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Instagram Addiction

i was addicted to instagram for about a month. it upended my life enough that i realized that i was living with something new-an undesirable habit. and once i realized this, it seemed like it would be wise to try to address it or at least think about it. easier said than done.

obviously, so many forms of addiction have had an enormous impact on so many lives-upending them, transforming them, taking people from one direction (their wishes, dreams, circumstances) to a very opposite one. most of the videos it was offering were super bizarre, out-of-this-world noise performances where artists were setting instruments on fire, which appealed to me enormously. you/i could set a family screen time restriction, give the password to a friend, but then they’d be responsible for managing your/my emotions anytime you/i’d have a flare-up, which is so completely worse.

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