How Social Media Saved My Mental Health

Spending time on the internet doesn’t have to be unhealthy.

I was seventeen when I developed agoraphobia. Slowly my world became smaller and smaller until it consisted of just my house. I lost my friends, hobbies, and sense of self.

All I had was the internet. Without it, I would have been closed off from the world. I had no…

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