Deleting Social Media Saved Me 

Deleting social media will show you 2 things: 1. Who your real friends are. 2. Who you truly want to be friends with and those you actually care about.

As a man I deleted Instagram because there was so much troubling image on Instagram and social media, like naked women and over sexualization. It was bad for my spirit so I deleted all the apps and left Facebook completely. It felt so good!!! I don’t know why people give it so much relevance.

Same. I deleted mine too and ghosted everyone. I’m by myself now but I’m at so much peace. Good for you! Congratulations on your progress. ❤

Yes! I just deleted my social media, I was wondering why I didn’t have much time to do anything and why time was moving by so fast it’s because I was mindlessly scrolling for hours

I tried and realized that everyone on social media is fake. No one actually cared about me and only cared about numbers and likes and the attention I gave them, which sucks

Social media will steal all your days. I don't have it, l had it for a week once about 8 years ago, so glad you young people are waking up, you are next up, we need you. You are the future.

I love this. This is actually how I feel I'm always distracted and run to social media for relief. I need to find relief in God. This video is my final straw for me to put down my phone and pick up my bible. Thank you.

I just deleted all my socials and didn't tell anyone. It's so peaceful. I did it because 1. To become closer to God. 2. To actually live in the moment & not live for social media.

It’s been 22 months 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” 2. When I was going through my hardest times, including anxiety, upset, trauma and stress, Nobody was REALLY there for me or reached out to me. 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. 7. It makes people fake and insecure. It’s not just school kids or teenagers in college or university, but adults as well are being fake & insecure. 8. People compare themselves to others just to get more “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, people will laugh at them in an act of ignorance, and cannot wait for them to fall down. 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 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, they automatically think that’s “friends for life” people need to realise that’s not how friendship really works. 16. People will not hang around with other people WHO DON’T have social media. They look at those people as boring, lame and not cool. 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 20s. I only use RU-vid 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, going for 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.

This is a WORD. I am taking your message into 2024. God I am listening.

I LOVE that you said God called you to get off social media. I felt the same. I’ve been a week without Instagram and it’s great. Instagram isn’t even that great and is just constant comparison. I’ve used this time to focus on school and grow closer to God and I feel like I can finally hear him better now. I use that extra hour to talk to him and read the word and pray in the morning and at night rather than scroll. I was having trouble putting my phone down when going to bed because of Instagram and tiktok. I feel like I’m breaking my addiction

I deleted social media I just got tired of seeing a bunch of people on there posting pics or saying alot of nonsense and honestly I felt good deleting it I'm more happy I was always the type that would smoke marijuana and post videos I guess to show off but then I quit social media I quit marijuana I really started to focus more on my mental health and peace and my growth I feel like I'm more alive.

I deleted my social media about a week and a half ago to take the slower approach of life and to also get closer to God. Time flies when youre doom scrolling all day long and Tiktok is such a negative platform-yet it was the hardest one for me to delete.

Scrolling just gives me the lowest vibrations these days, I’m definitely ready to delete social media

It really works. I had to do a social media cleanse when i was in college and suddenly i was able to recall information, write better and create much easily.

I feel like this is Gods calling for me and I unconsciously just deactivated my instagram because I feel the same. I have 77k followers and I felt the obligation of posting. I am on a new journey of building and strengthening my relationship with God. Thank you for this♥️

You had me at "God told me to". I quickly hit the Subscribe button after that. Thank you

I quitted Instagram, X (Twitter), TikTok and Tumblr, and I never looked back. Best decision of my life!

I deleted my social media abruptly and found the power, I didn't realize why but I realize God wanted me to strengthen my relationship. It's also so weird we deleted it the same time 😂! I'm a filmmaker and I feel as though God wants me to post too

I am psychologist and I can no longer use social media... And plus if you love a abundant life In real life people on social media not going to show you love .. 😭😭 since I deleted social media I bought a house and got married and started a small business....

God definitely led me to this video. I’m trying so hard to overcome an addiction to Instagram and Tik tok and repair my relationship with Jesus

I got tired of keeping up w/ everyone and everything and I was putting myself on this "ideal level" and made my body dysmorphia worse

You are doing great if you are still off of sm!...it's something that the majority of the world uses/abuses on a regular basis and they couldn't imagine a life without it!. I have been gone over two years and all I used was Facebook but that was enough to keep me soaked into that false reality and out of touch with my own true self, endless scrolling, comparing my life to other people, and upset in real life when I got no likes or comments on my posts/pictures. "Everything about my life is so much clearer and meaningful without all that. I'm back reading books, working out, and living in my own skin with my own thoughts" I am never coming back and u shouldn't either. Great vid

Oh my god, I have watched 200 or more videos of people leaving social media. Those videos had much higher views than your video but girl, I haven't related to any video like this one. The part where you mentioned feeling anxious for literally anything, I feel you girl, you're not alone. Also, on a totally different note.. Your content is unique and deep and I can see how much this channel is going to grow in no time. I'm not someone who leave comments but your video was so good, honest and relatable. Wishing you abundance of growth! You inspired me to persue my dream of starting my RU-vid channel. It feels like God wanted this to happen.🌻

This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my RU-vid channel 7 months ago about self development. Now I have 644 subs and > 100 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.

