Social media depression

There are powerful and negative emotions that social media easily generates:  anxiety, jealousy, stress, pressure, dislike, and loneliness.

Some people call it social media OCD. This is not your typical obsessive compulsive disorder, but in a way, it feels like it. Teens feel the urge to constantly check their social media for updates. This takes away from other things they could or should be doing.

Teens feel neglect after a long day of not hearing from anyone on social media. They feel left out after seeing their three best friends hanging out wondering why they missed an invite. Teens overshare about their lives, and it causes them to lose jobs, relationships and other such things just because they want everyone to know what they were doing last night.  The riskier the behavior, the better.  Underage drinking, promiscuity, breaking the law–in the past, these were not things teens broadcast, but in today’s social media driven society, the worse the behavior, the more teens brag about it.  Teens can feel heartbreak from finding photos of their exes on the first date with the replacement boyfriend/girlfriend. No matter what is happening, teens have an emotion for everything that is being shared, posted and said through social media. Stop caring; stop obsessing about him or her. Start caring about you and what life has to offer you. Those Instagram posts or tweets are not going to change your life, but you know who will? You will. You are the face of your future. Why let social media create so much drama and agony in your life?  Break the cycle.  Step out from behind the screen, and live life in the real world, in the here and now.