00:45 Is Social Media Addiction a Problem? 02:45 How to Cure Your Addiction (& Still Use Social Media) 03:10 Delete Social Media Apps for Only ONE Day 04:08 Redefine Your Inputs 05:19 Reclaim Your Attention 06:18 Implement Systems to Block Future You 07:41 Still Not Convinced? As always, time stamps also in video description.
I quitted social media complete. What worked for me was, I deleted the apps for 1 week, and see if anyone noticed I wasn't active. And guess what, no one did, so why waste my valuable time? People don't care about my life, and I don't care about their life.
Not me. After I quit, my Mom basically disowned me after a few days, friends started making death threats to me after a week, and even my neighbor and her three kids tried jumping me while I was checking my mail. Just kidding. Yeah, social media is a giant time killer. Delete and don't look back.
I didn't quit social media, because of other people. I quit, because of me. I did not like how narcissistic and angry it made me. And I quit it all permanently. I didn't take a break, because I tried that numerous times and just went back to being a moron every time I logged back in.
I took breaks multiple times as well. It doesn't feel as it works long-term. As for quitting social media permanently - I am so happy for you. Because it doesn't work for me. I keep creating new accounts though years 😔
WRONG!!! Quitting social media is the answer! My mental health drastically improved when I kicked out Facebook & Snapchat from my life. Its toxic, it causes depression, anxiety, loneliness, jealousy and heavy procrastination syndrome.
@@jakublewandowski318 well...there's messenger so its okay, you can deactivate facebook(you can still use Msngr even if your fb is deactivated), twitter and instagram cause thats where you spend most of your time..scrolling and scrolling. In messenger, you can message them all you want but its not like it will take people to spend 10 hours messaging each others
I think social media use needs to be something that's highly individual. Some people benefit most by quitting completely, others set boundaries with social media use. It's about knowing yourself!
THIS VIDEO CAME THE MOMENT IT WAS NEEDED. I am currently addicted to social media and I am a medical student who just finished exams but whose lessons are piling up. This is torture. >_
me too !! but in quarantine with uni closed and I have a real struggle with avoiding procrastinating and studying ,like now that I watch this video and reading the comments😅 I am about to close all these and study physiology 😢
during ramadan i told myself that im gonna to disable all social media apps except RUclips . after Ramadan ended . i forgot that i disabled them . then i did and then i noticed how Instagram is addicting , picture after picture until i decided to just uninstall it
im severely addicted to instagram. i spend 3-6 hours on the app daily and the worse it's gotten was me being on the app for a whopping 11 hours. i don't have much friends and my social life overall is quite pathetic. because of this, I use the app as a coping mechanism I suppose :/ ive tried taking breaks before, but failed miserably as my withdrawals kick in. im re-starting this journey with this video in mind. social media addiction is a serious problem and deserves more awareness! i am a product of this addiction and my grades in school are at an all time low.
hii, i am in kinda same situation w u :'( could you stop using social media or how did your 'addiction journey' go? i am planning to delete all -except for RUclips- but i am not sure if it's a good idea🥺
Your channel helps me improve my habits in med school. My favorite is the pomodoro technique, and it has gotten me through hours of studying! More power to you Dr. Jubbal ✊
I deactivated Facebook and my test scores have really gone up. Last semester I was mostly Bs and now I’m getting As. I still have Snapchat and Instagram but I don’t find myself falling into a hole with those apps because they bore me a little bit.
I quit social media. It was the best decision I made for my medschool. Put automatic plane mode in certain times it is a lot useful. Keep a worry pad to take notes of things to do is good too. You can free your mind from distracting things and focus on your work.
kauigirl808 the way I see it, if the videos you watch on youtube are for your self-improvement then they are actually beneficial unlike social media where you are just looking at gossip and drama. At least in RUclips you may (or may not?) watch productive videos like MedSchool Insiders and others.
@@neshgomes4562 I totally disagree here, if you're addicted at something that is good for you, its not an addiction aha... you could be addicted to books and I dont see the problem there? As far as I know the negative feature of social media is the 'social' part, where we seek to fulfill social needs by wasting time scrolling our screens, but in reality all that scrolling brings you nothing of value, as said in the video. While RUclips, even though has some social features, is mainly about the delivery of video content, which has value for you to watch it. It is basically the same as if you watch a documentary on tv... Its not because its on your phone that it is a problem, and RUclips shouldnt be considered a social media
I just decided not to install any social media apps ever since I got a phone. I'm going to college next year and I still only have RUclips on my phone (which is addicting in itself)
One of my best choices ever was not getting into social media before or when it was cool. Now that it’s not cool anymore, I don’t have to “detox” or anything
I am so into deep into this addiction together with others. It’s become a psychological and dependence problem since the pandemic. It started as a way of “coping” and then it just got worse 😭
I had deleted all my social media, but youtube was still very distracting to me at times. It was bothering me, and I didn't quite know how to fix that issue. My self control isn't that great haha and I can't delete youtube from my phone. Then I finally got a new phone (my screen was messed up since forever lol) and the speaker didn't work. It was the best thing ever though because that extra step of having to find my headphones before watching a youtube video made me so much more intentional about it, and now I only watch videos I really want to watch. 10/10 would recommend lol. No seriously, I don't think I'm gonna get it fixed haha.
One thing I started doing recently was avoiding social media until at least 6 pm everyday. It sounds hard, but I've gotten used to it almost immediately. Now my urge to pick my phone every few seconds isn't as strong.
I’m 1 hour without discord and I want to re download it. This addiction was way worse than I’ve ever realized and I feel so bored and lonely. I’m starting with just no discord for a few hours, and hopefully work up to having a healthier relationship with social media and myself. Thank you for the advice!!
