Why Social Media Makes You Feel Bad

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[VeetiM]

And then the negative emotions, mainly anger, also gets pushed to the top, so either you see someone's best day of the year, or something that's bound to piss you off, or frustrate you

[nathanricetalks]

For me it's kind of the opposite. I only see bad news, toxic people and strange advertisements. It's just draining to look at those things.

[sheeptaro]

For me it’s the toxicity. I hate seeing how judgmental and just plain mean people can get in comment sections and posts, sometimes even in the majority. I believe it very much depends on the subject matter and community. I think social media is more about how you spend your time, than how much time you spend.

[ansheng]

Not to mention people tend to hype things up on social media. Make things look way better than they are. While you're experiencing the original unhyped version of your life.

[TinaWasTaken]

The same is true for the negativity of social media and the news. Bad news all the time is depressing. My parents used to tell me I “had” to keep up with the news. But I set boundaries and told them that it wasn’t necessary if it negatively impacts my mental health.

[macrowolf]

I completely cutt off social media from my life, and I couldn't feel better.

[euzyymp]

Not only that when we see negative things as well. Like I saw something bad happen to someone and now I’m paranoid that is going to happen to me as well

[butternutsquash]

One of the best choices I have made was to disengage from any social media based on actually knowing the people I would interact with. Years later, I still have to remind people I have had no updates to get conversation going but otherwise, pure healthy bliss.

[GraveRave]

This is all true. I can reason to myself this is all just a snapshot of a person's life, things aren't always as they seem, yet I think to myself at least they have a snapshot in their life.

[gigglyswirls]

I mostly follow artists, music artists, meme pages and some friends. It doesn't rlly effect me badly ig

[sloth_energy]

The solution is to fool the algorithm.
Start liking funeral posts.
You're welcome.

[jakemoran]

The only social media I use now is YouTube, and I don’t miss the other platforms whatsoever. That being said, the sort of content you see across all platforms is pretty much of the same essence, just in different formats.

[cooledcannon]

That is why I like social media. I get to experience other people having fun without needing to do any work.

[WolfJ]

Your social media usage is very wholesome if birthday parties are being shoved in your face instead of politics. :3

[artifundio]

You have this way to deliver a perfectly expressed line that will keep me hooked listening over and over.
Thank you!!

[chadghanistan]

Wonderful way to describe this! Thank you

[Phantomsangel]

I feel like it's the opposite for me. I usually will see people post negative stuff online complaining about things or peer pressuring others to believe what they believe and it just makes me bummed out and stressed me out too. Sure I do feel a little sad seeing people going out and having fun when I'm not but I just feel the negative stuff on social media bothers me a lot more.

[aaron]

For some of us it is the reverse, where our lives are made worse by all the bad we see in the world through social media. You should absolutely do a video on doomscrolling and echo chambers!

[Bodioustv]

for me its a similar effect but te opposite experience. I seem to be inundated by 365 bad news or complaints by different ppl and that negativity piles on to what is already happening to me in my life

[leocriapunk]

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I've got to the point where I hated my friends cuz I thought they were posting their happy time without me to provoke me