Anyone else always delete things out of their lives?

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I deleted all my social media. This was years ago and I’m mostly ok with it.

But, I delete things that I’m afraid of. I play an online game and feel anxious or paranoid I delete it. I delete discord servers only to re-join them the next day. I had a whole YouTube series on schizophrenia that I deleted because of one comment that made me paranoid. Constantly questioning people’s motives, and deleting them out of my life. It feels terrible and I often regret it. But so does the anxiety and paranoia. Anyone else?

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I just keep them open to watch others and not post anything myself

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Maybe you should turn comments off on your youtube videos. Just let people watch and not comment?

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Maybe I should. I try to just get over the feelings of paranoia and anxiety but they always creep back. I’m pretty stable but this is still a big problem for me. Maybe I should respect my symptoms more and try and find some middle ground. I’m tired of being black and white about everything. Delete or not. Trust or no trust etc. I’m obsessive compulsive. This is really bothering me right now

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Your videos are great. Don’t worry what others say.

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Thank you, that means a lot to me

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Yes. I deleted all social media, started some up again and then deleted them again. Things like facebook make me paranoid. I also deleted Whatsapp recently because i got scared, to the annoyance of everyone i know, and i tried to delete this website - but they didnt listen. :wink: Oh and i tried to get rid of all Google stuff, but that is hard.

I also used to break off contact with certain people, but that goes better now.

It is a bit of a hassle.

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I’m pretty stable but sometimes I get a little paranoid online and take things the wrong way. I’ve called out people on here before because I thought they were stalking me and commenting on my stuff. I ended up just finding out it was my insecurities and a little paranoia.

Paranoia is a cruel master. Don’t let it run your life. It’s ok to have social outlets. Even negative things aren’t that bad but paranoia makes it something else!

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You and I are a lot alike in that regard. I’m glad things are better with people. And this website is anonymous and helpful! Don’t delete it please! <3

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I hate paranoia, it’s terrible. Thank you. You are right, just because it maybe feels bad doesn’t necessarily mean it is bad, and that can just be the paranoia talking.

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Most of the people who has mental illness has problem with social media. İ think it s part of the disease itself.

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I’m always finding something to purge. Whether it be physical or not. I don’t like “stuff.” The last thing I could be is a hoarder. With the internet, just about everything has something to log into, somehow or another. Most recent and largest tech-related thing I purged was incoming TV. Convinced my wife, we cut the cord, and now we have no cable TV, Netflix/whatever, and bonus! We’re spending more time together, she’s more active, and we’re saving money and have less bills/autopayments to track.

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I burned my SIM card on my phone because I thought people were trying to steal my numbers to talk ■■■■ about me to my friends.

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Many years ago I used to go to ballet lessons. I started when I was 6 years old. But I stopped going when I was 12, because voices started to tell me that my teacher wanted to kidnap me. I became so paranoid and I deleted ballet out of my life.

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