Wow I started working on this few days ago, I deleted my Instagram, twitter and and Facebook. I felt WhatsApp was important so I just disabled my notifications. I also downloaded some apps "your hour" which restricts me from using my social media for over the limit I set and it automatically gets locked when that time is exceeded and another app "keep me out" I set a time limit depending on the about of time I want to dedicate to what I'm doing and then lock my phone, keep me out stops me from unlocking the phone until that time is effective. Thank you for this video, it made me feel I'm on the right track
Part of the problem with this addiction though is how much it's put up as a "socially acceptable" addiction, like how coffee and sugar can be or how smoking tobacco used be (before vaping was invented). Most people either need it because without it there's people that learned they socialize better online than in-person, and/or sometimes most friends, family, and/or jobs can only be accessible through online. Not to mention that after the past couple of years, there's probably more people struggling with social media addiction now than a few years ago... 0_0
Social Media: Helping families/relationships/careers destroy themselves since 2000.... I find it a waste of time. I quit Facebook November 2012 and have not been anywhere near it since. Oh my; whatever will I do? How will I learn? Perhaps it could be the fact that I now read 20+ books a year... Hmm.... I don't have any of the other ones either. My career has only improved drastically and so has my family/personal life. Finally about 6 months ago after leaving a LinkedIn account dormant for about a year I deleted it too. Do I miss any of them? NOPE! Want to get a hold of me? We have this awesome invention called the telephone. Don't waste your time texting me unless it is to ask a quick question. People need more face-to-face and voice-to-voice reaction. That is what makes people happy. Quitting social media is the answer. With RUclips: use the learning aspects of it, there are many.
I am so addicted to this shit and I know it. So each time I am scrolling over social media I get this feedback loop of feeling bad wasting my time and I cannot do anything sensible.
another amazing trick i’ve found is not having the social media apps on your phone. instead, try accessing your accounts through the internet browser on your phone. this worked great for me
So this was interesting because many of those are actually effective from personal experience. I'm mostly addicted to RUclips. I'm trying to stop it and I hope I will.
Honestly, all social media is kinda shit Ya got Twitter with Jack Dorsey Ya got Instagram with "influencers" and a whole more ass (the bodypart kind) Ya got Facebook with THE ZUCC and data selling And ya got RUclips with the Adpocalypse and horrible communication with their user base It's all just a raging dumpster fire
Social media can have a bad effect on your mental health but it can also be good! It depends on how you use it. On instagram I started unfollowing everyone that didn't bring anything interesting in my timeline and followed only motivational, creative accounts, accounts that made me learn things ou helped me grow as a person. (and some celebrities that i like). I unfriended everyone on snapchat and only kept a few people that I talk to on a daily basis. I was addicted to twitter also, I started to only follow accounts like on instagram. But I ended up deleting twitter and instagram apps because I got less and less interested. I only go on instagram a few times a week for like 5 minutes just to check. My biggest problem remains youtube because I love learning new things and I feel like i'm on here 24/7 lol. Overral there are good but bad aspects for me but I'm still trying to work on them. I am so proud to be "social media free" now because it gave me so much anxiety and kinda lead me to depression. But at times being 18 w/o social media, having social anxiety and being in med school makes me feel so lonely..
Good to know I did all this naturally and managed to go cold turkey for 4 months. I've never been the same but I did learn something new from this video so, thanks!
Really this video is very much effective . Because I have seen a lots of videos regarding social media detox . But most of them were common like 30 days detox . But the methods shown here are productive . And I hope that I will try this methods and get out of my social addiction Insha Allah . 😊😊😊
I will try quitting.. I need to focus and have complete control over my time! Quitting all except sending one Snapchat a day 😅 I will start from today! Super excited
I became to laced on social media and thought that I could get away with things. It came to a point when I did things I wasn’t proud of that I just threw out snap and Instagram and Facebook. I wasted so much time with my family and loved ones focusing on what my friends thought of me and it destroyed my mental health. I was exposed to social media at a young age and it destroyed me. My advice, do not get into multiple social media accounts at once, if you do only follow people you are super close with no one else. And please do not get your children into social media until they are out of high school. They will hate you for that but it will help them out trust me
I love sharing art on social media but the mindless consuming part gets to my nerves and I feel like I have no control over it , it gives me anxiety, but sharing my art to a like minded community and getting positive feedback is a good feeling, so I always have this dilemma :/
I deleted the apps and just started using my browser instead. Much less addicting and its a lot easier to just stop, close the browser, and go to whatever else next you needed to do. The apps it’s a whole other beast to have quit using bc of the notifications and because you would have to constantly delete it, and reupload it, to see what people are doing and how your content is being seen. It’s insane and it’s sad that you even see people with millions of followers only get thousands or tens of thousands of likes. That means at least 10,000 / 1,000,000 people or only 1/100 actually care about what you post (or even to go on and say about you in general as a person). That’s a 1% rating that people like you. Even the same can be said for stories. If instagram showed how many people were seeing your stories, it would not be 1,000,000 followers. It’s more around that same range of the people who like your photos, so again probably about 1/100 people actually care to view them. But of course they’re not going to show that. Hope all this made sense.
This is perhaps the most realistic video on how to cure social media addiction, the guy says convincing points rather than like quitting instagram for 30 days.
Hi there! I just made a video with the (almost) same title! I was surprised you also talked about the topic. After watching the video, I realized what we argued in our own videos is different. I agree quitting social media is not the answer but neither is staying on it. the important thing i realized when i reduced my social media use , is my inability to sustain my attention, and withstand boredom. social media doesn't matter, i would find other ways to distract myself. a simple and striking example is when i cannot even eat food alone without looking at myphone, or brush my teeth in front of the mirror without wanting to do other things.. so my take on this is, social media is not the problem, but our addiction to distraction (although social media does worsen it). so i think the solution is to limit multitasking, and to try to focus on the one SINGLE THING you are doing at the present moment. what do you think about this ? check out my video for more.
I agree that social media can damage your mental health if you let it. If you frequently use it to post or follow whatever, instead of only the things that bring you and others value. Social media in itself as he says is not bad. You just gotta know how to use it right and what its truly for. Doing the wrong thing on it can lead to worse mental issues. Having experienced worse of it at times, I deleted some of it too and kept others that i think add the most value. Like my facebook page, I think that adds value to my life because it allows me to stay in touch with close friends and family I meet in real life, but I can't look at the highlight reels constantly, i can't and shouldn't start comparing myself to their lives - and they shouldn't hear about me constantly either. So I refuse to play on it- only using it sparingly. And i keep linkedin for business purposes but I rarely play on that either except for if someone were to message me, to search job postings, or I got a job. If one mental dumps then you open yourself up to wrong kind of influencers, start making poor decisions, and it erodes your sense of self and values. But that's why one has to treat your social media kind of like a business; cause in a way it kind of is. Your selling yourself on it: the hobbies you like, your interests, your opinions, even your feelings in hopes to find others that can relate. You can't treat it as a dump for every thought that comes in your head. You want to show the best side of yourself as much possible. Only post what is relevant and good for others as much as yourself. You can joke around and get to know people yes, but one needs to ask oneself: "Will others like what I'm doing?" "Why am I doing this?" "Who is this for?" Always remember whether they think so or not ones posts are being indexed and sold by 3rd parties, meme lords, and also fortune 500 companies, others are seeing your posts- their not private (though some have private features to them) and you wouldn't want your personal mental issues or emotional issues to be the front page news would you? Then you have to keep some of it in the dark. And seek help privately. If you don't - then your just opening yourself up for more mental and emotional issues cause the meme lords/news reels: love drama and if you give them an inch they will go a mile and all your friends and family will see you differently. I know one post seems innocent but its that one post that means the most and can be the most condemning.
