Addiction affects how we live our daily life. It may derail us from working or studying as required and even steal our social life.
Social media is like a drug. The same way alcohol and nicotine release dopamine hormones that makes us feel good, social media has the same effect. Therefore, the more time one spends in social media leads to addiction.
People forgot how to connect with the real world modern age cannot hold a five minute conversation while on a date or dinner or function without looking at their phones every now and then. This is because of social media notifications that keep popping up. We have lost touch with the real world since we spend a lot of time is the internet world.
Social Media stalking to see if your ex’s life is miserable or happier without you, that is obsession. This can turn out to be a harmful activity that can hinder one from getting over and moving on with life to better stuff that the future holds.
Social media may lead to depression and anxiety as a person might keep checking how his/her post is ‘performing’. If the performance is below their expectations, one’s self esteem might drop or make them go to great lengths to fake it so as to gain more reactions.
When one reduces the number of posts, pictures and amount of time they use on social media, they achieve a mental health break, which has a lot of effect on one’s mental health.
Staying away from social media gives one time to heal and get over a painful past. Dealing with such emotions directly secures your chances of self-improvement.