I have to ask, by disconnect do you mean totally remove yourself from social media? or just a temporary disconnection, or perhaps you just want to get to a point where you're not totally dependent?
Disconnecting entirely is a very hard and sometimes impossible thing to do. I say this because this is the 21st century. The whole world is moving to the internet. Most people even have their workplaces here now. Companies use social media to communicate directives and valuable news and informations to their employees. All in all there really is a great deal of advanatage to be obtained, but obsession with anything is bad. And truly social media can be really addicting.
Thankfully though there are ways to reduce our social media obsession drastically. I list some of them below:
1. DELETING APPS AND STICKING TO BROWSERS:
Most social media platforms can be accesed via web browsers as well as via mobile applications. A cause of addiction for most people is the easy availability of these apps on their mobile phones. It is there with them every single time. All you have to do is open your phone and the app icon flashes at you right from your screensaver.
Deleting the application and only sticking to accesing the page on your web browser will give you the space to withdraw. Also the experiences on most mobile web browsers are mostly not as satisfactory as having the applications. Perhaps this not so good experience might inspire deterence in the future.
Also related to this point is:
-- Timing yourself after.
You can set a time by which you get the necessary things done. The amount of time/duration you're to spend per day and etc.
-- Turning off push notifications.
If you don't want to delete the app entirely, yiu can choose to turn off the push notifications. This way you won't have the app buzzing you every second. Trust me this goes a long way. Out of sight out of mind, like they say.
2. GRADUAL WITHDRAWAL
Like I said, a complete withdrawal might be too difficult and unfeasible, but gradually reducing the amount of time spent, even if by a few minutes or hours each day, might go a long way in securing total independence.
3. FINDING NEW HOBBIES
This is probably the best method. Some say the best way to get rid of an unhealthy addiction is to replace it with a healthy one.
Go out, take a walk, go swimming. Take programming lessons, blog on steemit--or wait, that's a social media too lol. My point is, find something that would keep you occupied, this way you won't have to feel the urge to go back too deeply.
4. STAY CONNECTED
Yes yes, I know, this may seem a bit contradictory; okay a lot contradictory, but hear me out.
A mistake most people trying to withdraw make is trying for a total absolute withdrawal at once. This may be the worst step to take. You might even lose your mind this way, really. This is after all something you have been doing for a really long while. Trust me the urge is not going to away overnight.
So give yourself some moment to stay connected, time yourself, and after that way you can apply the principle of gradual withdrawal. I wish you the best of luck.
Cheers.