Hello everyone and welcome back to another post. I would like to share yet another self-development post. And talk about something important. Some of already been through this and I understand what it means to have. I will be explaining every in this post, as much as I can. About the question “Can social media cause anxiety”.
My main goal in this post is to share ways to deal with the causes of social media. And It’s going to be from experience from the past. But if you dig deep, you will also find studies about cases. Because I’m not the only one dealing with media anxiety
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Can social media cause anxiety, ways to deal with it?
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Let’s talk a little bit about social media anxiety and whether or not is accurate. Because some people don’t spend so much time browsing or having a social online. Back in the days when I had a lot of friends using Facebook and chatting for hours.
Now, you can find many social media such as Instagram, Snapchat, and even Twitter. These can create negative stuff such as depression and worry. And sometimes it can get worse if the person is not careful and paying attention.
Q: Does social media affect our mental health?
A: The answer is simply, YES. There are a lot of cases happening from being on social media where you would stress or be depressed from something. That’s because the people talking to you through these social media platforms are real.
Among all the users who use social media, you might stumble upon some people who would impact your life negatively. Which can cause mental health issues. Maybe create some kind of disorder. Therefore, I highly recommend that you be careful about that.
Ways social media cause mental health issues:
- Through chatting with others on social media
- Comments from negative people
- Reading some fake news on social media
- Being part of communities that have negative people
I’m sure there are a lot of ways people can get mental health issues. But these are some of the main ways. For me, it was through chatting with online friends that gave me social anxiety. And I had to learn how to deal with it. So, I want to share that with you in this post. Let’s find the answer to the question “Can social media cause anxiety?”
Q: Can social media cause anxiety?
A: I think some people already know this, but the answer is yes. You can get anxiety from social media and through the ways, I just mentioned above. Maybe different ways that I didn’t mention. Make sure to be careful and avoid it.
One of my friends had a strong negative effect and was in an anxiety depression situation for a while. When we talked on the phone, she explained to me everything. I had to call her because she left social media for a long time trying to recover.
If I learned something from being on social media. Anything can happen. Who knows that you can get a date from Twitter lol. I was surprised when I knew that, but it is possible and some friends tried it as well.
However, we need to be careful about social media use. Stay away from people who want to have a negative impact on your life. And make you worry about more stuff than you already have from real-life things.
Believe it or not, media use has some symptoms that can determine if you have social media anxiety. Well, I will mention some of them.
Social media anxiety symptoms:
- Being so distracted by social media
- Worrying more about things happening on social media
- Prefer to stay away from friends and family to be on social media
- Overthinking about social media stuff
- Lack of concentration on other important tasks due to things happening on social media
I would go on longer about the symptoms and they are all not good. Make our life more difficult to enjoy. You will be wasting hours in a situation that you don’t need to be in. So, I highly recommend that you be careful and avoid the negative side of social media.
Q: Can you find good people on social media?
A: You know you have to ask this question if you are not on social media a lot. And the answer is of course. You just need to pay attention and be careful. I’ve met a lot of friends and now they are best friends from social media. Spend time learning about each other more. Take it to the next level and call, don’t just chat.
Ways to deal with social media anxiety
Well, I talked about some questions like “Can social media cause anxiety?” and mentioned some important information. But now I want to share with you the secret anxiety disorders and causes which you might get among others. How to enjoy being on social media and make good friends.
Something you should know is that following these ways can take time. Especially, if you’re doing it for the first time to start doing them. It took me a while to master them. Humans can have a difficult time changing or letting go. Trust me, I learned this the hard way. My best friend also suffered from it as well.
Whatever you do, make sure to stay consistent and don’t give up. Because how social media can impact your life is very important. It can damage other things. For example, if you are a business owner or at work as an employee.
Practice not taking things too seriously on social media
The first thing that I will HIGHLY recommend is not taking things too seriously. I’ve had a whole group as friends. And the only reason we enjoy our friendship is that we didn’t take things seriously at all. We had fun and so many good memories.
Whether you are using social media to make friends or engage with others. Since there are different reasons for media use. This is very important for any reason you would have. Because it will level up and impact your real life.
It’s something I always inform my friends too. Well, to be honest, I was one of these people who spent too many hours on social media. But I knew that I don’t take anything from social media too seriously.
Even if a drama between friends. We used to deal with it adding some humor to it. Mostly we talk(through a call) in real life about things like, not using chatting.
