My Hate-Love Relationship With TikTok

Hi Friends!

TikTok is the app that has it all! To be honest, I love TikTok, and I can spend hours scrolling on the app. But I have found that scrolling through. TikTok makes me feel like my brain is rotting. It’s an addicting app. I call this the TikTok cycle. The cycle looks a little like this; first, it’s like cool I feel like I have self-control, like it’s nothing. Then it gets out of control I find myself on it constantly. Then I feel annoyed but still want to be on the app. Then I’ll go on a TikTok detox. I feel amazing without it. Then think, why not try it again? I have self-control and can create boundaries. Then the cycle starts all over again.

So I am in a toxic relationship with TikTok. I think many people do; it may not look exactly like mine, but we spend many hours of our life on it, and it doesn’t feel good. The first couple of minutes, it does, but at the end of the day, we end up feeling terrible about ourselves. I think it’s time to really build strong boundaries and stick to them when it comes to TikTok and other means of entertainment that have a hold on our lives. They become idols without us even realizing it.

- C :)