# I had to come home early from work thanks to a migraine. Nothing terribly unusual about that as I'm a sufferer but I did notice a return to my old/usual aura rather than the colour-draining dizziness of recent months.
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# Liked: Unfollowing Everybody...
"At this point, there's nothing novel about noticing that social media is often toxic and stressful. But even aside from those concerns, our social networks are not things we generally think of as requiring maintenance or upkeep, even though we routinely do regular updates on all the other aspects of our digital lives."
Anil decided it was time to hit the reset button (if only there was such a thing) unfollow everyone and start again. It's something I did a number of times while still on Twitter and Medium. I've also done the same thing with my RSS subscriptions over the years, although I've not (yet) felt the need on micro.blog, probably because it's still relatively young.
As I've said on many occasions, social networking is about relationships and the intersections between our interests, but:
"...people and their interests change over time. What they do and how they do it will vary and the intersections between them, those serendipitous crossroads, will no longer align."
Assuming that the list of those we follow will remain relevant over time is incredibly naive and will invariably lead to an unsatisfactory experience.
@colinwalker I am so sorry to hear! migraines suck. auras suck more.
@colinwalker ugh, migranes suck. I hope you feel better quickly
@klandwehr @kitt thanks. Travelling home was “interesting” although I did get to fall asleep on the train which helped a bit - at least until I had to walk home from the station in bright sunlight. Not good for my hyper-photosensitivy during an attack.
Still, the actual migraine portion itself isn’t the worst bit for me as long as I can lay down in a dark room and sleep - which I did when I got home. It’s the postdrome that really gets me, the “hangover” - a fuzziness and sense of not being “entirely there” accompanied by an ongoing version of my aura (like a dark shadow is hanging over my right eye) that usually lasts for a couple of days.