Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains how the pandemic affected teen brains

A new study says the stress of the pandemic appears to have physically changed teenagers' brains, aging them faster than normal. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins "CNN This Morning" to discuss. #CNN #News

[schakj]

A lot of adults have encountered this too😢

[alligatorgamer]

Not even 0:13 seconds in and one of them is already blaming screens for the increased aging in teenager’s brains. You can hear another anchor quietly remind her that it’s largely increased stress that’s causing these changes in teens brains

[TheRamas]

New study said not watching any news keeps your brain healthy.

[mikaelrivacov]

Oh wow! That's exactly what fake media does to my brain 😱
Thank you ❤️

[billcrowleyrd]

It's called abuse. And you're all guilty of it. It's unforgivable

[shamanizing]

MAY ALL BEINGS BE FREE FROM SUFFERING AND VIOLENCE!

[toddfennimore]

The brain does show a capacity for neuroplasticity, the ability to build anew and rework its connections under the right conditions. Given that teens’ brain growth is ongoing in adolescence, I think we can hope for a reversal of the damage.

[arcticthundergamer]

yes you can retrain your brain as with Addiction people have been able to learn a new way of life it depends on how hard you work at it, i seen this Coming just as the pandemic hit so i stayed engaged with my kid and tried to make life as normal as possible, at the same time keeping us safe.

[TimeToGoo]

Glad they gathered every teenager and did a comprehensive study

[warbearin]

Many have experienced mental pain and suffering for years like this. Just because a larger number of people experienced the suffering doesn't mean we haven't been through it before when nobody cared to bat an eye. Life can be shitty but it does get better if you stick it out. Though there might be ups and downs. But don't think you are the only one with issues. The shit people complain about these days is so mediocre they just haven't buildt up any resistance to the pain because they have been getting handholding all their life.

[linguaphile]

So, most teenagers in the South went back to school in the fall of 2020. They were out from March-June, but then came back to school, at least every other day, in August/September. Many communities had little to no isolating. Would love to hear a comparison of kids from places that were shut down, and those that were not.

[anthonychi]

How about more specific studies on TikTok affecting brains

[edgarzuluaga]

Plus substance abuse, depression, isolation, etc
Yes, affected my son!

[objection_your_honor]

Nope. I blame social media apps and the internet.
Humanity is devolving as the result of constantly being on the internet.

[ordr]

Good luck with all of your layoffs CNN!

[GlobalCitizen]

What about all the millions of kids who have been through the pandemic but are also living in extremely difficult conditions, such as war (for instance in Ukraine) or hunger (Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa for instance)? Or other trauma. Just wondering how this affects their brains.

[anneahlert]

I would like to see if anyone has studied the effect on adult brains. It would explain the huge increase in people behaving so crazy (on airplanes and more), losing social skills, and acting out in public.

[lindseyh]

They did this to the kids. It didn’t just “happen.” Don’t blame the “pandemic.” They did this to the kids, it was a choice.

[chrisbammer]

"The Pandemic" did not affect the brains of the youth.

The overzealous response to the pandemic did.

[jaymass]

Talk about what the vaccines did to their hearts!