I just started 2 nights ago deleting everything and at times it’s hard cause I find myself just thinking about Facebook mainly smh. I was glued to Facebook Instagram has never been a addictive app to me but I found myself starting to get a little carried away. My main problem was always Facebook but I ended up taking both apps off my phone. I actually just order myself a book today on amazon that’s delivering tomorrow. I also wrote a story about my depression and how I fell into depression. As well I’m going to find my usb and get back to correcting this story I started typing in high school when I was really into reading books. Gosh I never thought i can read so much but after high school I moved to Mississippi I still read but it slowly decreased now I felt like I completely lost myself. I use to read draw and write go for walks but social media has taking a toll onto me over the past 5 years it has really became bad.
Facebook has been a distraction for me. I hardly use it now, specially when exams are around the corner. On the other hand, my addiction to r/medicalschool on reddit helped me (now it's a meme room-sadly) to find resources, plan schedules and even to seek answers for questions I had. Anyways, "Addiction" or a strong desire to visit social media is a problem - a student should't have.
I have a serious issue. I waste so many hours every day and it stops me from doing a lot of things..the issue is I have a business and I HAVE to log in and post to keep people engaged. So deleting the apps doesn’t help because if someone sends a message regarding my business then I’ll miss it
I have grown internal insecurities out of social media addiction. I have kicked all my social media apps today. cross fingers it'll work and make me more disciplined.
I've decided to quit most of social media as I had recently had faced a lot of resentment from the rejections of social media. I had wasted enough and I had decided to start anew when it's fit
its my first day quitting instagram its very hard not to redownload it from the app store i feel anxious and theres this heavy feeling in my chest the voice in the back of my head is going “what if this happened” “what if that happened” “what if someone needs you” its really hard, hopefully ill be able to last one month at least
Being not active on any social media platform.made me happy i feel better.no anxiety,depression loneliness.drama ,comparison competition..to others..I think my old self is back..and I'm so happy about my decission not to become active on social medial and fucos on important matter and fucos to my goal..😀😀😀
I deleted a lot of my social media apps because I didn't like the fact that when I followed or added the people I knew but didn't fully know they didn't talk to me in rea life. that made me angry and sad. It was also kind of my fault because I am not good at talking to people I barely know. I'm really glad I deleted these apps because I feel a lot happier and I don't get angry a lot anymore.
Actually if you didn't know or already know you can offload applications instead of deleting them. However, to do this the smart way are making sure you log out of social media because sometimes it lets you log back in after recovering your app by installing them again.
I stopped using instagram and facebook about 2 months ago because I wanted to spend more time doing valuable things, guess what? I feel way better. If someday I'll have to use it for connecting with people I really know, then I might go back, but right now there are other forms of virtual contacting with people that allows me to use my time more intentionally. It has been great.
I really appreciate the practical tips you gave! I’ve cut down my morning Social use by adding morning pages journaling to my routine. It helps to check in why am I going on social? It might also work better for me to get on when I know I have an amount of time I can use it start to finish. Being interrupted while on makes the time even longer for me
I personally believe people should quit 99% of social media apps entirely if: a. the app is not absolutely necessary for you to communicate with someone. b. you don't work in a job related to that social media. c. the content brought up on that certain social media isn't educational or helpful. That being said, I still believe social media is a great tool but ONLY when used right. It's a double edged sword, when it's used sparingly, it's a toolbox for your life, when it's used obsessively, it's just a weight dragging you down.
I was addicted to Instagram (not to twitter or Facebook because I don't have those). I spent a lot of time in there instead of studying, so before my exams I deleted it at my dad's recommendation. I missed it a lot, and I tried to fill the void the time out of Instagram created with RUclips, for example, and ended up wasting even more time. Over the holidays I downloaded it again, and after that, I put on the new Instagram feature to control my daily usage. First I put it at a maximum of 35 minutes per day (a little but over what I hear is the maximum amount recommended), but shortly after I went down to 25 a day. Most days I don't even spend all that time in there, and I intend to limit my usage more and more, slowly. Now I don't feel the need to be all the time on Instagram, but when I completely deleted it, I did. So, personally, I agree that it's better to control than to delete, at least for the time being. Maybe, eventually, I won't even feel the need to be in Instagram at all, and deleting the app won't cause the "distress" it has caused me to do that before
The suitable approach differs from person to person. Some people have enough going on in their life that they can take a day off and learn to cut back and succeed. For others this is not a viable long term solution. If a heroin addict told you that he was going to take a day off heroin and then cut down a bit, you might reasonably feel sceptical about this being a sufficient remedy.
I'm not addicted to any social media but I'm constantly trying to find something that can distract me. Eventhough I have school works piling up! I'm just so overwhelmed everytime. What should I do?
So in lockdown I have gotten so much addicted to instagram so I'm trying to get off it and my day 1 has started today! I'm planning on doing a 10 day off thing so I'll keep updating daily 😚❤️ Day 2 😚😚 I'm feeling better but yesterday was really tough 😭😭 I'll try my best! Been 4 days now n I feel much better with less anxiety! I do feel like opening instagram but I'm gonna be patient 👩❤️💋👩
Thanks for this vid. The tip about turning off notifications from social media apps got me thinking. Since I started using social media apps (Fb, IG, Twitter), I have never allowed notifications at all. Yet, I am constantly addicted to them (even without notifications compelling me). My friends, however, have notifications fully turned on (even like notifications on IG as you mentioned). For some reason they are way less addicted and can control their usage better. So: is this just to do with me having lesser willpower? And if so, what exactly influences this willpower? You mentioned about dopamine. Could this be due to a difference in the concentration of dopamine receptors that we have?
