I realised that I needed to get off Facebook because it made me feel depressed. When I was on Facebook, I would look at the feed and become poignantly aware of how boring my life is. (I don’t travel. I don’t do any “fun” thing. I don’t go to parties.)
So one day I decide that I have had enough and I just uninstalled Facebook from my phone, closed all Facebook tabs in my browser sessions, and turned off all notifications (including the e-mail one that tries to drag you back in). The only notification that I leave enabled is account/security notifications. I haven’t outright deactivated/deleted my Facebook account because I may still need it someday for some stupid reason.
Anyway, as soon as I took those steps, I freed myself from the reminder of my misery. I’m not actually having any more fun, but at least I’m no longer constantly comparing my life with those of my “friends”.
So what about people who may want to reach me via Facebook? I’ve decided that if someone can or know only to reach me via Facebook, then they are not my real friend anyway and I don’t need them in my life.
Quit Facebook. It can be done and it should be done.