Social media detoxing worth the challenge: Student

Social media detoxing worth the challenge: Student

By Munirah Al-Fayez

KUWAIT: Many people believe that deleting all your social media apps will cure a lot of your ills — from anxiety and depression to back pain and vision problems. Some say it is better to delete all of it for the rest of your life, while others say it is better to do a social media detox and come back to it with the ability to manage their use more easily. Kuwait Times interviewed Monera Al-Rabeah, a university student who did a social media detox, to learn about her experience. Monera said in June 2021, she decided to embark on the journey of deleting all her social media apps.

She said she was inspired to do it for a specific period to detoxify after watching videos of people who went through a similar experience. Monera added she noticed she was wasting a lot of time without being aware of the time passing by. After deleting her social media apps, Monera said she felt less anxious and had more time to try out new things and focus on her to-do lists and hobbies. The best thing about a social media detox, according to Monera, is how much it improves a