I have a problem with seeing inappropriate things on my apps such as tiktok. What do you guys recommend to stop the urge of looking at that stuff? Because I hate it, it hurts me and my girl and just want to be better:/
I was never addicted to the social media platform to begin with because first I was kinda prohibited from them when I first got my phone and secondly, they're kinda boring for me. I mean now I do have Instagram and Twitter and I was addicted to Instagram at one point but it only lasted like a week or so bc I just hated how much time I can waste in that app. But for *RUclips,* yeah that was where my addiction is and still is. I got addicted to my phone and RUclips the moment I got unlimited data. And I hate how I'm wasting time, precious time where I can be studying or finishing my art. And I feel energize when I want to do more stuff at school but when I get home, I get on my phone and waste hours away. I hate it. I tried not going on RUclips for a while and that was the worst but I'm going to try this because last year of high school, I want to end strong and I don't want this to distracted me in college. Thank you for the advice.
As someone who regularly checks his phone I find just turning the phone completely off helps significantly! However a question for Dr.Jubbal How would you advise students to regulate their social media consumption ? The programs and apps suggested are great in stopping you from going on the app, but how do we integrate into a balanced lifestyle where social media isnt something we constantly check all the time regardless of if we are working or not but as a tool? Like do you advise having a designated daily set time ? thanks great vid as always
I think you answered your own question. Probably writing out a schedule of what you do in the day even the little things such as eating can help you see where you could fit in social media use.
This is much simpler than that. Sure, you can challenge yourself to control the use of social media. But it's simpler to not use them at all. The same goes with eating carbs, drinking alcohol, etc. Much simpler to avoid detrimental behaviour than trying to control it.
Wow I have so much things to say. So, I’m addicted to social media specifically RUclips. I deleted all the aps from my phone at the end of December (Instagram, Twitter, RUclips, Snapchat and I never had Facebook). But obviously an addicted person always finds a way and so did I. Over Google I went to RUclips page and that’s how I watched all videos. For some weird reason I was already logged in so I could comment, like and dislike but I couldn’t reply or watch videos and read comments at the same time. I don’t get any notifications because it’s not an app. I tried setting my phone on screen time and the only thing I do is press Ignore and than Remaind me in 15 minutes. After those 15 minutes I do the same thing. Sometimes I end up watching the stupidest videos because I just want something to distract me from my school work and that’s the way it helps me the most. But what ends up happening is that I stay for waaaayy to long and I don’t do the things I planed to do and than I’m disappointed at myself. I tried putting it as far away from me as possible but it doesn’t work because I need it for my school work. So yeah, if anybody knows any other way I’d very much like to know.
legit I keep going on Snapchat for every second logging in to see if anyone has replied, my mum said to take a break from Snapchat for a month and you might feel better. Honestly did not believe her, so she hid my phone ( iPhone 7 plus) and she and my dad have a Nokia ( lol), she told me she would give it back after a month so I did some artwork and school study for a month and youtube kept me from boredom. Got my phone legit no friends texting me to see if I'm okay and where I've disappeared so I've realised there is no point to stay for these people so I'm of it for good and I feel awesome. I would recommend it life-changing!!! until they saw me in town and wanted to smack me
00:45 Is Social Media Addiction a Problem?
02:45 How to Cure Your Addiction (& Still Use Social Media)
03:10 Delete Social Media Apps for Only ONE Day
04:08 Redefine Your Inputs
05:19 Reclaim Your Attention
06:18 Implement Systems to Block Future You
07:41 Still Not Convinced?
As always, time stamps also in video description.
I have twitter, snapchat, instagram, facebook, and houseparty
I quitted social media complete. What worked for me was, I deleted the apps for 1 week, and see if anyone noticed I wasn't active. And guess what, no one did, so why waste my valuable time? People don't care about my life, and I don't care about their life.
Same here. I have quitted Instagram for around two weeks and my friends don't even notice that
Truth 👍 I pop in and out of Facebook and feel better
Not me.
After I quit, my Mom basically disowned me after a few days, friends started making death threats to me after a week, and even my neighbor and her three kids tried jumping me while I was checking my mail.
Just kidding. Yeah, social media is a giant time killer. Delete and don't look back.
You know that youtube is also a type of social media, right?
Your last sentence pretty much did it for me too lol
I didn't quit social media, because of other people. I quit, because of me. I did not like how narcissistic and angry it made me. And I quit it all permanently. I didn't take a break, because I tried that numerous times and just went back to being a moron every time I logged back in.
I think instagram, facebook and all that other stuff is dumb and boring, but I am still addicted to youtube and reddit :/
I took breaks multiple times as well. It doesn't feel as it works long-term. As for quitting social media permanently - I am so happy for you. Because it doesn't work for me. I keep creating new accounts though years 😔
WRONG!!! Quitting social media is the answer! My mental health drastically improved when I kicked out Facebook & Snapchat from my life. Its toxic, it causes depression, anxiety, loneliness, jealousy and heavy procrastination syndrome.
Yep!
yess!!
Yeah as long as it help u maintain relations with ur friends 8000 kms away
@@jakublewandowski318 well...there's messenger so its okay, you can deactivate facebook(you can still use Msngr even if your fb is deactivated), twitter and instagram cause thats where you spend most of your time..scrolling and scrolling. In messenger, you can message them all you want but its not like it will take people to spend 10 hours messaging each others
I would say it’s not the answer for all
I quit everything except utube around 1 year ago . Everything seems to be going better than before.
RUclips distracting too
I tried that. I'm still having decreased focus and fragmented attention while studying
I did too. But I had to keep whattsap and I like to listen to music on RUclips so I kept that.
RUclips is most distracting as of now as I feel at least for me
RUclips is my worst addiction. I'm like a heroin junkie and neglect a lot of other parts in my life.
I think social media use needs to be something that's highly individual. Some people benefit most by quitting completely, others set boundaries with social media use. It's about knowing yourself!
THIS VIDEO CAME THE MOMENT IT WAS NEEDED. I am currently addicted to social media and I am a medical student who just finished exams but whose lessons are piling up. This is torture. >_
im also a medical student!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i just published a video talking about it !!!!!!!! ahhhhhhh
@@christophersurnname9967 Lol have fun being 30 years old with black lungs and a liver that's about as fucked up as the North Korean political system.
