The facts on social media and depression
- Social media has never been more popular, with more than half of the world population active on these networking sites that roll out nonstop news, much negative
- The lancet study found that people who check facebook late at night were more likely to feel depressed an unhappy.
- A 2018 University of Pennsylvania study found that the less time people spend on social media, the less symptoms of depression and loneliness they felt.
- Who felt envy while on the networking site were more likely to develop symptoms of depression. A 2015 study found that Facebook users.
Limiting your time on social media and prioritizing one's real-world connections can be benificial to mental health.
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