«Social media seriously harms your mental health»
All of you for sure saw a phone case with such an inscription. The case is made by Urban Sophistication and has taken off as an accessory for young generation.
And today, we want talk about the ways how social media negatively affects our mental health.
People have always been looking for ways to connect and network with each other, today the best way is social media. Of course, this platform has a lot of pros: you can messaging on different sites can lead to face to face interaction; also it is very easy to educate from others who are experts and professionals via the social media.
But, there are many disadvantages of social media, which affects our philosophical health:
1. Stress
People use social media to vent about everything from customer service to politics, but the downside to this is that our feeds often resemble an endless stream of stress.
2. Mood
A good or bad mood may also spread between people on social media, according to researchers from the University of California, who assessed the emotional content of over a billion status updates from more than 100 million Facebook users.
3. Sleep
Humans used to spend their evenings in darkness, but now we’re surrounded by artificial lighting all day and night. Research has found that this can inhibit the body’s production of the hormone melatonin, which facilitates sleep – and blue light, which is emitted by smartphone and laptop screens, is said to be the worst culprit.
4. Addiction
It usually refers to compulsive behavior that leads to negative effects. In most addictions, people feel compelled to do certain activities so often that they become a harmful habit, which then interferes with other important activities such as work or school.
