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Less social me(dia), more me

How deleting TikTok is re-shaping not only my year, but my sense of self

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Jen Terpstra
Mar 25, 2025
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Early this year, I deleted TikTok on my phone.

As a dopamine-seeking neurodivergent, it was a place I “wasted” a lot of time, endlessly scrolling. I put “wasted” in quotation marks because there was plenty of good stuff there, hundred of saved book recommendations, recipes, clothes, exercises and stretches and the like. In fact, it’s been a catalyst for …

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