Top Effects Of Social Media To Our Mental Health That You Should Know
Here are some of the possible impact and effects of using the social media to our psychological health and mental well-being.
The social media is one of the most powerful tools in communicating with our family, friends, and loved ones.
Some people are using the social media during their leisure time while some are using it to gain instant fame and popularity in the online community.
Recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics has warned about the potential negative effects of the social media to our mental health.
- Addiction
The authors of a review student from Nottingham Trent University conclude that people suffering from neglect of personal life, mental preoccupation, escapism, mood modifying experiences, and tolerance are signs of social media addiction.
- Triggers Sadness Lessens Well-Being
Another study shows that social media was linked to social isolation through spending more time on websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Vine, Snapchat and Reddit rather than enhancing well-being.
- Comparing Your lives With Others
Any kind of comparison in the social media in linked to depressive symptoms such as having a feeling of another person has it better than you.
- Leads To Jealousy & Vicious Cycle
The social media comparison usually leads to jealousy after seeing other people’s lives and looking at it better than yours. It was also linked to feeling envy and depressed.
- Causes Delusions
According to some studies, people who use Facebook think that they’d feel better after scrolling on their newsfeeds but they actually get worse.
- Having More Friends Online Doesn’t Mean You Have Better Social Life
A virtual friend online doesn’t have a therapeutic effect compared to real friends, which requires social interaction.
Social media is a great communication tool and has a lot of benefits if we use it in a proper way but spending most of our time on it negatively affects our mental health.