Media has created a new way for humans to think, admire, explore the world. Media used to design and frame humans psyche in a new style. Man has developed media but now media is controlling human minds. we all are aware of the importance of media but unfortunately, most people don’t know about its harmfulness, that how media is a cause of physical as well as mental illness. Some people use media so excessively, but that habit is causing Soo many problems for us.
As a confronting population of the present era, the younger generation is experiencing an embryonic stage of life and is at higher risk of serious mental health problems. Mostly younger generation of present era is acting as an affinity towards the problems of mental health. The present perilous situation requires more understanding to know relation between social and mental health problems is just kickoff point. Exploring and understanding the means with the help of which social media is affecting mental health of present generation is a succeeding step that can illuminate the connections which are at play among these variables of young generation.
Norms and values Now as we are much involved in social media we are becoming so aggressive, emotional and in some cases, we are getting too emotionless. We should know the limitations of using social media. We should use it as a need, not as an addiction. We can use it as a way of entertainment in life but shouldn’t as life. We are forgetting our social, cultural, and religious values in our lives. We have no family time no real friends in life. We all are in the race for seeking fame and be more social. When you are involved in too much watching violation on your screen every time in the form of video games, movies or dramas, and similar posts that you are watching continuously, this can cause similar behavior in your practical life and can destroy your mental health.
Sitting disease health expert says that sitting is the new smoking (unhealthy). Given the number of diseases to which sitting is linked and the numbers of people it apparently kills every year, sitting is one of the worst things we can do for health: mindlessly scrolling through our social media feeds when we have a few spare minutes (or even for hours). And as we probably know intuitively and as the research is confirming, it’s not the best habit when it comes to our collective psychology. The American Academy of Pediatrics has warned about the potential for negative effects of social media in young and teens as well, including, “cyberbullying” and “Facebook depression”. But the same risks may be true for adults, across generations.
It’s addictive like other types of behavioral addictions, using social media can influence our brain harmfully. You may use social media compulsively and excessively.
“Excess of everything is worst”.
Not everyone who uses social media will develop an addiction. Since this activity is becoming more accessible, more people develop an addiction to social media at some point in their lives. While using social media can seem like mindless and relaxing fun, it actually has a significant effect on our brain. The more you engage, the more your brain will tell you that this is an activity that can help reduce loneliness. When we are using media we are not alone. While social media first started as a way to connect with friends and family, it’s since evolved into a coveted hobby used by all age groups.
We may enjoy social media and use it on a daily basis, but think are you “addicted” to it? There’s no such thing as an official diagnosis of “social media addiction”. But social media overuse is increasingly commonplace today, and it may have some serious repercussions on your physical and mental health.
Cause of sadness: It triggers more sadness, less well-being. The more we use social media, the less happy we seem to be in practical life. In fact, a study found that social media use is linked to greater feelings of social isolation. The team looked at how much People used social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Vine, Snapchat, and Reedit and correlated this with their “perceived social isolation”. Not surprisingly, it turned out that the more time people spent on these sites, the more socially isolated they perceived themselves to be. And perceived social isolation is one of the worst things for us, mentally and physically.
Comparing your lives with others is mentally or heartily part of the reason Facebook makes people feel socially isolated(even though they may not actually be) is the comparison factor. We fall into trap of comparing ourselves to others as scroll through our feeds and make judgments about how we measure up. One study looked at how we make comparisons to others posts, in “upward” or “downward” directions that are feeling that we’re either better or worse off than other friends, it turned out that both types of comparisons made people feel worse, which is surprising since, in real life, only upward comparison (feeling another person has it better than you) makes people feel bad. But in the social network world, it seems that any kind of comparison is linked to the depression factors.
It can lead to jealousy and a vicious cycle
We get caught in the delusion of thinking it will help, one of the studies looked at how people feel after using Facebook and how they think they’ll feel going in. Like other studies suggested, the participants in this one almost always felt worse after using it, compared to people engaging in other studies. But follow-up experiments showed that people generally believed that they’d feel better after using, not worse. Which of course turns out to be the case at all, and sounds a lot like the pattern in other types of addiction.
More friends on social media don’t mean you’re more social a study found that more friends on social media don’t necessarily mean you have a better social life-there seems to be a cap on the number of friends a person’s brain can handle, and it takes actual social interaction (not virtual)To keep up these friendships. so feeling like you’re being social by being on Facebook doesn’t work. since loneliness is linked to myriad health and mental health problems, getting real social support is important virtual friend time doesn’t have the therapeutic effect of time with real friends.
Final words
All of this is not to say that there is no benefit to social media. obviously, it keeps us connected across great distances, and helps us to find people we lost touch with years ago. but getting on social when you have some time to kill, worse, need an emotional lift is very likely a bad idea. And studies have found that taking a break from Facebook helps boost psychological well-being. If you are feeling brave try taking a break, and see how it goes. And if you’re going to keep “using” then at least try to use it in moderation.
