Social media is stealing your happiness one scroll at a time
Excessive social media use is linked to declining wellbeing, particularly among younger people. The World Happiness Report highlights that doom-scrolling can lead to feelings of despair. Many individuals are taking steps, such as deleting apps, to combat the negative effects of social media.
- ▪Doom-scrolling often starts with a few minutes and can lead to hours of mindless scrolling.
- ▪The World Happiness Report indicates a clear connection between social media use and declining mental health.
- ▪Younger individuals, especially girls in the Western world, are experiencing the most significant impacts.
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Doom-scrolling is the worst. The mind-numbing spiral starts with “just five minutes” and ends an hour or three later with you feeling somehow worse about your life than before. I had to delete Instagram from my iPhone just to stop myself from wasting hours every night. If you have also felt that feeling of despair after a scrolling session, it turns out that feeling is backed by science. The World Happiness Report, published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, has found a clear link between excessive social media use and declining wellbeing. And it’s hitting younger people, especially girls, in the Western world, the hardest.
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