I deleted social media for 6 years. I felt like it never existed..

do not delete it for like 2 weeks because that is not it is not enough it has literally been like a roller coaster for me in in friends in hobbies in family literally so many intricate aspects of life that social media has really altered my life with when I first deleted it which was when I was 15 years old in high school just I hated posting moments of my life that would just perfect I don't know as a society we've really lost that side to us like we're always trying to be on top we're always

trying to be the best we we want to you know shine and I just didn't want any of that anymore I didn't want to see what the hell people were doing on a weekend I wanted to actually talk to them and if they were to send me a photo it's more personal it's more a genuine and the first week obviously I I did feel a bit left out you do feel a bit isolated I mean if you have friends that are really hooked to social media you know they have a constant flow of um entertainment

just at their fingertips the first week um I did definitely go through a little bit of loneliness I know I've spoken to some people and they feel really good like they feel more in tune with themselves and it kind of went the opposite for me I think it can go the opposite for a lot of people I wasn't really focused on trying to do things for other people the second week was good like I'm feeling really good I'm more in tune with myself that is where people I think go really wrong because they feel more

in tune with themselves so they redownload social media feeling good and they're like oh I I feel like this detox has been really good for my mindset I'm going to go post more you know it's like a drug the third week I started to definitely feel a bit of a distance from people in general I think it might have lasted for about even 3 weeks after that I definitely felt a bit lonely in a sense and I think that's what can fear some people and that's how you can go back into that state of wanting

to go back to social media I def had a big perspective change um but I was also going into a really dark episode as well which I don't want to scare people but I think you need to go through it if you're actually going to detox yourself how heavy your mindset is in this third or fourth week is a realization of how deep you are actually in this pit So within those few weeks of that dark episode it probably lasted about a month I'm not even kidding like literally probably like 3 to 4 weeks um

of this kind of like perspective shift it was so interesting like I wasn't looking at people the same I was more in my own mind more than I was in other people's minds which is really really interesting because you do feel a lot more isolated and you do feel at the same time a lot more yourself so I had so so much more time on my hands I I didn't know what to do with myself I had these goals that I wanted to do like I wanted to start surfing I wanted to start skating I

wanted to um meet new people I oh my gosh in high school man I was like the most awkwardest and the shiest person ever like I couldn't I couldn't talk to anyone properly I'd always be in their in their minds thinking about what they think of me and I know I'm sure there's other people there like like this and it might have just been the way I grew up or the way that social media had kind of worked my brain so I had so much so so much more time this this urge of trying to

fill in the gaps of time I kind of branched into my friend group a little bit more and I said does anyone want to start surfing with me my friend was like yeah I've been wanting to that for so long I was like let's do it we went out surfing and it was like the best thing ever it was just such a beautiful challenge like I was so used to all these challenges and it was just something that really mimicked what I was going through this battle of the waves and this battle of my mind

and trying to get through everything and I I started like being really addicted to that I loved it I was a lot more happier I like it the the phase of this dark episode kind of it did fizzle out because I started getting used to the new routine routine I started getting used to the new ways of my life the new ways of thinking it made me more confident in who I was because I started achieving those goals because I wasn't looking at people's Instagrams or people's Snapchats and I didn't know a thing about people

when I first met them that was beautiful because I didn't have this Assumption of people that like I had to be scared of them because they were top dog like I wasn't worried about the hierarchy of Instagram I wasn't you know scared about meeting new people I was going through this really smooth patch of my life I was identifying new things about myself jumping into my own head about things rather than other people's minds um meeting new people doing more things that I love to do to fill time I've realized that holy crap this whole

time I have been unintentionally separating myself from my friends things were just so different in my brain compared to theirs I was in a pretty stable and good mindset there's definitely people out there that have a good mindset while they have social media I definitely developed more of my own style this kind of like I wear I wore what I wanted to wear I wasn't focused about what color was trending what outfit was trending I just wore what I liked because I didn't I wasn't influenced by anyone I didn't have a desire to follow anyone

I just kind of did what I wanted to do and it made me feel more more myself it's been so good it really has been so good the toughest parts of the six years have been friends I mean I understand that friends come and go all the time but friends definitely left and Friends definitely came from deleting social media I've been really really really wanting to help people and to guide people in some way to make this change for themselves because holy crap 6 years has been amazing I mean it's definitely had its ups and

downs but you have to face that head on you can't you can't just delete social media and expect everything to be smooth sailing because that if you don't face it head on and if you don't accept the fact that you're going to go into these lows and you're going to withdraw and you're going to lose maybe lose friends who knows um you're going to have a perspective change you are going to have a perspective change it is crucial if you are feeling if you are literally feeling like you are stuck in this hierarchy and you

have nowhere to go your mental health is being drained by all these photos or these videos and I know I like I am totally not the only one out there that experienced this you have to be in that mindset where you accept that things might be rough things might feel lonely yeah I think once if you push through you'll be okay so that is my SP it's all about sinking within and really yeah just facing things head on knowing that it's okay to not feel okay in times and within that that's how you push through

so yeah I hope this video helped comment any questions I'm happy to respond leave a like if you like this video And subscribe if you want more content or if you'd like to know anything um I'm happy to put out as much support as I can um for people so yeah