Deleting social media

i’ve had weeks before where i’ve just switched off and not been on social media, not currently on one, but i’ve done it perhaps 7 times if not more before. for me, i found it quite easy. sometimes i’d tell people in advance i was doing it, so if i didn’t reply to them, don’t be disheartened by it, i just simply wasn’t there. other times i didn’t. depended on why i was doing it. yeah, i find it quite easy to break from it, i just spend my time doing more worthwhile things, and being productive.

As immature as it sounds, I get many insta requests and I kinda feel bad that I can't like accept them etc. But also, I feel like I'm missing out on seeing certain ppl's stories etc...guess it's a step at a time to being unbothered. Do you talk to a lot of people?

All I have social media-wise is Youtube and TSR. Social media is a pretty toxic environment in my opinion so I've kept my use and presence on it to a minimum.

no, it’s completely understandable! a bit like you feel as though these people are depending on you being there

i suppose the best approach would probably be to distance yourself whilst on social media if this is something your thinking of frequently doing. i get you. i used to watch everyone’s story but bit by bit i reduced it. i only watch the stories of my friends or people who interest me. with friend requests, the chances are the people that have requested you will have forgotten they did so - i certainly do! perhaps you could arrange a time each week, for example friday 5pm, where you go through them all rather than feel obliged to do it as soon as they come through. it’s the little steps that, in the end, will make a big difference

not particularly, i only have a small group of friends and besides 2 of them, they’re all rather bad at replying to messages and so on. like, if i want to talk to them, i have to initiate the conversation and even then, when we’re talking their replies are always short ‘yes’ ‘no’ ‘idk’ ‘cool’ etc. so it can be rather awkward when i do communicate with them, which is a shame.

i never really had social media. facebook for a bit, but only to keep in contact when i moved to the other side of the world. never heard of someone who didn't have a love/hate relationship with it and i don't like how it's a showcase for everyone's insecurities and desperate need for approval. i fully support unplugging from that. imho the bad outweighs the good.

I stopped using social media to focus on my a level exams and after that 2 years later I still don’t use it at all. The best decision I made.

So it’s the third day of me uninstalling my social media apps. So far, it feels quite good. Have
you guys benefitted from having no social media? If so, how did you detach yourself from it etc...?


It’s bad that i’m lowkey counting down the days until I can re-install... (11 days)

how do you keep yourself detached from it? my social life would die down even more if I do that

Honestly, social media is so unnecessarily time-consuming. I haven't been on social media for almost two years now.
While being on social media I felt social pressures and this gave me anxiety. It breeds the image-based society we are, and how we want to be perceived by others which is what Capitalism wants.

Most of the time you're on the platform to consume other people's lives, what other people are doing, whether this is people you know, people you don't know, or celebrities. When you delete social media you not only relieve the social pressures, but you also become more selective about how you spread out your time.

Social media is destructive unless you're the one pushing your agenda and it benefits you and your cause.

I think because I was so into getting good grades in my exams I didn’t recently realise that I wasn’t on it anymore and then after a levels I realised how much time I used to waste on it. It was toxic. What I do a lot is read and watch tv shows and movies and my friends I have on WhatsApp so I don’t ever feel like I’m missing out on anything. It was good for my mental health.

So it’s the third day of me uninstalling my social media apps. So far, it feels quite good. Have
you guys benefitted from having no social media? If so, how did you detach yourself from it etc...?


It’s bad that i’m lowkey counting down the days until I can re-install... (11 days)

Very, very true! We all compare every inch of ourselves to others. For so long, I've felt the need to 'prove' to others that I have friends or have a life by posting stuff on my social medias - very toxic. I'm thinking of setting up a study gram or something, using social media in a good way if that makes sense, so I am still on It but like not heavily invested into social pressures.