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him to go to a real school, he already knew maths, English/Hindi alphabets, their sounds, etc as he was playing them easily. NO, we were so wrong, he had to learn everything all over again when he came across things in the real world on boards, in toys, and books. It seems, our brain isn’t able to relate the virtual world to the real world easily and treats them differently. On the other hand, if he had learned things in the real world and practiced them in the virtual world, he was able to co-relate.<h2 id="8401">The fast-changing emotional dynamics:</h2>We have an inner design that is meant to use all our senses to feel socially connected, social media covers only a part of that need, and that too at a very dynamic and fast-changing pace. Our brains were not designed to handle the level of emotional dynamics social media platforms provide. For example, someone can feel angry, depressed, guilty in an instant with the negative responses from their social media, and the next second they can feel the opposite of the same with the positive responses received.<h2 id="292b">The root cause of Depression:</h2>The root cause of depression is being self-absorbed... Social media only enhances these feelings.I hope this helps, If you have specific questions via comments, I will be happy to answer them.Well, yes I do, you see when you're involved with social websites, you are missing a lot.It’s easy to stay at home, and lose that connection, what happens when you do that? You avoid people and realize you are losing the connections that make you a human being.You have replaced people with a non-active machine..and communicating via Facebook, or social sites is the new norm. Have you gone to an airport lately? It’s real quiet, everyone is playing games or looking at Facebook or Twitter. Same at doctors' offices, what did we do before? we talked to each other!For example, communicating is a lost art. Sort of like writing letters, or handwriting.Communicating with someone involves more than words. You see their soul when you look them in the eye. You see firsthand how someone is reacting to what you said to them. You see their body language, their smile, you hear them laugh, which says a lot about someone. You are able to get so much information that is not possible texting...When you text someone you are able to be someone else. You don’t have to be truthful, you are able to make up whoever you want to be. You're communicating with whom? We are so vulnerable, and easily fooled, this is dangerous on so many levels.The children of today, will not know how to interact with each other or communicate. There will be silence with no language, except the language of texting...LMAO...LOLThe things that we enjoy in life, will be gone for the next generation.<figure id="f924"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*O4uovmMrPwBg0s03IAt_9g.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@graylab?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Pratik Gupta</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/social-media-depression?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><h2 id="121c">All media is scripted.</h2>This includes social media. Everything you see on every form of media is scripted. It is designed to show us what the producer wants us to see, to send us the message that they want us to receive.And with social media, the message very often is: See, how great my life is!When we compare our lives with all its drama and bullshit to another person’s scripted social media life, it’s easy t

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o forget that we’re comparing our inside life to their outside life.It’s easy to feel envious, to feel lousy, to feel inadequate, that our lives don’t hold a candle to it. Negative thoughts like these are fuel for depression. Don’t feed the depressionJust remember: all media is scripted. You see only what they want you to see, to make you think that every moment of their life is enjoyable.Stress and depression can stem from many different aspects of life.Information overload from the workplace has been well documented while private online communication has remained previously untouched (Reinecke 91). The Pew Research Centre in 2015 analyzed that 90% of young adults in the United States of America use social media platforms, and visit them at least once per day (Primack 1). Due to the increase in the use of social media by adolescents, researchers have gathered studies to prove this surge of use fuels depression. Understanding how adolescents use social media can allow for guidance in changing the negative outcomes from platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.Arguments have been made against the link between depression and social media by determining the positive content on these platforms allows for humor, entertainment, and social connection (Radovic 5). However, large studies surrounding this topic suggest “associations between time spent on social media and increased symptoms of depression, anxiety and a decline in subjective well-being” (Primack 2). Frequent users of social media platforms may only interact with people through online communication, instead of physical social interactions. Viewing famous or popular figures through Instagram and Facebook can lead to an impression that others are living a more fulfilled and happy life; users feel socially isolated in comparison to the portrayal of others' lives (Primack 2).Ariel Shensa, et al., authors of the article, Problematic Social Media use and Depressive Symptoms among U.S. Young Adults, state, “Depression may be explained by the emerging maladaptive use pattern known as problematic social media use (PSMU), characterized by addictive components” (Shensa 150). Shena and her colleagues measured PSMU using a version of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. They tested the link between PSMU, symptoms of depression, frequency of social media use, and sociodemographic information (Shensa 150). PSMU is a concern because it impairs social activities in all aspects of higher learning, the workplace, relationships, and one's well-being. Ana Radovic, et al., authors of the article, Depressed Adolescents’ Positive and Negative use of Social Media, conducted a study “using in-depth qualitative interviews with adolescents with depression”, they explored their reasons for using social media (Radovic 6). Adolescents responded by explaining they used social media for “sharing updates at a high frequency, sharing negative updates, and encountering triggering posts” (Radovic 5). These encounters create a negative experience of communication overload and multitasking within social media by affecting users' moods and creating a “perceived social pressure over the fear of missing out on information and social interaction” (Reinecke 90).Due to the studies mentioned, it has been assessed that the findings show increased depressive symptoms have resulted from the frequency of social media use. Identifying this addictive problem within society can help adolescents with depression by providing them with “strategies to promote more positive and pro-social uses of social media” (Radovic 6). Social media is by no means the cause of depression in youth, but it is proven there is a link between the social behavior of its users and symptoms of depression.</article></body>