Been off of social media since Nov 2022, and I must say Deleting Ig and Facebook has been so peaceful. I deleted Tiktok in March of this year because it’s beginning to get Toxic as well.

I did the same a few days ago and it wasn’t because I couldn’t get anything done but it’s because I realized that most the people that I was following or that followed me or just whoever I talked to in general were all toxic and full of negativity some would even boast about how manipulative they are and I notice that they didn’t care about me as a person at all they didn’t and it was a waste of my time honestly so without a hesitation i permanently deleted everything and ghosted them all 🤷🏽‍♂️ I can’t say I don’t feel the urge to go on it but my life feel drama free and stress free and I don’t gotta be worrying about what’s going in their lives now I can focus on what’s going in mine and what I need to do💯

such a vulneral talk, thank you for sharing. i just delete my account too. i see how much i was holding onto a persona that ive created to be validated by others. i dont need that validation, we dont need that validation. sending love for everyone!

I'm not sure how old you are but you look very young and as a 32 year old woman myself I'm extremely proud of you. I took a break recently and discovered some similar things but if took awhile so for you to be so young,full,of wisdom and self awareness already that eats you have a bright future ahead of you. Keep loving and pouring into yourself lil sis!!💚

This video was the first thing that popped up this morning. I know this means something. I am investing too much time on social media and then complain I don’t have time to read or meditate. It’s over.

this is my sign to delete socials off my phone. maybe I should check back in 30 days to let everyone in the comments to see how that went for me.

I just teared up because I relate so much. I make music so I feel obligated to stay on but everyday I just want to go mia. I feel like no matter how hard I try to stay off or keep my feed “positive” I still know deep down it’s in the way of becoming the best version of myself & having the best relationship with God. Thanks for this, l loved your insight ❤

LADY! I feel you! Such interesting perspective. Happy for the growth you gained due to your break!

SO RELATEABLE, specifically the bit about getting into youtube, I feel you 100%. Really glad that you put this out there, Thank you.

Omg lady thank you so much for sharing your story but also being vulnerable. Telling us we are not alone! I was sensitive to anxiety because of my hard past but social media made me crazy on another level just like anxiety versus losing friends, being alone feeling excluded..seeing others being together and act like life is a party. And since then I learned its only highlights, im being fooled. I see people bigger than they are or smaller then they are because of the way they portray themselves. I heard other people have this too so that might be nothing crazy. Socialxmedia is a dress up and show off party. Its dangerous for the health especially during sad times

Thank u so much for this. I’ve never related to any other vlog on YT this much before. Looking forward to more of your content 💓

You look so naturally pretty.. And I'm glad to see your soul is matching! Love this . There is a real Reason this came across my algorithm 🙌🏽

You’re definitely not the only one. This video was made a year ago & I just seen it today, and I resigned with what you’re saying so deeply. God bless u

i want to thank you so much for posting this video 💖

Here for this space love the color scheme and lights

God bless you! Keep making videos I’m following the trend and I am 5 days free of social media. No longer a slave to the insipid attack of the anxious money grabbing capitalist social media companies. Only here with God and Philosophy

Girl you are a vibe! Love the intro 💘

I love this beautiful! I’m so proud of you

Deleted my instagram all it is a confidence killer new subscriber

If I’m out with friends, using social media with my friends feel great,if I’m at home alone and I’m watching all my friends live their so called great lives, that’s not ok

Thank you for breaking the silence! I've been seeing my time slip through my fingers for years due to social media sknce the covid pandemic. I'm current studying law and I'm planning on deleting social media so i can get the best social experience from uni and also to improve my performances. Also it made my mental health and relationship with God weaker and i need to strengthen them up.

I'm glad I watched this because it's very important for those who use social media both daily and heavily must know how it'll affect you.

love your content and energy. new subscriber gained sis.

had to susbscribe. You are the future of RU-vid!

I'm a lot older than you, but baybeee, I got schooled today. Bless you.

That’s what I did as well. Even though I was productive, I wanted to give my all. And things are going well. Mine has been a few yrs though.

Talking speed was just right. Dynamic

Great video I loved it and I’m so encouraged

Reminded me of myself a lot. I don’t think I will delete my Instagram but I will literally mute people I follow so that I don’t get overwhelmed Ignorance is bliss 😌✨

Yes girl keep it uppp❤

And i loveee the vibe !!

Talking speed was perfect 🤣 slow speed is relaxing to me

Thought this was gonna be informative but it felt like you're just preaching to me

One thing that hit my mind with the fact that this is first video i see of Sage and she mention that she is a model and i thought how many people around the world have same big goals and same situation like earning a living and socialising but each one have their own attitude towards them.

Social Media is a marketing tool ... nothing else! If you use it for personal use then you're F. big time if you use it for marking money or you're paid for advertising (RU-vid is social media as well) then it's powerful. I hate SM, it's stupid as 90% of the content is useless (especially IG or TikTok) but FB for me is like a forum 2.0 where a community can help each other with questions and solutions. What i found so stupid is people reporting every single minute of their life waiting for the likes instead of living the moment with family or friends.