@@christophersurnname9967 I have a hard time believing you're over the age of 4.
me too !! but in quarantine with uni closed and I have a real struggle with avoiding procrastinating and studying ,like now that I watch this video and reading the comments😅
I am about to close all these and study physiology 😢
during ramadan i told myself that im gonna to disable all social media apps except RUclips . after Ramadan ended . i forgot that i disabled them . then i did and then i noticed how Instagram is addicting , picture after picture until i decided to just uninstall it
Mehdi _, smart
eid Mubarak
Good brother
I'm a Christian so I'm going to try this method for Lent
Imagine a world without social media, I think people would spend more time with family and real friends!!!
BUT DANK MEMES DO BRING ME LASTING HAPPINESS
yea
Yea but I find memes as a cheap source of serotonine, a waste of time
YESSSS!!! They’re my therapy!
Your profile pic itself conveys u r depressed
They ruined my life I do not wish to go back that phase ever again
But im still addicted to it
im severely addicted to instagram. i spend 3-6 hours on the app daily and the worse it's gotten was me being on the app for a whopping 11 hours. i don't have much friends and my social life overall is quite pathetic. because of this, I use the app as a coping mechanism I suppose :/ ive tried taking breaks before, but failed miserably as my withdrawals kick in. im re-starting this journey with this video in mind. social media addiction is a serious problem and deserves more awareness! i am a product of this addiction and my grades in school are at an all time low.
hii, i am in kinda same situation w u :'( could you stop using social media or how did your 'addiction journey' go? i am planning to delete all -except for RUclips- but i am not sure if it's a good idea🥺
Your channel helps me improve my habits in med school. My favorite is the pomodoro technique, and it has gotten me through hours of studying! More power to you Dr. Jubbal ✊
I deactivated Facebook and my test scores have really gone up. Last semester I was mostly Bs and now I’m getting As. I still have Snapchat and Instagram but I don’t find myself falling into a hole with those apps because they bore me a little bit.
*’Dank memes don’t bring me lasting happiness’*
EXACTLY.
I quit social media. It was the best decision I made for my medschool.
Put automatic plane mode in certain times it is a lot useful.
Keep a worry pad to take notes of things to do is good too. You can free your mind from distracting things and focus on your work.
I abandoned FB and Instagram just for mental health. Now I just use RUclips
I quit social media almost a year ago I'm much happier and more focused. Have better peace of mind.
Lori Sholler when you quit social media you going on it deleted all of it
Of course we are addicted lol.
Dilemma for me. I'm in a FB study group so I cannot stay off. But the new addiction is RUclips. 😩😩😩😩
kauigirl808 the way I see it, if the videos you watch on youtube are for your self-improvement then they are actually beneficial unlike social media where you are just looking at gossip and drama. At least in RUclips you may (or may not?) watch productive videos like MedSchool Insiders and others.
@@xavi5183 But eventually you'll gain enough knowledge but forget about it or don't put the knowledge into practice as well
@@danchan9989 still way better than constant scrolling of cat videos on facebook or instagram...
Xavi Whether it’s for self improvement or cat videos, physical time is being wasted and the addiction is still there..
@@neshgomes4562 I totally disagree here, if you're addicted at something that is good for you, its not an addiction aha... you could be addicted to books and I dont see the problem there? As far as I know the negative feature of social media is the 'social' part, where we seek to fulfill social needs by wasting time scrolling our screens, but in reality all that scrolling brings you nothing of value, as said in the video. While RUclips, even though has some social features, is mainly about the delivery of video content, which has value for you to watch it. It is basically the same as if you watch a documentary on tv... Its not because its on your phone that it is a problem, and RUclips shouldnt be considered a social media
nah im a cold turkey person. i quit facebook for 14 months (i didnt really use anything else) and it was phenomenal. never returning.
I just decided not to install any social media apps ever since I got a phone. I'm going to college next year and I still only have RUclips on my phone (which is addicting in itself)
One of my best choices ever was not getting into social media before or when it was cool. Now that it’s not cool anymore, I don’t have to “detox” or anything
Social media is like cigarettes, we all got addicted just cuz it was cool
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I am so into deep into this addiction together with others. It’s become a psychological and dependence problem since the pandemic. It started as a way of “coping” and then it just got worse 😭
I'm sick of how much hurt and upset social media causes
I had deleted all my social media, but youtube was still very distracting to me at times. It was bothering me, and I didn't quite know how to fix that issue. My self control isn't that great haha and I can't delete youtube from my phone. Then I finally got a new phone (my screen was messed up since forever lol) and the speaker didn't work. It was the best thing ever though because that extra step of having to find my headphones before watching a youtube video made me so much more intentional about it, and now I only watch videos I really want to watch. 10/10 would recommend lol. No seriously, I don't think I'm gonna get it fixed haha.
One thing I started doing recently was avoiding social media until at least 6 pm everyday. It sounds hard, but I've gotten used to it almost immediately. Now my urge to pick my phone every few seconds isn't as strong.
It has such useful purposes yet it can also make you feel like you are doing something with your life while really you are not
Watching this video on my pomodoro break 😄
You go girl
I’m 1 hour without discord and I want to re download it. This addiction was way worse than I’ve ever realized and I feel so bored and lonely. I’m starting with just no discord for a few hours, and hopefully work up to having a healthier relationship with social media and myself. Thank you for the advice!!
Wow I started working on this few days ago, I deleted my Instagram, twitter and and Facebook. I felt WhatsApp was important so I just disabled my notifications.
I also downloaded some apps "your hour" which restricts me from using my social media for over the limit I set and it automatically gets locked when that time is exceeded and another app "keep me out" I set a time limit depending on the about of time I want to dedicate to what I'm doing and then lock my phone, keep me out stops me from unlocking the phone until that time is effective.
Thank you for this video, it made me feel I'm on the right track
Part of the problem with this addiction though is how much it's put up as a "socially acceptable" addiction, like how coffee and sugar can be or how smoking tobacco used be (before vaping was invented).