Don’t get too involved in things
There will be a lot of things happening on social media. Which can create so much trouble for you and it’s unnecessary. You will get mental health issues when you don’t have to. Trust me, this is something I’ve tried before. When I was too nice trying to help others. They would drag me into more problems with them.
No matter what social media you are using, there will be always chaos and drama. That might cause you a social anxiety disorder. Just make sure to ignore it if you want to be involved. Don’t get too involved because it will not turn good for you most of the time.
Q: How can you get involved in something?
- Comment on something drama between friends
- Dealing with issues with online friends
- joining drama on social media groups
- Talking about chaos happening
Then, it’s not about “Can social media cause anxiety” but what else can social media do to your mental health. Sometimes you will be into never-ending troubles. If you get too involved and they would include you.
Don’t dwell on social media and talk in real life
If you don’t take your friendship with people you like to the next level. You might either lose them or keep living a social life which is not good. This is one of the biggest mistakes that I will never make in my life. When I meet someone and that person is good. I will work my way to meet them. But because I’m too focused on work nowadays, I didn’t pay attention too much to that.
Don’t keep chatting all the time. Trust me, you might think it’s good or whatever. But as soon as you find that good friend on social media. Try a call with that person. See how you get along talking with each other. Maybe can be a good step to meeting each other as well.
Do more outside activities than being on social media
Another great thing that can help you deal with this. When you do activities outside more than being on social media. Sometimes doing this can be way better than bothering yourself with what is happening on social media. You won’t get anxiety symptoms from media use.
The opposite is going to happen when you go outside. Which is being creative and free from media mental health issues. Believe me, when I say I learned this the hard way as well. You don’t have to worry about whether or not can social media cause anxiety.
Conclusion of “can social media cause anxiety, ways to deal with it?”
Thank you so much for reading until this point. Sharing things about how social media can affect our lives. And take care of our health from social anxiety. Hopefully, you found it helpful to you and got something out of it.
What do you think of social media anxiety and its causes? Do you think cases of that mental health issues are real or fake? Let us know your thoughts!
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121 comments
I agree with you 100%. I have struggled with being depressed over social media in the past. Now when I feel like social media is affecting my mood I will get off of it for a while. Thank you for sharing. I wished everyone could read this!
Aww, thank you for reading and sharing this lovely comment!
Great post! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for reading!
This is a very important topic as I see a lot of people say they need to come off of social media for breaks for this very reason.
I don’t necessarily experience anxiety, but it can make me feel a bit like, oh why can’t I do that or makes me want to do more. But it can be motivational for me. Your tips are so helpful. Thank you for sharing.
Lauren.
True, a lot of people did that. I’m glad to know you found them helpful!
Yes, yes, yes. Social media can cause anxiety. That’s why it’s important to remind ourselves that everything we see on social media is not all true.
True, we need to make sure we don’t believe anything on the internet. Thank you for reading!
I think anxiety caused by social media is actually really common these days. I like to think that online things don’t bother me, but I suppose they have probably do in a way. That being said my feed is very curated. I’m quite conscious of who I follow (and don’t) and think it’s really important to do so.
Yeah, that’s very important. Thank you for reading!
I firmly believe social media can cause anxiety. That’s why I’ve learned at a young age when I first got a phone to not be so hung up on apps like Facebook and instagram, and only look on them sparingly. Like in the evenings or a quick glance in the mornings. No more then that. These are great tips though!
Yeah, we need to be careful and pay attention to not get it.
As you point out, social media can be a source of stress for many. I think it prevents people from establishing deep connections. You see friends and family at a get together and most of them are on the phone. They’re not present with the people in front of them and they’re not present with whoever they’re texting with. We are social beings and without that real connection many relationships suffer.
Right? People nowadays use the phone more and more. Thank you for reading!
I would say definitely yes it can cause anxiety. Sharing your life with the public can cause a lot of emotional anxiety.
True, it’s not good to share things on the internet.
Very insightful writing which is relevant to today’s world of social media. Too much involvement in social media undoubtedly cause anxiety.
I appreciate you reading and sharing your feedback about it.
Social media is very influential on our lives and with that influence definitely leads to some impacts on anxiety. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
People need to be careful and need to pay attention. Thank you for reading
Social media can be a great tool. I try not to take things personal though, people can be mean, especially with the protection of anonymity.
