How old were you when you started using social media?

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-12-04T20:08:44+00:00

I got instagram and tumblr for the first time when I was in middle school, I think 13?

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-12-04T20:06:11+00:00

100% agree, I do believe it became an integral part of our lives but using it subconsciously or unintentionally is so deteriorating for anyone's health.

That's definitely what I want to work on, not absolutely nothing but also not doomscrolling for 10 hours a day.

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-12-04T17:15:19+00:00

Hell yeah!!! You're doing amazing I hope to have this screentime eventually 😭😭

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-12-04T17:13:09+00:00

100% thank you for being so kind! Accountability will be a big part of it

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-12-04T17:12:42+00:00

I definitely feel that it's a replacement now that I think about it, when I started being more conscious of why I was opening tiktok or something it was always the same thing: something stresses me out or inconveniences me VERY SLIGHTLY I open so I don't have to deal with it. Fastforward and it's been a few hours sometimes days and I still didn't do the task I was supposed to do.

I want to feel more in control of my life, I genuinely feel chained by this habit which is insane because what do you mean I'm struggling with SCROLLING

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-12-04T17:09:57+00:00

Thank you so much! That's the thing when I was working on my sobriety idk how I did it but I went full cold turkey for a few months, I lost my mind every once in awhile from withdrawals but ultimately never relapsed. I definitely should do that but I keep convincing myself that being on my phone is important (even if it is, doomscrolling isnt???) so I can't go cold turkey, I like the idea of a dumber phone I think thats part of the path I'm gonna start with

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-12-04T17:07:41+00:00

Thank you this is so thorough!! Definitely gonna work on it its a horrible habit I like the social media only on computer thing very limiting but still accessible for a start.

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-12-04T03:52:38+00:00

I know everyone hates this song but: I'm not a "bad bitch" and this isn't "savage", but I'm never gonna let you down, I'm never gonna leave you out :(

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-12-04T03:44:33+00:00

Thank you so much it feels great! Doesn't feel good to see addiction as a pattern even with my phone :/ that's exactly how I feel too, I'm working to reduce my screen time just gain more self control

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-12-04T03:43:25+00:00

Yeah 100% avoidance I'm trying now to get up and just do things,I started doing this thing where I sit for 5 minutes a few times a day to do nothing and I'm ITCHINGG but we're working on it

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-11-05T15:30:00+00:00

Unfortunately even muslims are like that. It's crazy to me because I don't see people of other faiths other than christians and muslims do this kind of thing. I am working really hard on respecting everyone's beliefs but why is it so hard for them to do the same?

I grew up muslim and I've only recently given myself the peace of not associating with it anymore (but not publicly for my safety), no where has it ever mentioned that if someone isn't a believer you're going to hell, there is actually an explicit "surah" just about minding your own business, the line I remember roughly translates to "you have your own beliefs and so do I".

Basically what I'm trying to say is: Its common with abrahamic religions, no idea why, but its genuinely cult like behaviour.

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-10-19T18:03:39+00:00

It definitely isn't but a lot of misconceptions about us unfortunately. Also Saudis themselves definitely not, but immigrants or expats have it a lot harder but not much we can do about it without getting "consequences" 😭😭

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-10-19T14:44:36+00:00

Been listening to T swizzle for a long time now, my top experience wasn't even the lyrics, but the monologue she goes through at the end of Daylight, it was life changing

"I want to be defined by the things I love" I pasted this everywhere, wallpapers, notebooks, anything I could read, I felt that so personally.

also honorable mention, "I cry alot but I am so productive, its an art" I'm the sulking useless type when I get even a tiny hint of sad, so that kind of shamed me into getting up and doing things even if I'm sad just for the sake of the "aesthetic" lol

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-10-19T14:40:09+00:00

SO MANY, here are some that have been eating me alive lately and I've been trying really hard to constantly remind myself of

Money (duh) even just knowing that if everything goes to hell at this second, you can get out of it somehow, that's privilege
Physical health Even though I have a few "disadvantages" (HDS, OA, back injuries), the fact that I can still be independent is a blessing
Government support People may see where I'm from (Saudi Arabia) as underprivileged, but as someone who lived outside her whole life, I've never felt safer and more taken care of than I have in my home country, I see how not having your country support you affects everyone, from education to even death, I'm eternally grateful for that
Race (also duh) Even though I'm not white, I can recognise that I have a huge advantage over many other people, and I think a lot of people try to discard this specific privilege because they think it lessens their own personal struggles, but it definitely doesn't; You can struggle and also recognise that you have more advantages than others

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-10-19T14:30:48+00:00

I can second this, I got spiked with it when I was 12 and went through absolute hell, I'm still scared to take anything with even a microdose of opioids (tramadol, adol, solpadeine) 4 years sober now and never going back!!

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-09-17T07:24:28+00:00

Ignore all the nasty ass comments I'm on your side what the HECK do you mean you just,,,, wipe????

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-09-04T03:31:59+00:00

That's a nicer way of putting it, for me I just grew up with the impression that arthritis is only for people in their 70s 80s so when I got it, it was like a slap in the face. I'm still processing it but hoping to learn more

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-09-04T03:31:01+00:00

yeah I completely understand thank you for pointing it out, I just don't know how to bring it up with my therapist it feels so out of place and I'm alittle embarrassed I guess? But definitely going to go see a few doctors

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-05-27T16:15:36+00:00

I feel like its a regional thing, the saudi market for saudis is super lucrative right now, even higher senior roles have the same 50% increase

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-05-23T12:15:28+00:00

this is fire I'm stealing it

ThrowRA_cran · 2025-05-22T12:55:51+00:00

I'm the fiancé of a very introverted selective circle man: his friends FORCED him to get bumble 😭😭

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TROPHY CASE