Most people either need it because without it there's people that learned they socialize better online than in-person, and/or sometimes most friends, family, and/or jobs can only be accessible through online. Not to mention that after the past couple of years, there's probably more people struggling with social media addiction now than a few years ago... 0_0
Social Media: Helping families/relationships/careers destroy themselves since 2000.... I find it a waste of time. I quit Facebook November 2012 and have not been anywhere near it since. Oh my; whatever will I do? How will I learn? Perhaps it could be the fact that I now read 20+ books a year... Hmm.... I don't have any of the other ones either. My career has only improved drastically and so has my family/personal life. Finally about 6 months ago after leaving a LinkedIn account dormant for about a year I deleted it too. Do I miss any of them? NOPE! Want to get a hold of me? We have this awesome invention called the telephone. Don't waste your time texting me unless it is to ask a quick question. People need more face-to-face and voice-to-voice reaction. That is what makes people happy. Quitting social media is the answer. With RUclips: use the learning aspects of it, there are many.
I am so addicted to this shit and I know it. So each time I am scrolling over social media I get this feedback loop of feeling bad wasting my time and I cannot do anything sensible.
Hey, in the same boat here. Maybe we can quit together.
@@sabrinamusicreviews8025 & stop phones from hacking our minds because they literally have.
another amazing trick i’ve found is not having the social media apps on your phone. instead, try accessing your accounts through the internet browser on your phone. this worked great for me
So this was interesting because many of those are actually effective from personal experience. I'm mostly addicted to RUclips. I'm trying to stop it and I hope I will.
@@christophersurnname9967 I don't even know how twitter works, I don't wanna get myself into more addictions than I already have. >_
Honestly, all social media is kinda shit
Ya got Twitter with Jack Dorsey
Ya got Instagram with "influencers" and a whole more ass (the bodypart kind)
Ya got Facebook with THE ZUCC and data selling
And ya got RUclips with the Adpocalypse and horrible communication with their user base
It's all just a raging dumpster fire
Christopher Surnname you’re doing no favor, by suggesting another social media addiction, actually I think that twitter addiction can be worse.
Social media can have a bad effect on your mental health but it can also be good! It depends on how you use it. On instagram I started unfollowing everyone that didn't bring anything interesting in my timeline and followed only motivational, creative accounts, accounts that made me learn things ou helped me grow as a person. (and some celebrities that i like). I unfriended everyone on snapchat and only kept a few people that I talk to on a daily basis. I was addicted to twitter also, I started to only follow accounts like on instagram. But I ended up deleting twitter and instagram apps because I got less and less interested. I only go on instagram a few times a week for like 5 minutes just to check. My biggest problem remains youtube because I love learning new things and I feel like i'm on here 24/7 lol.
Overral there are good but bad aspects for me but I'm still trying to work on them. I am so proud to be "social media free" now because it gave me so much anxiety and kinda lead me to depression. But at times being 18 w/o social media, having social anxiety and being in med school makes me feel so lonely..
Good to know I did all this naturally and managed to go cold turkey for 4 months. I've never been the same but I did learn something new from this video so, thanks!
This video... this channel tho.. way too underrated
Really this video is very much effective . Because I have seen a lots of videos regarding social media detox . But most of them were common like 30 days detox . But the methods shown here are productive . And I hope that I will try this methods and get out of my social addiction Insha Allah . 😊😊😊
Doing it from time to time for a week. IT FEELS SO GOOD!
I will try quitting.. I need to focus and have complete control over my time!
Quitting all except sending one Snapchat a day 😅
I will start from today! Super excited
I love your channel. It motivates me SO MUCH to become a doctor ✨❤️
I became to laced on social media and thought that I could get away with things. It came to a point when I did things I wasn’t proud of that I just threw out snap and Instagram and Facebook. I wasted so much time with my family and loved ones focusing on what my friends thought of me and it destroyed my mental health. I was exposed to social media at a young age and it destroyed me. My advice, do not get into multiple social media accounts at once, if you do only follow people you are super close with no one else. And please do not get your children into social media until they are out of high school. They will hate you for that but it will help them out trust me
1. You can actually turn off the settings that sent email from the website itself.
2. Great Tips.
I love sharing art on social media but the mindless consuming part gets to my nerves and I feel like I have no control over it , it gives me anxiety, but sharing my art to a like minded community and getting positive feedback is a good feeling, so I always have this dilemma :/
I deleted the apps and just started using my browser instead. Much less addicting and its a lot easier to just stop, close the browser, and go to whatever else next you needed to do. The apps it’s a whole other beast to have quit using bc of the notifications and because you would have to constantly delete it, and reupload it, to see what people are doing and how your content is being seen. It’s insane and it’s sad that you even see people with millions of followers only get thousands or tens of thousands of likes. That means at least 10,000 / 1,000,000 people or only 1/100 actually care about what you post (or even to go on and say about you in general as a person). That’s a 1% rating that people like you. Even the same can be said for stories. If instagram showed how many people were seeing your stories, it would not be 1,000,000 followers. It’s more around that same range of the people who like your photos, so again probably about 1/100 people actually care to view them. But of course they’re not going to show that. Hope all this made sense.
This is perhaps the most realistic video on how to cure social media addiction, the guy says convincing points rather than like quitting instagram for 30 days.
Hi there! I just made a video with the (almost) same title! I was surprised you also talked about the topic. After watching the video, I realized what we argued in our own videos is different. I agree quitting social media is not the answer but neither is staying on it. the important thing i realized when i reduced my social media use , is my inability to sustain my attention, and withstand boredom. social media doesn't matter, i would find other ways to distract myself. a simple and striking example is when i cannot even eat food alone without looking at myphone, or brush my teeth in front of the mirror without wanting to do other things.. so my take on this is, social media is not the problem, but our addiction to distraction (although social media does worsen it). so i think the solution is to limit multitasking, and to try to focus on the one SINGLE THING you are doing at the present moment.
what do you think about this ? check out my video for more.
Detest the word "detox and cleanse" LOL, love it.
When will there be a video on how to make Anki cards correctly, efficiently & effectively????
Social media is like your mind.
An excellent servant but a terrible master.
I agree that social media can damage your mental health if you let it. If you frequently use it to post or follow whatever, instead of only the things that bring you and others value. Social media in itself as he says is not bad. You just gotta know how to use it right and what its truly for. Doing the wrong thing on it can lead to worse mental issues.
