I have a love-hate relationship with social media, mostly FB and its unfair politics and methods, and i've considered many times the idea of quitting. The "problem" is that by doing so, i might lost contact with the few people i often talk to. I also run a couple of FB pages and i get to interact with a few people who like my content, so that kind of makes me feel "useful" or "good", idk...
Looking for opinions i found some videos and articles about how social media can be a factor to depression, anxiety and overall low self-steem, cause usually we're looking for "acceptance", likes, and also we see other people posting about their "succesful" lives, goals and relationships (wheter that's true or not) and unconsciouslly we compare our own situation with theirs, and we feel like we're failing, empty, not good enough or simply falling behind compared to the people we follow.
Not sure as to what extent this applies to myself, i rarely see my friends posting their achievements or personal life, but i have no doubt a lot of people actually go throught stress and frustation by seeing others posting whatever they bought or where they traveled to... do you guys think social media has become counterproductive for our lives and mental health?
Looking for opinions i found some videos and articles about how social media can be a factor to depression, anxiety and overall low self-steem, cause usually we're looking for "acceptance", likes, and also we see other people posting about their "succesful" lives, goals and relationships (wheter that's true or not) and unconsciouslly we compare our own situation with theirs, and we feel like we're failing, empty, not good enough or simply falling behind compared to the people we follow.
Not sure as to what extent this applies to myself, i rarely see my friends posting their achievements or personal life, but i have no doubt a lot of people actually go throught stress and frustation by seeing others posting whatever they bought or where they traveled to... do you guys think social media has become counterproductive for our lives and mental health?