I agree with you but we need to know how to make it that way. Thank you for reading!
I want to start sharing all the good and bad on social media, for good measure. Your points here are so right Fransic, thank you for sharing them.
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Very useful Q&A and I think the tips that you shared will help a lot of people – Knycx
Glad to know you found it useful. Thank you for reading!
I have started stepping back from social media more and more lately. But I find that it takes a knock-on effect on my blog – it’s like being stuck between a rock and a hard place!
That’s great and you get to pay attention more to our health and other things.
Social has a lot of positives but the negatives are definitely right there; one of which is triggering anxiety. I’ve had to adapt and change how I access/use it as it can get quite depressing, This is a good post to remind us to use it wisely and listen to our minds/bodies when we start to be impacted by it. Thanks for sharing!
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This post is so interesting! I’ve always known that social media can hurt your mental health, but I never knew how to put it into words, which you have done perfectly! I love how you also give solutions, this post could help many people. Thank you!
Thank you so much for your lovely feedback. Thank you so much for reading!
Definitely but it’s so refreshing to know ways that you can fight it. Thanks so much for this. Excellent!
I appreciate you reading and sharing your thoughts!
Social media has certainly been talked about more than ever recently. You’ve made some great points about the downside of using it – not all sites are credible and can be harmful. For me, the supportive blogging community is so beneficial.
True, I found a lot of blogging friends. Thank you for reading!
This is a helpful read, especially to those using social media a lot.
I’m glad to know that you find it helpful. Thank you for reading!
Social media are addictive. When you are scrolling in your Facebook waiting for something to catch your attention, it’s the same as a gambler waiting for the ball in roulette to stop. And when you finally find something you want to read or watch, you get the same dopamine hit as the gambler. And that’s just basic neurology. Than you have things you mentioned in your article… So yes, social media are definitely bad for us, especially for teens whose brains are not able to regulate all the inputs and dopamine hits. But I really hope we will learn to deal with it somehow 🙂
It’s not good to be on social media and your idea makes sure of the gambling.
Ah yes….it is always a lovely idea for us to drop our gadgets and speak with one another more often than not. That way, we even learn how to stay away from social media.
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Looks like you wrote this article about me. I know social media addiction is my problem now. Especially since there is so much bad news now. Thank you for the tips on how to cope with it.
Hahaha, I’m glad this can be helpful to you. Thank you for reading!
I totally agree that social media can have a big effect on one’s life. But it’s the way it’s going to be so I guess we have to educate our selves how and where we interact and how much we let it impact our lives.
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I would say yes, it can cause anxiety due to a number of reasons but sometimes the best thing to do is just to take a small break.
Yeah, there are so many situations about this. Thank you for reading!
One of the things that social media is best at is causing anxiety! It can be so great, but it’s also just a cesspool of awfulness, too.
Haha, I agree with you. Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts!
They say Social media is the devil’s playground. I use that as a reminder and try not to share so much on the platforms.
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I totally think social media can and does cause anxiety. I’ve certainly struggled with these feelings and take breaks from social media when needed. Thank you for posting about an important topic.
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I definitely have an addiction that I should probably work on. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, be careful not get to your health down. Thank you for reading!
Heck yes it can cause anxiety!!! Sad but true!
Yup and we need to be careful with it. Thank you for reading!
Social Media can be brutal, I feel like this is a lot of how I feel with Facebook more than others but it’s nice to take a break from Social Media all together. A Social Media Diet if you will. It is up to us to create the space we want to be in and in doing so, you have to be careful. I also feel like this can apply with trying to build a business as well, the whole comparison culture, or the wanting more desire… it all can build up for sure.
I agree with you. I like the idea of a social media diet. Thank you for reading!
I totally agree that getting outside more, and being on your phone a little less, can help with social media anxiety! Thank you for sharing these tips.
Yeah, thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts!
I definitely think social media can cause anxiety. I have seen quite a few people affected by it.
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Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts!
This post is so very important. Very well thought out and all things to be aware of!
Glad to know you find it helpful. Thank you for reading!
Social media can cause emotional duress. I’ve seen it with my students. It can also be positive too. All things in moderation.
Thank you so much for reading!
Thank you for sharing a detailed post on this burning topic and also mentioning the ways to overcome from this anxiety.
I appreciate you reading and sharing your feedback!