Having experienced worse of it at times, I deleted some of it too and kept others that i think add the most value. Like my facebook page, I think that adds value to my life because it allows me to stay in touch with close friends and family I meet in real life, but I can't look at the highlight reels constantly, i can't and shouldn't start comparing myself to their lives - and they shouldn't hear about me constantly either. So I refuse to play on it- only using it sparingly. And i keep linkedin for business purposes but I rarely play on that either except for if someone were to message me, to search job postings, or I got a job.
If one mental dumps then you open yourself up to wrong kind of influencers, start making poor decisions, and it erodes your sense of self and values.
But that's why one has to treat your social media kind of like a business; cause in a way it kind of is. Your selling yourself on it: the hobbies you like, your interests, your opinions, even your feelings in hopes to find others that can relate. You can't treat it as a dump for every thought that comes in your head. You want to show the best side of yourself as much possible. Only post what is relevant and good for others as much as yourself. You can joke around and get to know people yes, but one needs to ask oneself: "Will others like what I'm doing?" "Why am I doing this?" "Who is this for?" Always remember whether they think so or not ones posts are being indexed and sold by 3rd parties, meme lords, and also fortune 500 companies, others are seeing your posts- their not private (though some have private features to them) and you wouldn't want your personal mental issues or emotional issues to be the front page news would you? Then you have to keep some of it in the dark. And seek help privately. If you don't - then your just opening yourself up for more mental and emotional issues cause the meme lords/news reels: love drama and if you give them an inch they will go a mile and all your friends and family will see you differently. I know one post seems innocent but its that one post that means the most and can be the most condemning.
I just started 2 nights ago deleting everything and at times it’s hard cause I find myself just thinking about Facebook mainly smh. I was glued to Facebook Instagram has never been a addictive app to me but I found myself starting to get a little carried away. My main problem was always Facebook but I ended up taking both apps off my phone. I actually just order myself a book today on amazon that’s delivering tomorrow. I also wrote a story about my depression and how I fell into depression. As well I’m going to find my usb and get back to correcting this story I started typing in high school when I was really into reading books. Gosh I never thought i can read so much but after high school I moved to Mississippi I still read but it slowly decreased now I felt like I completely lost myself. I use to read draw and write go for walks but social media has taking a toll onto me over the past 5 years it has really became bad.
4:10 I LOVE THIS THANK YOU
I turn my phone off for several hours every afternoon. I’m finding I look forward to being offline for a part of each day.
Quitting it yourself is so much better and actually does something but when someone else takes it away it causes mental health to deteriorate more
Facebook has been a distraction for me. I hardly use it now, specially when exams are around the corner. On the other hand, my addiction to r/medicalschool on reddit helped me (now it's a meme room-sadly) to find resources, plan schedules and even to seek answers for questions I had. Anyways, "Addiction" or a strong desire to visit social media is a problem - a student should't have.
1 day delete is a joke.
That's nothing.
Clearly nothing.
I'm doing social media detox now for 30 days but unfortunately it make me spend more time in youtube and viu now 😬
RUclips is considered social media
ME TOOOOOOO OMG I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
Fira Firdaus me too!!
I have a serious issue. I waste so many hours every day and it stops me from doing a lot of things..the issue is I have a business and I HAVE to log in and post to keep people engaged. So deleting the apps doesn’t help because if someone sends a message regarding my business then I’ll miss it
I have grown internal insecurities out of social media addiction. I have kicked all my social media apps today. cross fingers it'll work and make me more disciplined.
"I just wanna tweet"
Omg chingo bling killed it
I quit Facebook and it was one of the best decision ever. I now have a healthy amount of time to watch educational videos here in RUclips.
I've decided to quit most of social media as I had recently had faced a lot of resentment from the rejections of social media. I had wasted enough and I had decided to start anew when it's fit
thank you for the tips & feeling less alone with this.
absolutely love your graphics!
its my first day quitting instagram
its very hard not to redownload it from the app store
i feel anxious and theres this heavy feeling in my chest
the voice in the back of my head is going “what if this happened” “what if that happened” “what if someone needs you”
its really hard, hopefully ill be able to last one month at least
i doubt anybody will see this but 1 year later nd I'm trying again
I don't want to quit social media I just believe that its better that I am able to take breaks from it and actually focus my time on other things
Being not active on any social media platform.made me happy i feel better.no anxiety,depression loneliness.drama ,comparison competition..to others..I think my old self is back..and I'm so happy about my decission not to become active on social medial and fucos on important matter and fucos to my goal..😀😀😀
I deleted a lot of my social media apps because I didn't like the fact that when I followed or added the people I knew but didn't fully know they didn't talk to me in rea life. that made me angry and sad. It was also kind of my fault because I am not good at talking to people I barely know. I'm really glad I deleted these apps because I feel a lot happier and I don't get angry a lot anymore.
i seem to shift my addiction from my (now deleted) instagram account to youtube and netflix
Great tips, not as just madly saying “STOP SOCIAL MEDIA….”
But it gives practical tips
Too late, I quit Instagram and Facebook 3 months ago 😂.
Best decision.
Actually if you didn't know or already know you can offload applications instead of deleting them. However, to do this the smart way are making sure you log out of social media because sometimes it lets you log back in after recovering your app by installing them again.
i’m addicted to youtube, but i feel like i need it for work but use it a lot more as a distraction
I stopped using instagram and facebook about 2 months ago because I wanted to spend more time doing valuable things, guess what? I feel way better. If someday I'll have to use it for connecting with people I really know, then I might go back, but right now there are other forms of virtual contacting with people that allows me to use my time more intentionally. It has been great.
I really appreciate the practical tips you gave! I’ve cut down my morning Social use by adding morning pages journaling to my routine. It helps to check in why am I going on social? It might also work better for me to get on when I know I have an amount of time I can use it start to finish. Being interrupted while on makes the time even longer for me
I remember I quit TikTok completely and then after a month without using my phone I just got addicted to RUclips shorts
I personally believe people should quit 99% of social media apps entirely if:
a. the app is not absolutely necessary for you to communicate with someone.
b. you don't work in a job related to that social media.
c. the content brought up on that certain social media isn't educational or helpful.
That being said, I still believe social media is a great tool but ONLY when used right. It's a double edged sword, when it's used sparingly, it's a toolbox for your life, when it's used obsessively, it's just a weight dragging you down.
Social media makes me depressed.
