PAINFUL TRUTH: Why I have finally just said ‘no’ to social media

A couple of weeks ago, I deleted my only active social media account.
I’ve been active on some form of social media or other for around 20 years, which is pretty typical of people my age. Most of us heard about MySpace or Facebook and eventually created an account, collected a few “friends” there, and maybe moved on.
Since then, we’ve spread out widely. X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and TikTok, along with Facebook are what we usually think of when we say “social