As with most things, using social media has its pros (positive), cautionary (bad) and dangerous (ugly) that lurk and affect the lives of many people, but especially adolescents. Social media can be helpful, but if teens feel uncomfortable with what they see or read on social media, they should trust their feelings and talk to someone - a parent, teacher, or other trusted adult. Likewise, if a person notices that when they are feeling good, they find it pointless to read negative posts about social media groups for their LTC, as it worsens their mood and makes them fearful for the future; then maybe you shouldn't go to these groups when you're okay. Likewise, while there are indeed positives to the use of social media for young people with LTC, future research on self-governance should further explore the role of social media; this should not be the only goal, as participants also want personal contact with peers in order to effectively reduce their feelings of social isolation.
In fact, a good online peer group can protect against negative personal influences. On the other hand, a lack of strong social bonds can pose a serious risk to your mental and emotional health. Social bonding with others can relieve stress, anxiety, and depression, increase self-esteem, provide comfort and joy, prevent loneliness, and even prolong life for years.
Ironically, for a technology designed to bring people together, too long social media interaction can actually make you feel more lonely and isolated and exacerbate mental health problems like anxiety and depression. Spending more time on social media can lead to cyberbullying, social anxiety, depression, and viewing inappropriate content.
Although this may have a negative impact, it also brings a positive experience. This can be helpful when people resonate with your message and respond positively. When they continue to share their best moments online, it is easy to compare themselves—your life, career, and relationships—with others. We will soon begin to feel inadequate, insecure, dissatisfied, and even jealous.
Therefore, while social media can be a useful tool for communication, support, and awareness-raising, it can also plunge an entire generation of people into depression, leading to bad behavior and health consequences. Despite its important benefits, social media can also serve as a platform for intimidation and rejection, unrealistic expectations of body image and popularity, normalization of risky behaviors, and may be harmful to mental health. Girls and young people who are identified as sexual and gender minorities may be particularly vulnerable to being targeted. Therefore, not only may young people feel excluded from the interactions and experiences their peers share on social media, but they may also feel excluded from social media groups created specifically for LTC patients.
Young people who are “less socially developed” report that social media offers them a place to make friends and that generally quiet students may feel more comfortable speaking through the social media platform used in the classroom. Children who are genuinely shy and nervous about being in their school / family or struggling with depression or anxiety, but don't know how to talk to their families and other friends about it, may find meaning. Especially strong support from the asaphic anonymity of communities on social networks. One of the reasons teenagers use social media is because they can seek new information about people, explore new ideas, express themselves the way they want, and connect with others around the world.
Whether your children are showing off charity work, helping seniors explore technology, or connecting with family members, you can help them find new ways to express themselves online. Because the media is a powerful tool for shaping values and beliefs, participating in motivational content can teach students to express gratitude, be kind to others, respect others, and believe in their own potential. Those with valuable information can share their stories with a wider audience.
It offers them a safe place to receive unwanted advice from other people that they can use to improve their skills. Social media is also being used to offer student support at community colleges, which are composed primarily of students coming to work. It is used as a clinical intervention for people with behavioral or mental health problems that make them feel isolated, serving as a safe and anonymous space where people can discuss their emotions and feel supported in moderate chat groups.1 Likewise, social networks can create change by connecting people from all over the world in a common cause.
Social networks have provided us with the opportunity to connect with people and build better relationships with friends with whom we cannot meet in person, as well as tell them about our life and receive information about their lives and the events that happen to them. Social media started out as a place where you can easily and conveniently communicate with friends. Social media has made it easy to interact with other people and people have isolated their lives behind their online identities.
In this era of connectedness, the growing number of students visiting Facebook shows how much students are engaged in the virtual world of social media. From pings and messages to pokes and smiles, everything exists to bring people and the world together. In addition, there are many reasons why students use social media such as Facebook.
Surveys show that students who interact excessively with these platforms feel worse after using them than people who engage in other activities. When students with lower grades use Facebook, it replaces their study time. An overdose of technological interactions has jeopardized the academic performance of students.
Despite all its advantages, the nature of social media presents a number of potential challenges. This is how people use it instead of real communication and communication in person. Many of the apps young people use are photo-based, which opens up many opportunities for negative comments.
Their brains are still developing and their mental / emotional health is vulnerable; only a violent comment on Instagram photos can send them into a negative spiral. According to Sorochan, the potential repercussions of constantly looking at friends' photos of their latest luxury cars (when you can't afford the update) and perfectly posed slender body images on Instagram (when you've put on a few pounds of the pandemic) range from envy and depressive symptoms. body dysmorphism and, in extreme cases, suicidal thoughts. Obviously, this is because many of the criteria for addiction, such as withdrawal from privacy, mental anxiety, withdrawal from reality, experiencing mood changes, and hiding addictive behavior, seem to be present in people who overuse social media.
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