Reducing social media helps fight with anxiety and depression
Social media is a must and a daily thing in all our lives and it has an effect on anxiety and depression.
Anxiety and depression is a disease of modern life and social media has direct effect on it. We use social media everyday without thinking for long hours yet it can have some negative effects on our mood and mind. Recent studies show that if you reduce social media use you can reduce anxiety and depression.
Reduce social media to reduce anxiety
The scientists found that students who reduced their daily use of social media to 30 minutes experienced a significant reduction in anxiety, depression, and loneliness. This development could pave the way for better mental health interventions.
Researchers from Iowa State University further evaluated this link in a two-week experiment with 230 college students. Half of the respondents were asked to limit their social media use to 30 minutes per day, while these received daily, automatic reminders.
Social media is a daily thing in everyone's life yet it also has really negative affects on body and mind. The study, published in the scientific journal Technology, Mind, and Behavior, revealed that this group of participants had significantly lower values for anxiety, depression, loneliness, and fear of missing out at the end of the experiment compared to the control group. Social media can be harmful for your mood as it seems.
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