This happened to my husband. Fortunately neither of us do much on Facebook. He was using it to send out devotions. Like you, he had to create a new account.

Just reading about everything you went through made me feel utterly overwhelmed. There are alternative social media platforms out there now that I've thought about trying. I think Mind's is the one most similar to Facebook, Rumble is most similar to YouTube, and Gab is most similar to Twitter.

Since I hardly use any of the platforms, it's not worth it to me to learn new ones. Maybe it's worth it for you though.