Social Media plays a great impact on one’s mental health. Human beings tend to display the kind of behavior they observe in their day-to-day life. If one is exposed to things on social media constantly, one starts to believe that it’s the reality of people out there. They can even start to change things about them they don’t like. For instance, if children are exposed to violence again and again, they start to engage in violent acts. It has been observed that high amount of screen time in people results in slow concentration levels, lack of productivity, etc.

• Also, frequent usage of social media contributes to anxiety and depression especially among teenagers and young adults. Another thing that is detrimental to the usage of social media is promotion of body image issues; teenagers and young adults view perfect body posts, etc., and develop problems like body dissatisfaction and in worse cases, eating disorders. Another problem associated with this is negative online interactions like cyber bullying, which can result into anxiety, depression and low self-esteem.

To mitigate this, one can limit screen time and take regular breaks, make one engage in offline activities and hobbies and also making one aware of the negativity surrounding social media as well as distincting between reality and online portrayal.