Neuroscientist: 'DELETE Your Social Media NOW!' - Here's Why!

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Dr. Andrew Huberman describes the dangers of social media on your brain. As a neuroscientist, social media is a dangerous tool to give you dopamine hits. But at the same time, how you can train your brain and mind to be more flexible and avoid the dangers. If you find you are spending too much of your day on social media scrolling endlessly, think about possibly doing a small dopamine detox.

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Deleted my FB and Instagram, and its amazing not having to know what others are doing. Just focusing on myself and keeping out of other peoples lives.

JuniusGaming
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Deleted my instagram as a gift to myself for my 40th bday.

I’ve been on social media since the age of 26 and it’s been nothing but hurtful, chaos and filled with depression.

What I don’t know, I don’t miss

What the eyes doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t suffer.

MyForeverPerson
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Iv’e been off social media for 4 months and the benefits are amazing . Less anxiety and getting more done

rob
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I deleted all social media and quit watching the psychotic news and just began to live my life. I can tell you, my anxiety went away, to sleep like a baby now and i quit clenching my teeth at night. Set yourself free by deleting social media and turn off the insane news. God bless you

wanderingfree
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I went a whole year without a smart phone, not checking my email and social media every 5 min, and it gave that feeling of freedom of the days when our lives didn't depend much on know what others are doing. A great sense of relief.
Side note : you'll also find out the real people in your life, the ones who would care to call you and make sure you're alright. The one bad side effect of social media is people caring more about how you're doing on the outside rather knowing how you feel on the inside.

morockin
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It’s been 2 years since I left social media. I have no regrets at all.

I got sick of people gossiping, drama, negativity & people faking their lives & friendships and sharing everything that should be kept private or craving attention with provocative pictures & selfies.

A number of things I realised:

1. People who added me as “Friends” didn’t really care about me. They were “So called Friends” it was just to increase their friends list.

2. When people were going through their hardest times of anxiety, trauma and upset, I went out of my way & made an effort by helping & supporting them. But when I was going through my hardest times, including anxiety, trauma and stress. The people who I helped & supported never reached out to me to help or supported me even when I struggled. Everything has become one sided.

3. Certain posts or videos get blown out of proportion or completely taken out of context even if it’s nothing negative.

4. People lie about the amount of friends they REALLY have. Who in the REAL world has 100s or 1000s of friends WHO??

5. Communication is very one sided. The same person had to make the first move to start a conversation as the other person doesn’t make an effort themselves or just can’t be bothered.

6. People lie about their lives, they only show the positive side of theirs lives which doesn’t show the REAL truth about the person. You can’t tell and don’t see if someone is REALLY depressed, upset, isolated, lonely, feeling suicidal or what’s actually going on in their actual lives. Even if people post how they really feel, people don’t always care or not interested.

7. It makes people fake and insecure. It’s not just school kids or teenagers in schools, colleges, universities or workplaces doing it, but grown adults as well are also being fake & insecure, especially managers.

8. People compare themselves to others just to get loads of “Likes” & comments.

9. Social media has increased loneliness, isolation, anxiety and depression which can be severe.

10. Due to social media and the increase in technology, it’s causing destruction & destroying peoples lives in the sense of their is no sense of unity, community, love and nobody wants to help each other. If they see someone doing something constructive and productive and they’re doing well in a community or society, people will laugh at them in an act of ignorance, and cannot wait for them to fall down. Social media is dividing people, not bringing people together.

11. Having a proper conversation or being real is considered not normal and people think it’s creepy. People don’t like having real conversations.

12. It’s made people to be narcissists, entitlement, ignorant, prejudice and bullies.

13. People can say things or make comments that are abusive, racist, sexist, ignorant, prejudice, misogynist, homophobia, xenophobia, discrimination openly online, rather than to your face.

14. I have seen Boys & Girls take provocative, selfies / pictures just to get attention from so called friends / strangers, sometimes in a negative way, for example, woman having their boobs / chests hanging out, body image, men & women showing off muscles, six pack & more.

15. With social media & the young generation with regards to friendships, people feel that if they add someone as friend request and they accept it, or meet someone & they click with them they automatically think that’s “friends for life” people need to realise that’s not how friendship REALLY works.

