Delete Instagram Now- Before It’s Too Late

“The more we seek approval on social media, the more we lose touch with our true selves. Authenticity is sacrificed for likes and popularity.” — Cindy Chupack

Chances are if you clicked on this article, you’ve been wondering if you should delete Instagram for a while now, so take this as a sign to do it once and for all.

Take that step forward and do what you know you have to do.

The rest of this article goes into WHY you should delete it which is vital to making sure it stays off your phone for good.

The Unfair War

Instagram is like a stealthy undercover assassin that infiltrates our life to quietly aim at our mental health.

Behind the pretty pictures and funny content lies its deadliest weapon, comparison, which is used to slowly erode our self-esteem and happiness.

Each scroll is like a silent bullet, penetrating the armor of confidence, which allows our self-worth to bleed out over time.

This seemingly harmless app subtly attacks with one post at a time, until the war between our mental health and its insidious influence rises to the surface.

And with their weapons only getting stronger,

Will you keep fighting this war, or is it time to call for peace?

The Battle We Can’t Win

What once was an app meant to store our pictures publicly and use cool filters has now turned into a weapon used in a battle against our mental health.

The battle is seemingly one of the most unfair battles in all of history, considering that it is normal people vs. the top behavior psychologists in the world striving to hold and maintain your attention.

When Instagram first came out, the premise was simple and no true affect could be found on our mental health.

Yet, over time Instagram became a place for us to post our “best lives” leading to everyone comparing their normal life to other people’s best life, which made them feel like their life was poor and unfulfilling.

The Instagram overlords became aware of this issue, but instead of working to fix this, they strived to make it even worse so people would stay on the app.

Additions like infinite reels, stories, and multiple posts amplified this constant comparison by making us stay on the apps longer and longer while it fills you up with anxiety, low self-worth, and depression.

I know correlation doesn’t always equal causation, but take a look around the world right now.

Almost everyone seems to struggle with being their authentic selves.

Anxiety/ Depression have become the new pandemics

Having healthy self-esteem is now rarer than diamonds.

We are losing this battle.

And the longer we stay in it, the more powerful these apps will become

This constant battle that everyone is going through is not one that we can simply “win”, unless we withdraw ourselves from the battle itself.

My Battle

I’m a part of gen-z, meaning that I was one of the first test subjects for smartphones/ social media apps.

I downloaded Instagram when it first came out, and loved the app.

I posted silly pictures of myself, trying filters out on my pizza, “artsy” photos of the sky.

As time went on, I became more and more hooked.

Every single day I had between 2–4 hours on Instagram alone.

Looking back on it, I can’t believe it. But then, I had no true awareness of what it was doing to me. I hardly noticed the time sucked out of my real life and into my addiction.

More and more hours were spent on it, with less and less joy in my life. My mental health was going down the drain.

I was seventeen comparing myself to everyone and everything, and that comparison battle was one I lost every time.

People's vacations, fun nights out, amazing selfies, all were things that looked so much better than me in my dark room lying in my bed.

And they were, others were doing these things but all I was doing was gazing at their supposed happiness through a screen.

It was awful.

I tried deleting the app multiple times, but it always came back like a bad rash.

I even began a social media business on it myself, which was the time I’ve felt the worst internally.

I knew I had to make a change, so the end of last year I quit the business and decided to delete the app.

Going on six weeks strong now, and I kid you not I have never felt better.

I am living my amazing life at my own pace, and not wasting any more time worrying about how much better others life is.

I hope that if you’re reading this, I hope you will join me on this journey towards personal freedom and true peace of mind.

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