Keeping it real!

Bachelor Nation star Tia Booth got engaged to Taylor Mock in April 2022 during a “Bachelor Live on Stage” show.

Since then, the two have welcomed their adorable baby boy Tatum and got married in November 2023.

Tia has been keeping fans and her over a million followers updated with her life on social media ever since her time on the Bachelor Nation shows.

But now, the mom and Bachelor Nation star got candid about how social media has been impacting her mental health lately.

On a series of Instagram stories, Tia opened up, writing, “About to get real and ramble about my feelings for a minute. I’ve been struggling with my mental health lately. I feel lost on this app and as a person in general. I’ve kind of forgotten who I am outside of being a mom, a wife, and an influencer. I feel kind of lost in myself. Being a mom is my greatest joy in life, but outside of that, I’ve forgotten who I am without being influenced by social media and everything I consume all day/everyday.”

Tia went on, “I question what I’m doing, how much I’m doing, and if I’m a good mom SO much that it takes away from me actually just BEING present for my family. I am so bad with comparison and scrolling and thinking I’m not doing enough. I am burnt out on it feeling forced. I miss the days where I would just get on here and just ramble. I used to just pop on here and talk about everything under the sun and I miss that. Now I get so overwhelmed with what I should be doing that it’s almost paralyzing. Like I have so much to do that I don’t do any of it if that makes sense. So when I finish my work obligations, I don’t even feel like being on my phone, but I’m also not feeling present with my family either.”

Tia shared that she doesn’t feel like herself online or at home, and said she can pinpoint the moment things changed for her.

“I miss being my authentic self. I just don’t know where she went. Not to get dark, but after I lost my dad, I snapped out of this LaLaLand mentality that I had been in my whole life. The grief changed me. Then having Tatum changed me too (in the best way), but I still feel lost nonetheless.”

So, she shared that she is going to take some intentional time off social media after weighing out some of her options for healing.

Tia explained, “All that being said, I am going to take an intentional break from social media altogether. It’s only going to be a few days, I wish it could be longer, but I have obligations that I’ve had way in advance and I have monthly obligations for work. But Taylor and I have been talking about this for a while, because I’ve had more bad mental health days than good.”

She continued, sharing, “At one point, I was going to go to an actual facility like a ‘wellness retreat’ aka rehab for my mental health, but I cannot be away from Tatum for that long and it would serve me better to just be off my phone in general. Social media is a double edged sword. It has allowed me to have/do so much, but it also affects my mentality and I just want it to be FUN again.”

Tia is only going to post her obligations and take a break from anything else other than that.

She also shared that her husband convinced her to train for a half-marathon to help her find more structure, despite “not being able to run a mile right now.”

Tia said she wants to do something “solely for myself,” and we are so glad she’s taking the time she needs to prioritize her mental health.