The Only True Cure For FOMO (fear of missing out)
The communities feature on Trill is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before on a social network.
We would like to cordially invite you to join our virtual support group (we promise, it’s not lame). If you’re reading this article, you probably have realized that communities are a feature unique to Trill… But did you know that the idea for communities is based off of real-world experiences all five of Trill’s co-founders have faced and our methods for getting through them?
As high school girls studying at (or recently graduated from) intense college prep schools, we have found that sleep deprivation, anxiety, stress, self-destruction, and fake friends is nothing out of the norm… And our online lives are certainly no exception or means of escape from a toxic “work hard, play harder” mentality where everyone acts like they have it all together (but not so secretly, nobody does).
So sitting at home, coding away on the computer, wrapped up in my favorite kitten bath robe, and energized by one too many sour gummy worms is not exactly the best place to be in when all your “friends” appear to be out and about. In moments like these, everyone is together — except for you — and you start to feel alone, like you’re missing something or not apart of some dance everyone else knows the moves to. That’s when all the anxiety, self-destrcution, etc. that I was talking about really hits the hardest: when you’re alone.
I’m sure everyone knows what I’m talking about: the dreaded feelings of FOMO, inadequecy, boredom, distrust, etc. All five of us behind Trill have experienced this in different ways, but we have one thing in common: the outlet we found most useful, the Peer Support club at our respective schools. This club, one of the most popular ones in all of our schools, is a place where students are put in a small, random group of their peers, many of whom they may not know very well. Now before you start to roll your eyes, hear me out.
In the weekly meetings, club members share anything and everything that is on their minds, with one guarantee: confidentiality. Nothing said in the group ever goes outside of it, with only the exceptions of if group members say someone is hurting them, they are hurting someone else, or they are hurting themselves (this is also the basic premise behind Trill’s moderator guidelines, check them out here). The club is met with overwhelming positivity each year. Apparently (surprise, surprise), high schoolers could use a place to vent.
Sounds a lot like Trill, right? That’s because it’s the basic premise behind our app, especially the communities section.
Replace Peer Support’s confidentiality with anonymity and you get Trill, a place for everyone and anyone to have peer support, even if they don’t have a club like ours in their school or local community (or even if they do and just want to have another one to take home with them!).
So the next time you feel like you have no one to talk to, like you’re the only one feeling a certain way, or like you’re missing out on something — think about joining a community. The benefits of peer support, of how even just letting other people know about your issues and hearing their responses, can change your life. And I seriously mean it. FOMO sucks. Don’t let it take away the happiness you deserve and are worth.
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