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What To Expect?

In today’s article, 5 proven mental benefits of detox from social media will discuss the challenges that social media can have on our mental health. Co-founders and ex high-level people in social media organisations have explained the dangers social media can have on everyone’s mental health. Social media isn’t going away anytime soon and I believe there are many benefits to social media when used responsibly and your mental health put first over anything else. I hope this article can provide beneficial tips to help you in any way.

Why Should You Detox From Social Media?

Studies have discovered that the more time you spend on a social media site, the more likely you are to develop depression. It’s enhanced even more when you’re already feeling not at your best. One of the main factors is because we can’t help but compare our lives to others and make the comparison that our life is not worthy enough compared to there’s. We know now that what people put up on social media sites isn’t always reality as we don’t see what goes on behind the scenes or editing software have created an illusion of what something really looks like.

When Should You Detox From Social Media

The moment you should detox from social media is when it starts to make you feel jealousy, fear of missing out, not smart enough, not feeling beautiful in your own skin. Any negative emotion that social media needs to change and detox can definitely help for sure. As well as preventive measures to have a social media that works for you.

How To Make Social Media Work For You

For me, how I make social media work for me. I follow people who share the same values as I do. When I see their Instagram post it makes me feel good, not bad. I don’t focus on how many followers I have and share what I want to share. Using social media as a tool can change the mentality you have towards it. Whether that be showcasing your business, finding motivation or touching base with friends. Just like the other habits that make you disciplined in your life. Treating social media the same way can help a lot.

5 Proven Mental Benefits Of Detox From Social Media

1. Silence The External Garbage

There so many people with negative opinions and you engage in so much information that is irrelevant to your life. This can the same for seeing other people living lives that are different from yours. Of course, it can be motivating but watching other people live their lives and not living yours can bring you down. If the garbage man doesn’t take away the rubbish it starts to build up and you know what happens from there. This is the same for social media. Detox yourself external garbage you see every day.

2. Return To Who You Are

Detoxing from social media can help you stop trying to be someone that your not and become the person you want to be. Coming back to reality and working on yourself helps boost positivity and happiness within yourself.

3. Return To The Real World

Social media doesn’t always give you a true reflection of what everyone thinks, it doesn’t show all the good in the world and it doesn’t give you real experiences. Returning to the real world you can get a gauge of what the world is really like, actually she good in your life and people around you. Finally, you can actually experience life by being present and create amazing moments you will treasure forever.

4. Reduce Anxiety, Depression And Isolation

Studies have shown the negative drawbacks to peoples mental health. People have shown that they get worse with anxiety, depression and a feeling of isolation. The moment you come away from social media. The reduction of these emotions will diminish and you will better for it.

5. Increase Mental Focus

Social media can be a major distraction with many workers being on their phones at a raising level taking them away from their work. If you want to progress yourself with your own business and new habits. Coming away from social media can quickly sharpen your focus to complete the task. We all get the same amount of hours in one day. Don’t let social media keep you away from achieving your goals.

Over To You

I hope you enjoyed today’s article, 5 proven Mental benefits of detox from social media.

Remember that social media is a tool to help you. If it’s not helping you remove it from your life.

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I’ve spent over 10 years coaching and mentoring people within sport and business. I have many life skills that I have developed and I want to pass these skills on so people can find their best self. I believe it all starts in the mind and I write about valuable tools and strategies to help people grow in this area.

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What to expect?

In today’s article, 5 surprising habits that drain your mental well-being over time. I will discuss what habits you need to get rid of in your life. If draining habits are left to grow it will slowly drain your mental well-being. Over time you will notice a lack of focus, alienation and poor execution of tasks. This mentality will hold you back. So if you are doing any of the habits below I have left a quick solution to your problems. I hope it helps!

5 Surprising Habits That drain Your Mental Well-Being Over Time

1. Habit Of Being Messy

If not ourselves we all know someone who’s messy. There are even successful people who are messy as well.

But for ultimate productivity, and overall mental well-being. Research has shown that a cluttered workspace drags the mind away from focussing on what it needs to do.

A MIR scan showed that within the prefrontal cortex. It showed that too many distractions can affect the mind’s focus. It showed that the brain is not good at blocking out clutter, leading to the mind overworking and becoming drained because of too much clutter.

Solution – Take a tip from all the minimalist out there and apply their strategy to your life. It will allow for clean workspaces, home and you will see your focus and mental wellbeing skyrocket.

2. Habit Of Making Excuses

No one wants to admit when their wrong or didn’t achieve their intended goal. But getting into the habit of making excuses can lead to bad implications for your future wellbeing. The lack of vulnerability to give growth to the inflated ego will eventually lead you down a path where you will become stuck in life and won’t able to move forward.

Solution – Open your mind to a growth mindset where you can openly admit to your mistakes and failures. It might be immediately painful but in the long term important for future growth. Making excuses doesn’t help you in any way. Just remember it’s just your ego your protecting.

3. Habit Of Perfectionism

We all want to be the best but at what cost when attaining perfection. Perfection can lead us down a path where we have to get everything perfect before we start anything. Which becomes a form of procrastination without any action. Perfectionism can also be damaging for your mental wellbeing by setting your goal too high to attain because you want it to be perfect. This can lead to worthlessness, stress and a sense of failure.

Solution – Understand that nothing is perfect and being unperfect is ok. Changing your habit of perfectionism to giving your best effort and focussing on moving forward with intention will lead to happiness and mental wellbeing. Of course, there is a positive to striving for perfectionism but at what cost if you go too far with it. Definitely, a balancing act and self-awareness are key for it not ruling your life.

4. Habit Of Multi-Tasking

Some people take pride in their ability to multi-task. In some cases, it can have its benefits. For productive work, it doesn’t. Your brain is limited just like any power unit. If your multitasking on 5 things at once then you’re outputting at 20% efficiency for each task. You are therefore not giving your main priority it’s full attention.

You can see this in relationships when someone is talking and the other person on the phone whilst listening or a baby wants your attention but you’re focussed on watching TV. The attachment with that person gets slightly damaged as they don’t feel your full attention. This matters and is a reason for marriage breakups and attachment problems from children which lead them to find it with someone else.

Solution – There’s only so much we can focus on. Making it our priority to focus solely on one task or person at a time. Can help us overcome multitasking fatigue and relationship difficulties.

5. Habit Of Doing It Alone

Humans are built to work together for future growth. We are social animals and live to make connections with others. When we try and do everything ourselves. We just make our life 10 times harder. It can be hard to reach out for help. But it’s all ego and negative thinking going on in your mind. Outsourcing and automating our life helps to move forward quicker. The most successful people understand that having a team around you helps elevate your success.

Solution – Ask for help and build a team or support network around you that can make your life easier and enjoyable. This will help your mental well-being not feel overwhelmed and alone.

Over To You

I hope you enjoyed today article, 5 surprising habits that drain your mental well-being over time.

It’s not always easy to notice the habits that affect us in negative ways. But being self-aware and learning about our own habits. Can go a long way to ensuring your success and future mental wellbeing.

Build that mental strength with the right habits!!!

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