Why I Unfollowed My Real Friends on Instagram

With a little intention, you can make Instagram a tool that supports your mental health

Ivy Staker
The Post-Grad Survival Guide
3 min readJun 10, 2020

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It took me a while to realize it, and then to accept it, but following my friends on Instagram makes me feel shitty.

I can be having an otherwise very lovely and relaxing day until I see a photo of my friends on a…

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Ivy Staker
The Post-Grad Survival Guide

Social anthropologist | Passionate about the outdoors | Intensely curious | UX researcher | Fledgling eating disorder recovery advocate