As a psychologist who has studied the perils of online interactions and has observed the effects of social media use on my clients’ lives, I have six suggestions of ways people can reduce the harm social media can do to their mental health. You’ll connect better with people in your life if you have certain times each day when your social media notifications are off – or your phone is even in airplane mode.
Also note that people who use social media passively, just browsing and consuming others’ posts, feel worse than people who participate actively, posting their own material and engaging with others online. Whenever possible, focus your online interactions on people you also know offline.
(Un)social media will trump any advise 😒
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