. Notifications are shut off. Facebook is a platform for the uneducated. You are better than this. Follow the advise of others on here and leave that nonsense.  It’s designed for middle aged mom’s, attention whore females, and mangina pretending to live the fast life. Get off of twitter and instagram two.  Different medium same audience.

I would also advise against online dating. Large effort and little return. It will only remind you of the plantation and female pretending to be a unicorn will lure you on. To quote admiral akbar “it’s a trap”. Stick to forums online that cater specifically to your interests. That’s where you belong.  Not facebook. Don’t destroy the brain cells God has given you.

I have discovered a truly remarkable list of reasons why women are not necessary for a happy life, but alas this margin is too small to contain it.

[StandUpGuyParticipant 334]

Simple. Take a break from it. I work with tech and I am almost always connected to something. What I do is take a vacation from it. That is I turn off my phone and laptop and do something else.

Over time you will feel the need less and less to be connected.

[MGTOWmonkey aka No More Fucks To GiveParticipant 6635]

Dude get off it! I had one years ago for only 30 minutes and deleted it because it was nothing but nosy loser’s. You need solitude and thinking to come up with some hobbies to relinquish the emptiness and boredom you mention in your previous post. Meditate and get inspired,we need more mgtow men focused than ever before.

Never lose sight of what brought you here.

[RoyDalParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

Then when people ask if you’re on Facebook, and you tell them no they think you’re hiding something.

Q: How come ya ain’t on Facebook?

A: Identity theft.

Society asks MGTOWs: Why are you not making more tax-slaves?

[Anonymous 13]

Delete it – go on this sight and dump your thoughts here instead – call and text your real friends – and if you have to give your opinion on everything, like I did, go on you tube and leave comments and start little arguments there instead.  (I ended up deleting my g+ account as well – and don’t go on other news media sites either)  But start out small I guess as opposed to cold turkey.

 

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