Social media is ruining your life, but you're still using it...
Renowned by law enforcement and clinical mental health experts nationwide, Delete Me: D.S.M. 7 Steps to Social Media Abstinence sounds the alarm on the truth about social media use.
Swipe left. It's time to delete the social media disease. There are currently no specialized treatments for social media addiction and anxiety type conditions attributed to social media usage. Whereas most "remedies" for social media abuse call for "vacations", "breaks", and "parental surveillance" from the applications, Delete Me refutes these methods as ineffective. Fortune 500 IT consultant & engineer turned clinical mental health researcher & crisis intervention counselor, J.A. Thomas insists that we're far better off abstaining from the applications altogether.
In Delete Me D.S.M. 7 Steps to Social Media Abstinence, J.A. Thomas, MSW, who is one of a growing army of industry experts going offline, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to abandon these treacherous online platforms.The book's rationale for freeing ourselves from social media's toxic grip include the applications' programmatic abilities to rewire our brains and likens the platforms to addictive substances. In it, the reader witnesses the dangers of social media usage from a law enforcement and clinical mental health perspective. The methodology introduced within its pages offer a comprehensive step-by-step methodology to getting (and staying) offline through total abstinence.
The benefits of social media applications cannot outweigh the tragic losses to our personal wellness, dignity, and freedom.
J.A. Thomas left a lifelong career in Big Tech in pursuit of investigating online crime with law enforcement. Now a critical crisis intervention counselor, Thomas hopes to foster transparent public health information surrounding the dangers of social media usage and its links to severe mental health conditions and the illicit online sex & drug trades. The methodologies introduced in D.S.M. 7 insist in total abstinence from all social media applications as key to driving us towards richer and more meaningful ways of living by connecting us back to the world beyond the tiny blue screen.
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Thomas formed the support network, DRUGFR33, a public health information hub made possible by the volunteer efforts of law enforcement, mental health parity experts, and clinical mental health specialists.
Praise for "Delete Me: D.S.M. 7 Steps to Social Media Abstinence"
"This deserves the attention of all parents. As a police officer, I can tell you that social media has become a platform to bully and manipulate with very little consequence to the aggressor."
K. Tanski | Law Enforcement, New York
"Educational, engaging and life saving! J.A. Thomas sounds the alarm on the coercive and destructive force that is big social. Thomas not only enlightens us of the clinical symptoms of social media addiction, but shares a pathway to freedom in form of just seven steps to quit social media and stay off. This book will help you change your life for the better and allow you to proudly proclaim ... I'm offline."
Dr. James S. Kastendiek, M.D | Clinical Psychiatry
"This is the book Silicon Valley doesn't want you to read."
Todd Byron | Ret. Law Enforcement and Fire Fighter
