I've already detoxified myself digitally by placing my social media apps onto an old device that I never access unless I'm at home (I keep social media as something I willingly follow, the social media never follows me.)

While I've completely detoxified myself digitally on my smartphone, I've apparently created a different problem for myself, and it's my desire to run away or to stave off cortisol. As a result of this, I'm often always searching for something to either remove the source of cortisol or to somehow distract myself from its presence. Here's where I'm trying to repel cortisol, instead of chasing dopamine, and after going through this course, I learned a lot about how social media or just user-generated content curated by algorithms in general can make me lose my cognitive agency because of how easy it is to just let the algorithms do the thinking for you (kinda sounds like the effects of AI overuse). 

Going back to my earlier point of how I willingly follow social media, this is where I go out of my way and spend the time and effort to find the content I want to see. Examples of this are like going to DeviantArt or Pixiv to look for the art that I want to see, or scouring BandCamp or SoundCloud for music that I want to hear. This way, I maintain agency over my cognitive function and also, I feel better whenever I find those hidden gems that algorithms, by intention or not, don't pick up.

To be clear, I don't think social media is bad at all because I have learned a lot of very useful things through social media, I just feel that it's too easy (at least for now) to fall into the trap of what I call "dopamine autopilot". Before you know it, half the day has gone as you've been scrolling endlessly and you're none the wiser.

As with all things in life, enjoy social media responsibly, and consume it in moderation.