HOW SOCIAL MEDIA IS MAKING YOU DEPRESSED?
Social media platforms were invented so that we could connect with people. But today, if we see, there are lots of disadvantages to these social sites. The most popular social media platforms are Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat, WhatsApp, etc.
We humans are social animals; we can survive without food but cannot survive without chattering. The first social site was Six degree, launched in 1997. At that time, people only used it for talk, but as the era changed, new sites came, making children addicted.
One after another, new sites launched, making communication easier. Companies earn lots of money by making people addicted to their sites. It was made for entertainment and communication, but when did it turn into an addiction? No one knows.
There was a time when I also got addicted to social media. My friends used to ask why I was online all the time. And one day, I finally realized they were correct about me. I realizes it at the right time, but not everyone does.
We want our youth to be intelligent, creative, and hardworking, but these sites are making them addictive. Today’s youth are destroying themselves through the use of Facebook, Instagram, and video games.
In India, if you complain about your health to your mom, her answer will
“ Aur Chalao Phone”. Lastly, give you warning saying I’ll burn your phone if you continue using it.
The reasons why it’s said that social media make you depressed are :
COMPARISON :
Wow, she is having so much in the mountain. She has got the perfect family. She is so fit and hot. These are the types of things we say when we pictures of people enjoying themselves.
Always remember that what we see on social media is not a complete truth. We only see happy moments, but we do not see the struggle they had before that.
The more we compare ourselves, the more we ruin our mental health. Even if you are having good time , comparison will make you feel like you have nothing good in your life.
Stop comparing your life to other’s because you’ll never know what they ae going through in reality.
ADDICTION :
Addiction is not good for anything, whether it’s to alcohol or social media. We use it so often that we get addicted to it.
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When it come to social media, we get bored. We use it. Five minutes later, we stopped it. Then we use it again. When we do this continuously, we forget our important work and regret it later.
The more we use these sites, the more we are making ourselves depressed. The reason why people are depressed is that, rather than sleeping, they chat or scroll all night.
FOMO :
This trendy word means fear of missing out, but why this fear?
Today’s youth wants to see every trend going on social media, which leads to FOMO. What if we miss her photo? Or what if my crush texted me but I forgot to see?
When we use social sites often, we get in the habit of checking it again and again. We fear that maybe we’ll miss something if we don’t check regularly.
MEAN COMMENTS :
A mean comment has no effect on the writer, but it can be depressing for the reader.
Some people, even if they are busy, still get time to write mean comments and upset someone. But why?
The reason why people write mean comment is that they are either angry on someone or jealous of them.
We all know that world is full of good and bad people. If you open social media, it will make you feel all the bad people are in this comment section.
Using less social media will give you less anxiety which you get from reading these mean comments.
FILTER :
There’s nothing wrong with using a beauty filter until you start feeling like you don’t look attractive in real life.
When you open social media, you’ll see beauty, even in their bad times. But the reality is that they just use different filters to look pretty all the time to hide their flaws.
No one is perfect in this world. Everyone has flaws, it’s just that they don’t show them to the world for views.
SPREAD LOVE WORLD IS FULL OF NEGATIVE PEOPLE
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