I just deleted instagram 3 weeks ago, dont have fb anymore. Feel more clear headed and healthier for some reason

Love this💕

Thats lit im bout to start mine tomorrow

Thank you for sharing ❤!

Yeah this is a sign 💯

I just deleted Instagram last night and i already feel lighter so I'm waiting til next month for my account to be fully deleted 🙌🏾 i don't get on FB as much it pretty boring tbh, I'm slowly backing away from RU-vid, im about to delete my Snapchat don't care for TikTok i can't wait 😂 lol no more getting stalked by fake friends and fake family!

i use to be addicted to instagram and snapchat but as i got older and started to reliaze that social media s nothing but highlight reels and no one really cares or you see people not suppoerting you and all kinds of things that just mess up your mental helath. i get on instagram for like 30 minutes and get off. im mostly on youtube and sum what tiktok but illl never stay on social media all day like that. its not healthy at all!!!!!!

Truly appreciated this video, I need to hear it from a Christian perspective. ❤

Thank you I needed it

Love the talk about God because it’s why I’m giving it up for Lent too!

Thank you for this

I resonated with this so much. Just struggling and feel the same that God does not want us so invested. But I’m such a girly girl love you take and post pics and it just feels so superficial sometimes. Ughh but I’m leaning towards deleting

God Told me too!!! 🕊❤️‍🔥🙏🇻🇦✝️

I know this is an older video but if you want a place to express yourself, you can get a journal. You can write in it, draw, anything you want. And it doesn't need to be charged either. Take Care friend. God bless you. 💜🙏

Just deleted all my social media an hour ago. I really do spend a lot on here, mainly doing it because i keep getting distracted on my homework everytime I feel overhwhelmed. So hoping this helps me focus better. Someone else said it but when i get overwhelmed my first action should be going on social media but instead when i get overwhelmed I should be praying to God.

Thank you for Sharing

My business ig and my main Facebook page was disabled since November. Idk why it’s been disabled but I can’t get and help…. I have learned that I don’t need it! I feel like sometimes we compare, listen to gossip, see overly sexualized images and so on…. I’m just fine without it but it sucks for business purposes!

I can relate ❤

I’m gonna be honest I think God brought me to this video

IG is a warzone technically

Late But I loved this video ❤

You know, I deleted Facebook and Instagram a few months ago maybe almost a year ago. My two top reasons 1. So many sad stories that from having previous rough years of losing 3 important people in my life to death in 3 years in a row it just brought me back to those tough times. Made me think about who will be next when it’s someone who is even closer to me etc blah blah just sad to see so many people suffer. 2. Seeing how insta models are everywhere on there and it made me feel sad that I was not there and was struggling with weight and instead of feeling encouraged I just felt so discouraged and far away from being healthy or thin. After I stopped that I was able to focus more on myself and not think of so many sad things all the time. I don’t know, I want to have it again but mentally it was TOUGH idk I didn’t like having the pressure of posting stuff or seeing what other people are doing like I didn’t really care or cared for anyone to know what I did on the weekend etc.

Set you mind thanks

This was on point sis and youre cute asf

Did you delete your whole account or just the app ? I’m thinking of archiving photos and then deleting the app

I finally deleted it for good I feel so free

I love your name it’s beautiful

Loved your video and your attitude. I think i prefer you speaking more slower cause i'm not a native english speaker so it's easier to understand that way. Hope you have a great day and God bless you.

God told me too

I really want to do this too But all my volunteering roles only give info on a social media app.. any advice? :(

I stopped chasing women and it changed my entire life completely. Never going back!

she still has it though, not judging i just don’t get why people say things like this is some big realization where they deleted it for good when all they did was take a short little break

People make these videos to jump on the bandwagon and get views. Then jump back on social media. At the end of the day you’re still addicted to it.

thanks for sharing such kind caring words of wisdom and encouragement here sister in Yeshua Jesus Christ.u look amazing by the way very beautiful woman with all due respect here.& must ask how do u do a 21 day daniel fast im new at all this fasting stuff.God bless you shine his face upon you im a subscriber here now shalom :)& im getting much closer then i was on deleting my facebook etc not a easy thing to do though

I go back and forth like a drug addict. I just deleted IG and Threads today, because I’m banned from talking on both 🙃 I just got back on social media last Friday after being off for a month. Every time I get reported for what? Idk. I just delete the apps and go on about my life.

❤social media is antisocial ❤

I deleted Facebook and Instagram and Tiktok cause it gave me anxiety that I did not know what to post or who to follow so the only social platforms I remain is Snapchat,Pinterest,WhatsApp,Playstation online just to contact my friends that live far.Ive never had a Twitter so I'm good

You look like Ashanti ❤

My Facebook account got hacked so much. Every time I would create another account, it would get hacked as well. I finally gave it up. It was getting boring anyways 😂

Deleted Facebook for good !!! Now working on the others