Facebook...just curious?

I love your answer.

I just deactivated my account again for like the third time. This time, most people I know are not aware I'm on. I usually use it for support groups, but have little to nothing to say to friends and family. A lot of people Zi have 'ignored' because of not wanting to deal with them or sick of the constant rhetoric about politics or religion that people seem to think that others should share their opinion.

I get enough of that crud daily and do not want to come home and have to also read it.

I basically use it for immediate family and a few close friends, i did have some problems recently when i posted my sister and she got angry, i deleted the account as it caused her an upset, but then rejoined and am doing fine with it now

Im on face book has a lot of my kids friends , are on it and have there own kids now. I was always on great terms with my kids friends so they put me on there page . I was the grown up harmless nutball that made them laugh and a few words of wisdom. BBBBBBBBBBut you have to be carful; what you post if a depressive you can say the wrong thing without thinking same has you can on a forum, hence im always getting moderation on PC i dont mean any harm i just say the wrong thing at times.

I actually deactivated my account a few years ago for this very reason. When I am down, Facebook is the worst place possible for me to be. I end up feeling completely irrelevant and worthless. "Out of the loop", if you will. So no, you're not alone, and it's not silly.

So odd that I am reading this. fb can be excruciating for me. For different reasons though. I am mostly ignored there. What I post is mostly ignored. As if I am a non entity. I have more than a hundred fb friends. And yet I feel as if no one cares about anything I could say there. Thus confirming how unimportant and not cared about I am by friends and family. I

would never post negative feelings there. Or when I do, I configure it so only I can see it.... just so I can blow off some steam about how hurt I feel. But I am sure no one can see it.

I had to start a new fb account where I can go and not feel so hurt. of course no one knows I am there. So how could they ignore me? They cannot. It is a microcosm of how things are like irl for me. Of no significance to anyone's life.

I have felt the same.

But there are three ways people use Facebook....as a way to be happy, say good things and talk about their good life (even when it isn't so good), as a way to be negative and post bad stuff most of the time...and a mixture (sometimes healthy sometimes not)

So I guess im saying....that even though their lives appear perfect....we ALL have issues and problems.

Live Love Learn

yes, indeed, kmow what you meant@

Don't lose that hope. For if you are open to it, you[;ll find your support group (s)

100 face book friends are not your real friends, they just add you to there page to make it look has if there popular. They wont talk to you they don't no you ,you have done what they have, added them to make you feel loved , nobody posts to them either .how many of the 100 do you really no

I don't like facebook much. Like you all those photos and posts about their 'wonderful life' make me miserable, ugh.
The photos only show the good parts, the highlights. How many friends are real 3D friends, not many I bet.
So many 'selfies' facebook is a narcissist dream.

I haven't been on in a week. Focus on real people...real interactions. Feels so much better

I have 40 something significant people who I care enough about to want the ability to communicate with and not lose all connection with and I keep them as my only Facebook friends. I like knowing they're alive and just a post or comment away. I also use groups to reach out to others with my same struggles. It's not all bad out there, if you have the right friends. Like relatives too. I like watching my friends children grow up. Facebook is usually full of shallow people because honestly that's what the world is made of.

Get the adblock plugin. I wouldn't surf the net without it.

I have recently deactivated mine, it's been about a week and a half and I don't plan to reactivate for a few weeks until shortly before my birthday just so I can try and organise something for it. I don't know if I will keep my account active afterwards.

I have less anxiety at the moment and don't have to put up with seeing people post about things which just end up upsetting me or making me angry. Only downside is I have a few people I am only in contact with via facebook, but next time I log on I will most likely find another way to stay in contact.

I have a very cutting sence of humour , I am harmless and people who no me laugh , but say something on face book and they don't get it, you in deep trouble , simple things like a guy was banging on about the place he used to live and still drinks with his buddies now, saying it was the best town ever, I said how come you don't live there now then. Simple question BUT HE WENT OFF ON ONE

i don't like having personal information 'out there' where i should be able to remain anonymous ... fb is evil

I tend to agree , but today I did my daughter who is 38 today a steak on the BQ in the rain , and I posted on her face book her friends loved it. so I was happy and my daughter happy , it can be a cool thing