What the heck do I do about Facebook y'all?

Family & Social Life

So about a year ago, I had a "fit" before my ADHD diagnosis (aka manic and emotional dysregulation episode as I also have bipolar and anxiety to boot) Due to comparing myself to "successful" former high school colleagues while I was a social outcast, and one unsavory fam member that likes to have two profiles to spy basically and barraged me with messages making me feel uncomfortable yet obligated to talk I honestly was just frustrated and done and said "bye y'all tired of the drama" and hard deleted my FB account.

BUT I have the other exceptionally sweet family members and "not blood family but just might as well be" equally amazing fam members. Most of these family members we don't get to see a lot or I haven't seen in decades. *Queue covid era taking family members and being horrendously busy that didn't get to see our baby and guilt ensues iykyk*.

Honestly I told fam that I was hopping off Facebook and would update via text but I've gone months and months without updating anyone bc duh I forgot. Fam members I love and hold dear genuinely are the sweetest people and deserve updates BUT I'm SO SO SO afraid to look like a bumbling fool if I migrate back to Facebook now but I do NOT want to include the weirdo fam member mentioned above and DEFINITELY not the high school collegues as I don't want to be small town mumbling gossip and further ostracized.

Do I make a new FB page? How do I avoid those that drove me away in the first place? Most importantly how do I not feel like a crazy fool if I do re-do my Facebook? These fam members are older and any other platform is not used by them tbh.

I also apologize if this seems trivial but I owe it to the good folks to keep them updated, but I just cannot deal with the small town "successful" old small town schoolmates that honestly treat/have treated me like a circus side-show.

TL;DR: Had a wacky dysregulated episode, deleted everything but reddit, but need to keep awesome fam members updated. Idk if I should re-do my FB to keep them updated and if I do how do I avoid uncomfortable fam member with a stalker profile and ostracizing high school colleagues?

Posted Apr 1, 2026, 5:44 AM UTC · locked

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