Friendships are & should always be a 2-way street. Real friendships would make the effort to support & be there for each other through the good times, fun times, hard times, sad times, upsetting times & more. Communication & making an effort should be equal on both sides. Not the same person who always makes first contact. The other person should also make an effort too.

We need to ALL learn the skill set of when we suffer from stress, anxiety, trauma, facing problems & more, that we should reach out to our friends, family or professionals for help & support, NOT turn to social media.

16. Our young generation has grown up addicted. They have been addicted to mobile phones, alcohol, drugs, social media & more at a young age It’s very sad.

We are seeing the negative impact of what social media is doing, but we are not really reacting to it.

I never had TikTok, Twitter or Instagram. Glad I didn’t sign up to any of them. Facebook was the only social media platform I had and it was recommended to me back when I was in my teens.

I only use YouTube as I can look at interesting things like cooking recipes and motivation videos and music videos of festivals & concerts and more fun stuff.

I enjoy going out in nature walks, bowling listening to music and learning new hobbies and watching movies.

Since leaving it’s been the best decision of my life. I enjoy life more, I can now enjoy doing the things I do or want to try without being judged or told what to do without being made to feel guilty.

I feel more happier and a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

I think if social media disappeared forever, I can guarantee people will spend REAL quality time with friends and family. People will know who their REAL friends are and that they will do things together and have a good time doing it. I also feel that people will have proper conversations and listen and engage.

I do feel sorry for our young generation. The young generation is lost. There is so much talent and ideas in young people and they need to show that in a positive & constructive way. We can make change for the future. The young generation needs real positive role models to look up to, for them to succeed in life & beyond.

dj_bubbs-TXQ
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I’ve been out of social media for 2 years now. Best change I have ever done.

Mareloko
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Quitting social media, porn, and drinking moderately has changed my life for the better.

drew
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Deleted my TikTok and Instagram today because I realized how I can easily spend 3 - 4 hours just mindlessly scrolling away chasing the high of entertainment. This habit started to mess with my critical thinking ability because I was just loading up tons of useless information into my brain. I replaced all that with reading books and the news - at least this form of media challenges me to think and apply my own judgment whereas the others don't. Social media is like junk food to your brain.

goldenrays
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I quit cold turkey this week after realizing I'd lost an evening to a rabbit hole of an argument no sane person would care about. Social media is digital cocaine and we all need to get clean!

Thanks for the reinforcement!

silverblade
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Been sober from social media for about 4 and half years. I don’t regret my choice.
I feel amazing. Somebody said it here, social media is like junk food for your brain.
I am much more present in my own life and get to experience the real beauty of life.

Jeff-imui
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Earlier I was worried abt losing contact with my "friends"! But after deleting my FB account a few yrs back, I realised nobody even cares. All the likes, wishes, condolences are just for the moment. The ones who truly care for you will take time to reach out anyway. I'm so at peace with my life, kids, parents and work. Don't have to worry abt posting anything online or wait for others approval.. I also let minimal use of phone to my kids.

jessyakku
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Deleted my FB years ago and none of my friends contacted me in others ways, which they could have by text but they don't....even now in this age of so many ways of communicating, lots don't... I reach out and sometimes these people don't even reply... Now I have other friends, moved home, doing new things, new job... Do what makes you happy 💖💖

jammyjay
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Essentially we're supposed to stare at the ceiling and feel boredom on occasion, it puts the brain in a reflective regenerative state.

WVMothman
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I have been out of social media for about 6 months ( using Email and whtsapp only ) and in this period i have achieved some important goals that i set to be achieved in this year!

Staying out of social media will help you focus on your goals and be private!
Not everyone should know everything about your life!

engrafrika
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I've shut down my accounts on multiple social media platforms since 2018. My friends also gradually did the same thing. We understand how toxic it is to be obsessed and addicted to social media.

blinkenschnaag
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Music, Art, Nature, excercise, momentum, friends, family.

Less is more. Quality over quantity.

This is it. This is how to live happily. And yes, this applies for everyone.

Blazetraxdj
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It’s great idea to delete all social media. I am all for it.

pdias
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Thanks to social media, now we know how bad the social media is

shlty
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I live in the Netherlands and when I'm on the subway or waiting in train station everyone is on their cellphone. I believe in creativity that comes out of boredom in a positive sense. Allow oneself to let your thoughts wander and just look around you. People are afraid of a feeling of emptiness and loneliness when they don't have the impulses of their phone.

Eveline