Deleting Social Media Changed My Life

[elliemichel]

I realized that my REAL friends call me and text me. My fake friends only talk to me through pictures! I literally deleted my instagram yesterday and I deleted my Facebook about two months ago.

[elliemichel]

“You will never hear someone say, my life got worse after I deleted social media.” I’ve learned it’s such a damn black hole honestly.

[fromtheraq]

We were never meant to see thousands of peoples thoughts within a span of hours man. That in itself can influence your thoughts

[TRHART]

Deleted all of it and haven’t looked back since. Life is way better without “friends” and “likes”. When you stop living online, you start living in reality.

[matthew-xrb]

Loneliness is the price to pay for improving yourself, and I don’t regret deleting social media one bit.

[omga]

No Facebook
No Instagram
No X
No Reddit
No LinkedIn
NO TIKTOK!

It feels liberating! I'll NEVER EVER GO BACK! It's REALLY helped my Mental Health MUCH!

[Therynk_]

Deleted all my accounts last week. Been online since I was 12… at 33 it was time to go.

[mechanichix]

I deleted social media too. Now I am playing keyboard, reading, swimming, gardening

[oldcreekroadpictures]

Been saying this for years that social media is destroying the fabric of everything a human being does. Good video

[joeshmoe]

I felt such a weight off my shoulders when I deleted my facebook. It was annoying me after a while so I deleted it. It has probably been 8 years now but I will never go back. My privacy is something I actually cherish now, I feel better being a mystery just like you said.

[dj_bubbs-TXQ]

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 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” 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 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, self 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 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 or professionals for help & support, NOT 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.

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.

[alandouglasbr]

I just deleted social media. They've been so bad for my mental health, I realized I had to cut it off entirely. I can say I am much more willing now to do other productive activities in my life and I feel much better.

[Gems-Prince]

Social Media turned into a popularity contest and its no longer about looking back on old photos

[Pedestrian_]

Thank you. I thought the world was headed to this digital herd mentality and I was losing it

[lukahmad]

I deleted all my social media last week. It was weird that all my friends were shocked and they're all like "are you okay, do you need help?". Now, it open my eyes, I go out, I saw everyone was on their phone. Eating, walking, at the bus station, train station, even hangout with a lot of friends, all of them are on the phone scrolling, I can even see their thumb pushing up, every each one I saw. So strange. I only have Youtube accounts and I only watch what I searched, I don't use shorts scrolling and recommended videos anymore. Thank you for sharing this, Matt!

[trentocarroll]

I deleted my Instagram 2 months ago and was soo happier, and the other day I deleted Facebook and Snapchat! 2025 is the year I live with no social media ❤️

[wanderinggypsywoman]

The older you get you don’t want anyone to know your business! Focusing on you completely is so powerful and liberating…!

[shalxnda]

I love watching these videos and reading the comments since I like knowing everyone's thoughts on social media.

[GodsBeloved]

I haven’t had social media for like 4 years and it’s so great! People are always in complete shock when I say that.

[JaydenReacts]

I just deleted mines after a mental breakdown 😭 thank you for this video