Does anyone else delete text messages?

[enterthechair]

Sometimes I delete entire message histories from texts with friends and family. I don't know if this is weird or not. I don't do it out of anger or anything against them. It's like a routine thing I do every month or two with most people.

A lot of this happens if I say something that's inaccurate, stupid or I regret. Or if a topic that's very difficult for me comes up. I just want to accept that and move on without looking at it. I may be tempted to scroll up and see the messages again, and it may cause me to re-experience things. I may be tempted to scroll up and see the messages again, and it may cause me to re-experience things.

I also delete like ~20%? of messages on Discord, which I sometimes get flak for because I understand can make some conversations confusing, but it's something I feel like I have to do to preserve myself.

 

[anthony]

I do... I don't like clutter in my phone.

 

[Sideways]

People give you flak for doing a thing that’s incredibly normal? People are weird!

I clean out my message bank regularly. That’s just how some of us function.

 

[Dynamic]

Yeah k think I relate with questioning yourself about it because I have. Nobody has said it’s weird tho. It’s your phone it doesn’t matter to them really?

Only like twice a year do I regret deleting something before I needed it but that’s human error.

I have all notifications off on my phone even work emails I just check frequently when IM READY.

 

[KA60]

I clear my phone run security checks block emails block texts clean it all up. Perfectly normal to have agency over what we allow accept in our phones.