Social media is a blessing and a curse. I love it for finding inspirational things but loathe it for the time-suck it has become. And it’s important to know when to step away and take a break because it can definitely cause anxiety if you don’t.
Maureen |
I agree with you and we need to be careful!
So many of us think social media only impacts the lives of kids – but clearly adults are experiencing this anxiety also. Thanks for the enlightening article.
Right? Adults need to be careful from using it. Thank you for reading!
I think it’s quite apparent now that social media can harm our mental health in a variety of ways. We have to learn how to use it safely and healthily ourselves and know our limits x
Yeah, it does really affect our health and it’s not good. Thank you for reading!
I don’t personally get anxiety from social media, but I know that a lot of people do. It is so important not to take things you see online too seriously.
Yup, I know a lot of people that do get it. Thank you for reading!
I agree that social media can definitely cause anxiety. It’s important to take breaks and remember that everything that you see online is not real.
I’m glad to know that you agree with me. Thank you for reading!
I don’t have personal social media as it made my anxiety so bad… I now have switched to business only but sometimes experience the same so take a digital detox 🙂 great advice and fabulous read!
That’s awesome. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
I don’t think its healthy if it causes stress – social media should be fun and if it’s stressful then you need to take a break and then make sure you’re only following those who are positive for you.
Corinne x
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What a great post! It’s hard to find the right balance. I dislike social media but it’s difficult to avoid it completely. Some days I spend way too much time on it!
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you give a great advice here. yes social media can be a source of anxiety but at the same time these days you can not really avoid it. and if you do you feel off which, again, leads to anxiety. Very important topic here!
Yeah, we need to be careful. Thank you for reading!
Interesting post. You need to take the good with the bad when you choose to use social media. It’s a choice.
I’m glad to know you found it interesting!
Social media has evolved so fast that it has gone out of control and because we don’t know how to deal with it, it causes us anxiety. This happens to more people than we think, as you well point out the different ways in which it does. We need to make sure we use it for those things we want. And make sure we also have a life in the real world. Great post!
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This is a really interesting yet important post you got there. Social media nowadays is a part of almost everyone’s life and without proper management it can lead to anxiety and stress in certain people.
I appreciate you a lot for sharing your thoughts and feedback about it.
Really brilliant post that will help many people. I agree social media can cause aniexty and providing ideas of how to help is great x
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Social media is a playground, and it can cause anxiety only if you let it.
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I hope the whole world reach your post. Social media indeed causes anxiety and addiction. Although I have met some very nice people online, I would still access this in moderation.
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This is a great informative post about social media. It can definitely be problematic and/or anxiety creating for many people. Thank you for sharing all of the great tips.
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You are right; the problem with using social media is that folks take things too seriously, and some even regard fake news as legitimate news, which contributes to anxiety. I’m pleased I didn’t give in to social media addiction and actively avoid it. Thank you for a fantastic read!
Right? it’s not good when someone takes things too seriously. Thank you for reading!
Yes I feel social media can cause anxiety. I too get anxious many a times. I take break from it.
It does and we need to be careful when using any social media. Thank you or reading!
Yes, social media does affect mental health. Such an interesting post and some great tips. Thanks for sharing!
I’m glad you find it interesting. Thank you for reading!
so very true; it can elevate anxiety simply by the amount of time we spend on it sometimes instead of doing something else.. so i am learning to time myself now when i get on any social media sites.
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I absolutely agree with this. Social media affects us on a daily basis, and it has changed so many things. It is good to keep this in mind and keep social media use in check.
Yeah, we definitely need to be careful. Thank you for reading!
I haven’t met that problem. I mainly social media as a way to promote my business and personal brand. But it’s always good to know about how to deal with the problem to prevent issues coming.
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Social media can cause anxiety especially if you are a type of individual that constantly listens to what other people are saying. I find social media very helpful for my business and to keep myself inform, however, I learned how to manage it with me being affected especially my mental health. Laugh on silly comments and don’t take comments seriously.
Right? We shouldn’t listen to anyone. Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts!
I definitely think social media can cause so much anxiety and there’s so much negativity around these days. I have met some lovely people though so, there’s definitely good and bad sides to the internet!
Right? it’s not good to be around to fill your life with bad things.
This was an interesting read and a well written post! I agree with you, social media can most definitely cause anxiety, it’s why I limit myself to checking my social media only two or three times a day and that too, only for a limited amount of time.
I appreciate you reading and sharing your thoughts!