It's sad that you need to do this to feel calm. Technology is an every day part of the 21st century and learning to live with it , not running away from it is a far healthier approach.

Not sure how yo removed Safari since it's not one of the removable apps, but if you really want this why not replace that old iPhone 4 with an actual dumb phone, wouldn't that be the smarter thing to do?

All of your points are kind of sad, if you don't like reading stuff on a small screen, either don't, or get a phone with a bigger screen - removing the email app was the wrong solution. As for the comment about "forced to get around the city", well.. again just the dumbest thing I've heard in a long while.

I have the youtube app but I seldom use it. I seem to manage just fine with it on my phone and not opening it.