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How to Escape Politics on Facebook

 by HowToDoEverything.com


April 14, 2026





Are you on Facebook everyday, scouring controversial political news and jumping in with your two cents, arguing with strangers who call you names and sometimes worse? You constantly check notifications for replies and continue to dig deeper into conversations that we can tell you right here and now have no value whatsoever, and cause you stress that is not good for your well-being, your health. And yet even though you know this habit is unhealthy and unproductive, you keep going back for more. How, you might ask, do you stop this vicious circle?


We’re here to tell you that you might be amazed at what you can do, and that you will not only notice positive results after even just a few days, but that you will not go back to that bad habit again.  Facebook, for you, will never be the same. You will begin to see it for what it was really designed for: a place to post personal memories and accomplishments, a place to remember friends and family, to announce gatherings, show off your pets. 


Facebook is probably one of the worst places ever to discuss politics. So why do you do it? Because you got addicted to it. Here’s how to break the addiction.


When you wake up tomorrow morning do not click on the Facebook icon. Skip it. Read the news. Go for a walk. Clean the kitchen. Do not visit Facebook for any reason. Ignore notifications but you might let those close to you know you are taking a break. You do not need to make an announcement on Facebook: just do it. Stop visiting.


We stayed off Facebook for a full two weeks and when we finally went back it was not the same. It was almost like walking into a restaurant you used to love but now they have a new chef, new owners and it’s not the same.  You still have a bite to eat but not the usual feast you ordered in the past. Now when you scroll Facebook you find the political posts to be odd, to not be attractive at all to you. Instead, you catch up on the news of friends and family and to your surprise you get bored pretty quickly and close out the application. 


It’s a strange but refreshing feeling. Something drastic has changed. The addiction is gone. You think back and almost snicker. All that political arguing did not change a thing. Politics would go on as usual and nothing you or those other people write will change it. Oh, it seemed like you were making a difference but trust us, you weren’t. Politics will carry on as they usually do, controlled by powerful, wealthy people who have never heard of you and probably never will. And those people you were arguing with? Well, the ones who were actually real people might still be on there slinging dirt, calling names, getting highly emotional about things they cannot change. Now you understand that while it can be a good thing to stay informed, you don’t have to fall down that rabbit hole for absolutely nothing. 


Then you have an epiphany: you know you aren’t going back down that road. It doesn't interest you anymore. It was something you got too deep into, and all you had to show for it was stress and a lot of time that could have been more productively spent. 


So there you have it. It’s not a big secret. If you can have enough discipline to stay completely - absolutely completely and no cheating - off Facebook for two weeks, you will be cured of the political addiction.  And get this: You will start to notice a difference in just two days. It’s almost funny to say this but it’s like you walked out of jail and are tasting freedom again for the first time in a long time. You feel something is different, and then you become proud of yourself as the days go by and you have not one single time looked at Facebook for any reason. You know you are whipping it. It’s a great feeling and we can tell you that even months after detoxing from Facebook while we still visit the site once in a while, it’s not one of the first places we go to in the morning. Some days we even forget to visit the site. It’s not the same anymore and that’s a good thing. A very good thing. 
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