No! The Social Media is not a Reason for Depression in Youth

The behavior is…, Last month, a boy committed suicide live on Facebook

Last month, a boy committed suicide live on Facebook. He actually admitted to the whole world that he was about to end his life as he had not been able to get over his addictions. Long story short he was in depression which led a lot of radio stations and media to question the reason for depression and anxiety amongst the youth.

The main reasons spoken about by experts were -

1. The youth today lives in a world of editing and comparison. If my picture or check-in isn’t better than my friends then my life has no meaning. Their identity depends upon likes and reactions. I remember a joke that cropped up on FB a few years ago, it said — “Nobody looks as good as their FB page and as bad as their Passport”. Sadly in the need for portraying how much fun I am and how well connected I am, the youth loses the confidence to be themselves.

2. The need for love, attachment, and belonging are basic needs for all of us. This needs an actual physical connection and not just virtual talks. A lot of young people are bonding with older adults on virtual media with the aim of securing love and companionship as they may not be able to create lasting bonds with their parents (some really feel that once kids grow up they don't need talking to or sharing) & their friends arent well equipped to offer a shoulder as they are equally confused.

3. Depression results not only from loneliness but from the feeling of not being good enough and not having enough people in our lives who care. That is exactly what the youth of today is facing thanks to social media. I remember a student of mine going into depression at 24 because her entire timeline was filled with her friends getting married or into excellent jobs while she was still looking for both. Such is the pressure on the youth today.

So yes social media does expose the youth to as many people as they want to share and talk to but it does not give the people who are available offline, at 3 am to hold their hands and understand their insecurities, make them realize that they are worthy of love and a good life despite not having a smashing timeline or being traditionally beautiful or intelligent.

Social Health Aspect:

Human beings are social animals, it is an integral part of our overall health. Social health involves our ability to form satisfying interpersonal relationships with others. It also relates to your ability to adapt comfortably to different social situations and act appropriately in a variety of settings. We need social interaction, real relationships, we have an inner desire to touch and feel others. Social media only provides for the surface need of human social interaction, which covers social acceptance, reciprocity, maybe some amount of respect and acknowledgment. However, it can’t replace social interaction in the real world which provides for overall social health.

Virtual Aspect:

I have a Seven-year-old son, who was attracted to mobile devices since the age of 2. Initially, everyone thought that was cute and I loaded educating games on the mobiles to help him learn. By the time it was time for him to go to a real school, he already knew maths, English/Hindi alphabets, their sounds, etc as he was playing them easily. NO, we were so wrong, he had to learn everything all over again when he came across things in the real world on boards, in toys, and books. It seems, our brain isn’t able to relate the virtual world to the real world easily and treats them differently. On the other hand, if he had learned things in the real world and practiced them in the virtual world, he was able to co-relate.

The fast-changing emotional dynamics:

We have an inner design that is meant to use all our senses to feel socially connected, social media covers only a part of that need, and that too at a very dynamic and fast-changing pace. Our brains were not designed to handle the level of emotional dynamics social media platforms provide. For example, someone can feel angry, depressed, guilty in an instant with the negative responses from their social media, and the next second they can feel the opposite of the same with the positive responses received.

The root cause of Depression:

The root cause of depression is being self-absorbed... Social media only enhances these feelings.

