Discussion Social media & mental health

[lonergirl_26]

Do you think social media has an effect on people's mental wellbeing?

Do you think social media has an influence on the amount of people ctb?

(I'm mean in a Japanese suicide craze 2008 kind of way)

 

[MatrixPrisoner]

Society is cooked.

"I'm A Teacher, And I See This Too Often": People Are Sharing The Toxic Trends They're Already Noticing With Gen A

"I teach young kids (Gen Alpha), and I've noticed that many of them can't do this in school without falling to pieces."

www.yahoo.com

 

[idhayam]

I think so. Social media collates what it thinks is your personal interest and shoves everything related to it to you. If they think suicidal posts will keep you active, I don't see why they wouldn't just give you suicidal interests. But this is about the "echo chamber", and anxiety from news delivered in social media (such as that USA or the world is doomed from the Trump election) could tip you off…?

 

[VoidBlessed]

Absolutely. Social media has so many negative effects, like convincing you to constantly compare yourself to others, chase outwards appearances rather than inner satisfaction, develop addiction to others' attention and approval, and the way algorithms shuttle you into rabbit holes without you ever noticing. It warps your perception of yourself and society and is in no way a force for good. And ultimately the purpose of platforms like facebook or instagram that cause so much harm is so banal and boring as selling more ads.

 

[savory]

YES

 

[uselessflesh]

currently on a social media detox besides posting art on occasion and i still want to die but at least i don't have to see what my mutuals are posting to make me feel worse. so yeah in some aspects definitely.