Are there more mental illness now vs. before Social media was discovered? — TheQuestion
I was exploring the features of my uncle's smartphone and happened to come across Digital Wellbeing! Anyone know what that means? — TheMadFool
Is social media making society more mentally ill?
Are there more mental illness now vs. before Social media was discovered? — TheQuestion
Just over all be more interactive with the world — TheQuestion
I'm not sure you could demonstrate a causal connection between the two. — Tom Storm
Take for example school shooting and suicide rates. If we were able to take a census from 1920 to 1980 and a census of 1990 to now it would probably be a very frightening revelation. — TheQuestion
But the point is, you can't tell from such a changewhat is responsible for that change. So many things have changed since 1990 how would you establish it is social media and not, say, inadequate education; secularism; loss of meaning, junk food, movies, etc? — Tom Storm
It's certainly fashionable to make this claim about social media. And it could be true but how would we know? Oops, back here again. — Tom Storm
Psychoanalysis — Tom Storm
I mean the psychoanalysis of shooters and what motivated them to act on those impulses. — TheQuestion
I am simply trying to get another perspective. — TheQuestion
you can see which apps and websites you use most, and set daily limits.
is pretty much a babysitter app to make sure you don't over do it. — TheQuestion
An quick, offhand answer: It depends on how one uses them, if one is gullible or sophisticated, if one has sound judgment and in general, on how one deals with information.Is Social Media bad for your Mental Health? — TheQuestion
Now the focus is passed from the individual (which actually is the subject!) to the society.Is social media making society more mentally ill? — TheQuestion
But yes, since most people in general make bad use of it then yes I think mental illnesses have been seriously increased at the Social Media Era. And I m afraid that it will get much much worse at the near future. — dimosthenis9
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