I hope this helps, If you have specific questions via comments, I will be happy to answer them.

Well, yes I do, you see when you're involved with social websites, you are missing a lot.

It’s easy to stay at home, and lose that connection, what happens when you do that? You avoid people and realize you are losing the connections that make you a human being.

You have replaced people with a non-active machine..and communicating via Facebook, or social sites is the new norm. Have you gone to an airport lately? It’s real quiet, everyone is playing games or looking at Facebook or Twitter. Same at doctors' offices, what did we do before? we talked to each other!

For example, communicating is a lost art. Sort of like writing letters, or handwriting.

Communicating with someone involves more than words. You see their soul when you look them in the eye. You see firsthand how someone is reacting to what you said to them. You see their body language, their smile, you hear them laugh, which says a lot about someone. You are able to get so much information that is not possible texting...

When you text someone you are able to be someone else. You don’t have to be truthful, you are able to make up whoever you want to be. You're communicating with whom? We are so vulnerable, and easily fooled, this is dangerous on so many levels.

The children of today, will not know how to interact with each other or communicate. There will be silence with no language, except the language of texting...LMAO...LOL

The things that we enjoy in life, will be gone for the next generation.

All media is scripted.

This includes social media. Everything you see on every form of media is scripted. It is designed to show us what the producer wants us to see, to send us the message that they want us to receive.

And with social media, the message very often is: See, how great my life is!

When we compare our lives with all its drama and bullshit to another person’s scripted social media life, it’s easy to forget that we’re comparing our inside life to their outside life.

It’s easy to feel envious, to feel lousy, to feel inadequate, that our lives don’t hold a candle to it. Negative thoughts like these are fuel for depression. Don’t feed the depression

Just remember: all media is scripted. You see only what they want you to see, to make you think that every moment of their life is enjoyable.

Stress and depression can stem from many different aspects of life.

Information overload from the workplace has been well documented while private online communication has remained previously untouched (Reinecke 91). The Pew Research Centre in 2015 analyzed that 90% of young adults in the United States of America use social media platforms, and visit them at least once per day (Primack 1). Due to the increase in the use of social media by adolescents, researchers have gathered studies to prove this surge of use fuels depression. Understanding how adolescents use social media can allow for guidance in changing the negative outcomes from platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Arguments have been made against the link between depression and social media by determining the positive content on these platforms allows for humor, entertainment, and social connection (Radovic 5). However, large studies surrounding this topic suggest “associations between time spent on social media and increased symptoms of depression, anxiety and a decline in subjective well-being” (Primack 2). Frequent users of social media platforms may only interact with people through online communication, instead of physical social interactions. Viewing famous or popular figures through Instagram and Facebook can lead to an impression that others are living a more fulfilled and happy life; users feel socially isolated in comparison to the portrayal of others' lives (Primack 2).

Ariel Shensa, et al., authors of the article, Problematic Social Media use and Depressive Symptoms among U.S. Young Adults, state, “Depression may be explained by the emerging maladaptive use pattern known as problematic social media use (PSMU), characterized by addictive components” (Shensa 150). Shena and her colleagues measured PSMU using a version of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. They tested the link between PSMU, symptoms of depression, frequency of social media use, and sociodemographic information (Shensa 150). PSMU is a concern because it impairs social activities in all aspects of higher learning, the workplace, relationships, and one's well-being. Ana Radovic, et al., authors of the article, Depressed Adolescents’ Positive and Negative use of Social Media, conducted a study “using in-depth qualitative interviews with adolescents with depression”, they explored their reasons for using social media (Radovic 6). Adolescents responded by explaining they used social media for “sharing updates at a high frequency, sharing negative updates, and encountering triggering posts” (Radovic 5). These encounters create a negative experience of communication overload and multitasking within social media by affecting users' moods and creating a “perceived social pressure over the fear of missing out on information and social interaction” (Reinecke 90).

Due to the studies mentioned, it has been assessed that the findings show increased depressive symptoms have resulted from the frequency of social media use. Identifying this addictive problem within society can help adolescents with depression by providing them with “strategies to promote more positive and pro-social uses of social media” (Radovic 6). Social media is by no means the cause of depression in youth, but it is proven there is a link between the social behavior of its users and symptoms of depression.