Category: Mental health
Taking A Break From Social Media For Your Mental Health
Social media has become so ingrained and commonplace in our everyday life that most of us can’t imagine a day without it. The amount of daily time spent on social media apps and websites over the years has steadily risen, from an average of 90 minutes per day by users in 2012 to an average of 147 minutes per day in 2022.
That is nearly two and a half hours each day, and that’s even on the low end for some, especially the younger generations; another recent study found that teens use an average of NINE hours per day on entertainment media screen time (social media, TV, video games, and movies).
But even though social media and screen time has become part of everyday life in this world, we have to start questioning how it is affecting our mental health.
How Social Media Negatively Affects Our Mental Health
Healthline recently conducted a survey and found quite a few surprising statistics when it comes to social media and our mental health:
- 25% of respondents said that social media has a negative effect on their mental well-being
- 53% of respondents said that cutting down on social media usage would help
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