Title: 7 Ways Social Media is Making You Depressed | Social Media Overload | Ways Social Media Makes You Miserable - Beliefnet
Headings: 7 Ways Social Media is Making You Depressed
7 Ways Social Media is Making You Depressed
Glamour Shots vs. Daily Grind
Overstimulation
Distraction
Negativity
Unwanted Attention
Aches and Pains
Isolation
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Content: Fewer accomplishments reduced interpersonal interaction, and a permanent sense that we simply don’t have any time. But that sense changes when we stop saying “we don’t have the time” to things like fitness and socializing and education, and start relating to ourselves a truer statement—“it’s not a priority”. Using the latter statement, rather than the former, we show ourselves where our priorities lie—and if they most lie in mere distractions, perhaps it’s time to re-think our daily routine. Negativity
Negativity
Social media is a breeding ground for arguments, fake news, and agenda-driven monologues that make many users’ blood boil on a daily basis, especially during particularly divisive times like presidential election years and after major tragedies. And so it might make sense that negativity can spread through social media like the flu, infecting everyone it comes into contact with, while they, in turn, infect others. Facebook, itself, proved the contagious nature of social media negativity in a decidedly creepy experiment. Facebook manually tweaked what appeared in a group of 689,003 users’ newsfeeds, bringing up more negative subjects. Soon enough, these users became more negative in their posts, as did their friends. Repeated exposure to this negativity can make it feel like you’re living in a bubble of rage, hatred, and chaos, which can lead to depression over time. Make a habit of taking a step back every now and then in order to immerse yourself in positivity, and you’ll avoid catching the worst of the social media diseases.