{"id":10265,"date":"2021-08-21T11:17:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T11:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=199185"},"modified":"2021-08-21T14:38:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T14:38:44","slug":"selena-gomez-social-media","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/selena-gomez-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez Has The Best Advice For Protecting Your Mental Health When Navigating Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_199187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199187\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-199187\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1315937082.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-199187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA: In this image released on May 2, Selena Gomez attends the Global Citizen VAX LIVE: The Concert To Reunite The World at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Global Citizen VAX LIVE: The Concert To Reunite The World will be broadcast on May 8, 2021. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Global Citizen VAX LIVE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/selena-gomez-hulu-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Selena Gomez<\/a> has opened up about how her relationship with social media has impacted her mental health. In a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a37319287\/selena-gomez-interview-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a>, the star revealed that putting some distance between herself and her social media apps has helped to improve her mindset over the last few years.<\/p>\n<p>Gomez \u2013 who was once the most followed person on Instagram \u2013 revealed that after struggling to cope with the barrage of negative comments she received each day, she made the decision in 2017 to hand over her accounts to her assistant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t have it [social media] on my phone, so there&#8217;s no temptation. I suddenly had to learn how to be with myself,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;That was annoying, because in the past, I could spend hours looking at other people&#8217;s lives. 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