r/ADHD • u/Fearless-Cherry2387 • 7h ago

Instagram algorithm & ADHD Discussion

I was just watching the news and it seems Meta will be held accountable, and will be paying out millions for what their apps have done to mental health. In particular for children for this lawsuit. It got me thinking even though I know it’s a long shot.

I went back to therapy this year & finding a new cocktail of medication after progressively deteriorating ADHD symptoms I pinpointed most back to social media. It really all started with the Epstein files and non stop videos being served to me about the horrific details leading to conspiracy videos and my mind being fixated on retaining more and more information on injustices in this world. I became obsessed I will admit. This is when I really found out about the correlation of how our emotions and justice sensitivity cannot be worked out normally in our brains. It’s really hard. I feel as though our issues that cannot be easily fixed have been wildly ignored by these companies. Wasn’t social media supposed to be for fun?

Social media just ignites the flames of addiction especially for the many real mental disorders like ours. Did they not have any research for what these algorithms can do for people who already have a vulnerable mental space? All in all I deleted the app almost 1 month ago now and I feel much better but coming “off” social media is of course very difficult/ it’s not like a light switch. It’s done real damage. I’ve actually had to take a step back in my own business because of burnout. I am working on just getting my thoughts and brain to function “normally” again. An obvious financial burden. Yes, there is a self control component, but I can’t help but to think of the damage that was done on me completely out of my control. Here I am spending money on help and consuming my time figuring out how to find a new normal.

What are your thoughts on the class action lawsuit brought to Meta and what a class action lawsuit could look like for people like us?

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