Instagram banned my business account today because they say I'm not a real person. I'm not trying to be. Nothing in my account said I was a real person. All the personal information in my account is real, though. I tried to appeal it which involves uploading a selfie. I've now learned this was my fatal mistake. You are not supposed to appeal it, that simply auto-perma-bans you. You're supposed to fill out a form which took me an hour to find about 27 levels deep on Meta's site. Which I can no longer fill out because I am perma-banned.

The point of this is: I also lost my Threads account.

If you lose your Instagram account, you lose your Threads account too.

I guess I should be lucky (?) that my Facebook account still works.

If you're stuck in the same situation as the author, DO NOT hit that Appeal button. It is a trick. It will not get your account unlocked, it will do the opposite and will get you perma-banned.

Here are links to help you:

https://www.facebook.com/help/instagram/contact/165256783828...

https://help.instagram.com/contact/606967319425038

https://www.reddit.com/r/InstagramDisabledHelp/

https://twitter.com/disabledinsta

My account is lost forever. Don't let yours suffer the same fate.

It's really hurt my mental health having my account banned, as it does with many others. I'm sure there have been many suicides from people losing their accounts like this. Interacting with my account was one of my main sources of therapy.