Social media always brings me all kinds of negative emotions: anxiety, addiction, anger…

More importantly, my time slips away among endless short videos.

So I made up my mind to quit social media. I can’t say I’ve completely succeeded yet, but I’ve already seen some progress.

The most immediate result: my life has become much more relaxed. :)

00:00 I want to talk about social media

00:40 Why quitting social media is difficult

04:15 I uninstalled almost all social media apps, only kept WeChat

06:07 The most direct benefits after quitting

06:43 Deeper changes: less anxiety, smaller emotional ups and downs, etc.

10:42 Xiaohongshu’s particular impact and reflections; social media also has benefits. So what’s the key?

社交媒体总是给我带来各种各样负面的情绪：焦虑、上瘾、愤怒……

更重要的是，时间流失在了各种短视频之间。

所以我下定决心，想要戒掉社交媒体。目前虽然不能说完全成功了，但是已经小有成效。

最直接的一个结果：我的生活变得更轻松了:)

00:00 想聊聊社交媒体

00:40 戒掉社交媒体的难点

04:15 卸载几乎所有社交App，只留微信

06:07 戒断后的直接好处

06:43 更深层的变化：焦虑减少、情绪起伏变小，等等

10:42 小红书的特殊影响与反思；社交媒体也有好处。那关键是什么？

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