I was addicted to Instagram (not to twitter or Facebook because I don't have those). I spent a lot of time in there instead of studying, so before my exams I deleted it at my dad's recommendation. I missed it a lot, and I tried to fill the void the time out of Instagram created with RUclips, for example, and ended up wasting even more time. Over the holidays I downloaded it again, and after that, I put on the new Instagram feature to control my daily usage. First I put it at a maximum of 35 minutes per day (a little but over what I hear is the maximum amount recommended), but shortly after I went down to 25 a day. Most days I don't even spend all that time in there, and I intend to limit my usage more and more, slowly. Now I don't feel the need to be all the time on Instagram, but when I completely deleted it, I did. So, personally, I agree that it's better to control than to delete, at least for the time being. Maybe, eventually, I won't even feel the need to be in Instagram at all, and deleting the app won't cause the "distress" it has caused me to do that before
The suitable approach differs from person to person. Some people have enough going on in their life that they can take a day off and learn to cut back and succeed. For others this is not a viable long term solution. If a heroin addict told you that he was going to take a day off heroin and then cut down a bit, you might reasonably feel sceptical about this being a sufficient remedy.
thank you for this. I really need this badly ❤ Great videos Med School Insiders! more power to you!
I'm not addicted to any social media but I'm constantly trying to find something that can distract me. Eventhough I have school works piling up! I'm just so overwhelmed everytime. What should I do?
Just start. Pick one thing from your pile and start.
@@malemaline Nah. It's not that easy. I found out there's more to it than what it seems.
another 100% on point video topic. thank you for your hard work and dedication! x
Um Snapchat & Twitter ain’t the problem for me (I just use these two!), the real problem is RUclips 😬
do u scroll through the comments a lot on YT
So in lockdown I have gotten so much addicted to instagram so I'm trying to get off it and my day 1 has started today!
I'm planning on doing a 10 day off thing so I'll keep updating daily 😚❤️
Day 2 😚😚 I'm feeling better but yesterday was really tough 😭😭 I'll try my best!
Been 4 days now n I feel much better with less anxiety! I do feel like opening instagram but I'm gonna be patient 👩❤️💋👩
Thanks for this vid. The tip about turning off notifications from social media apps got me thinking. Since I started using social media apps (Fb, IG, Twitter), I have never allowed notifications at all. Yet, I am constantly addicted to them (even without notifications compelling me). My friends, however, have notifications fully turned on (even like notifications on IG as you mentioned). For some reason they are way less addicted and can control their usage better.
So: is this just to do with me having lesser willpower? And if so, what exactly influences this willpower? You mentioned about dopamine. Could this be due to a difference in the concentration of dopamine receptors that we have?
I have a problem with seeing inappropriate things on my apps such as tiktok. What do you guys recommend to stop the urge of looking at that stuff? Because I hate it, it hurts me and my girl and just want to be better:/
Don't leave don't leave it should all be necessary the views should continue
I was never addicted to the social media platform to begin with because first I was kinda prohibited from them when I first got my phone and secondly, they're kinda boring for me. I mean now I do have Instagram and Twitter and I was addicted to Instagram at one point but it only lasted like a week or so bc I just hated how much time I can waste in that app.
But for *RUclips,* yeah that was where my addiction is and still is. I got addicted to my phone and RUclips the moment I got unlimited data. And I hate how I'm wasting time, precious time where I can be studying or finishing my art. And I feel energize when I want to do more stuff at school but when I get home, I get on my phone and waste hours away. I hate it. I tried not going on RUclips for a while and that was the worst but I'm going to try this because last year of high school, I want to end strong and I don't want this to distracted me in college. Thank you for the advice.
As someone who regularly checks his phone I find just turning the phone completely off helps significantly! However a question for Dr.Jubbal How would you advise students to regulate their social media consumption ? The programs and apps suggested are great in stopping you from going on the app, but how do we integrate into a balanced lifestyle where social media isnt something we constantly check all the time regardless of if we are working or not but as a tool? Like do you advise having a designated daily set time ? thanks great vid as always
I think you answered your own question. Probably writing out a schedule of what you do in the day even the little things such as eating can help you see where you could fit in social media use.
This is much simpler than that. Sure, you can challenge yourself to control the use of social media. But it's simpler to not use them at all. The same goes with eating carbs, drinking alcohol, etc. Much simpler to avoid detrimental behaviour than trying to control it.
You need carbs to live
detrimental is to generalize all carbs
there’s a huge difference between a donut and a banana or whole grains
Lol that social media IV line tho 0:28 😂😂😂😂😂
Very useful video Dr Jubbal !
Wow I have so much things to say.
So, I’m addicted to social media specifically RUclips. I deleted all the aps from my phone at the end of December (Instagram, Twitter, RUclips, Snapchat and I never had Facebook). But obviously an addicted person always finds a way and so did I. Over Google I went to RUclips page and that’s how I watched all videos. For some weird reason I was already logged in so I could comment, like and dislike but I couldn’t reply or watch videos and read comments at the same time. I don’t get any notifications because it’s not an app. I tried setting my phone on screen time and the only thing I do is press Ignore and than Remaind me in 15 minutes. After those 15 minutes I do the same thing. Sometimes I end up watching the stupidest videos because I just want something to distract me from my school work and that’s the way it helps me the most. But what ends up happening is that I stay for waaaayy to long and I don’t do the things I planed to do and than I’m disappointed at myself. I tried putting it as far away from me as possible but it doesn’t work because I need it for my school work. So yeah, if anybody knows any other way I’d very much like to know.
legit I keep going on Snapchat for every second logging in to see if anyone has replied, my mum said to take a break from Snapchat for a month and you might feel better. Honestly did not believe her, so she hid my phone ( iPhone 7 plus) and she and my dad have a Nokia ( lol), she told me she would give it back after a month so I did some artwork and school study for a month and youtube kept me from boredom. Got my phone legit no friends texting me to see if I'm okay and where I've disappeared so I've realised there is no point to stay for these people so I'm of it for good and I feel awesome. I would recommend it life-changing!!!
until they saw me in town and wanted to smack me
I’m about to delete all of my apps. Thank you!
Dont scroll and just post when needed, that's what I do. I also don't have them in my phone only in my dekstop
I agree with this and the tips do work!
people watching this with 203023940 videos on the youtube queue: "oh yes, gonna apply that, just wait 4 hours"