Please tell me that either socialmedia use it outside our personal control, or the news is mad with false reports about social media causing depression (or at least making it worse).
So, if a simple choice to not use social media can affect your state of mind, how much control do "physically healthy" people have over their lives?
> or the news is mad with false reports about social media causing depression
Not necessarily false, but out of proportion with the quality of available evidence. Blowing preliminary or otherwise limited results way out of proportion is a routine problem with science stories in the popular news media, to the point that one journalist/scientist published a (real but intentionally flawed) troll study specifically to demonstrate how bad the problem is [1].
Basically, the popular news media is a pretty poor source for new scientific findings, especially for anything that relates lifestyle to health.
>Basically, the popular news media is a pretty poor source for new scientific findings, especially for anything that relates lifestyle to health.
Well, you have a good point there. But often times the truth takes a long time to come out. And comes out in bits over years. For example, I quit eating white sugar in 1995, and for many years people got literally angry with me because I wouldn't let my kids eat the stuff, or I wouldn't eat the dessert. They thought I was insane or the worst parent ever.
Today, there are other parents in our community who do the same. Doctors have told a number of my friends to not eat processed sugar because it damages arteries, etc...
With social media? Listen to Simon Sinek, he explains the pheonomen on the biochemstry and drug feedback in our bodies from social media and how bad it is for our youth.
One day I saw my oldest daughter sitting with a bunch of her friends. They were all ignoring her because they all had ipod touches, it broke my heart, so I let her get one. It was a big mistake I didn't repeat with my other kids. She got hooked on social media and is barely just now (after years) starting to get away from it.
But I agree, the news usually messes up health related information.
Is it possible that you are confusing depression, the mental state characterized by low mood which is experienced at times by most people, and major depressive disorder, the mental disorder characterized by persistent depression? Major depressive disorder is commonly referred to as “depression,” so it can be confusing.
Sure it's possible. I think the definitions of words compared to our actual experiences can vary greatly. But either way, I've had similar experiences to many other people that are still trapped in them and I know for a fact that you can do something about it. Even if it's just talking to a friend and asking for a hug.
My point was that your claim that positive thinking or willpower or whatever can cure depression may be far more accurate if you’re talking about the former definition than if you’re talking about the latter definition.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/07/4928710...
This one is from 2011: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/42298789/ns/health-mental_health/t...
Please tell me that either socialmedia use it outside our personal control, or the news is mad with false reports about social media causing depression (or at least making it worse).
So, if a simple choice to not use social media can affect your state of mind, how much control do "physically healthy" people have over their lives?