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How Does Social Media Affect Mental Health
Does social media impact mental health

Does social media affect mental health? If it does exist how does it affect your health and what age groups does social media effect? I have become interested in social media, it says it connects everyone and brings them closer. In reality, I think it separates us more. Everyone is always comparing themselves to other people and celebrities. It just gives so much unrealistic expectations that we can never reach. I'm planning on interviewing some of my friends and some random people on campus, about what they think. As well read as many sources and use my opinion on the subject.

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The difference is some people post all their good moments so it seems like they are always happy and having a good time.

In the article Online Social Networking and Mental Health by Igor Pantic, (Paragraph 12) states

"One of the reasons why time spent on SNS (social network sites) may be associated with often wrong) impression of the physical and personality traits of other users. This may moral and integrity. Recently, Chou and Edge published an article about the potential undergraduate students of at a State University in Utah reported that Facebook use is “life is not fair.” "

I believe these statements to be true. how many times has any teen ager gone on to any social media app and thought I wish I was him/her I wish I was that rich or that popular or I wish I got that many likes, All this Comparing leads to unhappiness

Next I'm going to talk about how social media can lead to self-esteem problems its related with the same ideas as the first point but I'm going to further explain it in these next
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