Lots of social media use and, in general, negative media exposure can harm mental health.
In fact, not can, but does.
Constantly focusing on negative news and information can increase anxiety and depression.
Judith Orloff
Not that I trust The Experts™ anymore, but some studies have shown that constantly scrolling through negative news increases stress, anxiety, and depression—which, on its face, seems fairly obvious.
Facebook’s ‘reels’ (or whatever it’s called) creates a weird kind of FOMO—it sucks you in and you end up scrolling endlessly.
The trick is to simply ignore it.
Put down your phone.
Stop being a consumer of fear.
Social media is a cesspool of humanity’s worst tendencies.
Jaron Lanier
Your mental wellbeing will improve. Your mood will be better. You will end up not caring about FOMO.
Basically, life will be good.
Too much stress weakens physical health too, increases inflammation, and increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and depression.
Limiting media intake will lower your blood pressure and cortisol.
Are you seeing the pattern yet?
A media diet of hostility, blame, confrontation and violence corrodes your civic outlook.
Mark Gerzon
