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In this Topic Tuesday we will have SANE's very own Digital Content Producer as our guest, talking about how we can work with our online world in the best way to support our health.
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Next topic, and this is a big one for me:
Managing FOMO
FOMO is the Fear Of Missing Out – that sense that when you’re offline, you might be missing something great on social media, or get left behind socially. I get it bad.
To reframe the thought, I think: actually, when I’m offline, I’m not missing out of them, they’re missing out on me!
It works ... mostly. How do you tame the fear of missing out?
In response to: Topic Tuesday//Designing your online world//Tues. 16 Jan. 7pm - 9pm AEDT
Shaz51Senior Contributor
Me too @Determined 
Sorry , have to go @Former-Member, @Former-Member, but will read it all later xx
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No worries, @Shaz51, thanks for coming!
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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor
@Former-Member I work hard at limiting how much time I'm online. For example, I aim to leave Forum Land at 9:30pm.
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Lonely_TogetherContributor
@Phoenix_Rising I've also had issues with mental health services or events wanting to take photos (often to use on social media) and I'm always worried that I have no idea who could see them. I'm comfortable with a certain degree of disclosure, including on my own FB page, but I don't always want to be used for de-facto marketing purposes when I have no idea what the reach of their online publications is or who might end up seeing it! (And I know they usually technically have legal consent to share photos - such as in the fine print when you register for a conference or whatever, but that doesn't make it okay... And sometimes there is subtle pressure to agree or to sign a photo consent form & if you're feeling vulnerable that day it can be hard to be assertive!)
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Sans911Senior Contributor
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this is a big one for me too @Former-Member! Like a few of you have said here, the fear of missing out can also be clouded by this pressure to be online, bit of a cycle for me personally! @Sans911 @Phoenix_Rising keeping structure and noticing your own needs first is really great
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@Phoenix_Rising That's a really good discipline. I have had to ban my phone from the bedroom to stop me sneakily checking updates after I'm supposed to be logged off 
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I like that idea of being 'loosely connected', @Sans911. Kind of a more casual thing. I tend to be either all the way on or all the way off -- I'm gonna try that!
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@Former-MemberI don't think I have a fear of missing out. I can go days without facebook or other social media and I don't care. I do however connect on SANE every day but it is more for support than fear of missing out. I don't log out by a certain time, depends on how I am going really. The other night staying connected on here nearly all night kept me safe.
I think it depends on what what works well for each person, which of course is different for each person.
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