The effect of social media on the brainImage Credit Source: Drafter123
Social media aur mental health: Nowadays, as soon as you wake up in the morning, people first pick up the mobile and start scrolling social media. Pictures on Instagram, status on Facebook and message on WhatsApp starts with the screen. A few years ago, the taksal media was a means of connecting people. Friends, relatives, even unknown people around the world could connect to each other. It became easy to share photos, know new trends and show part of your life. But as this habit increased, its side effects also started appearing.
Now these habits of social media gradually start to affect our mind and mood. Mantle health is also getting spoiled by this. Dr. AK Vishwakarma in Psychiatry Department at District Hospital in Ghaziabad It is said that everyone shows a good part of their life on the media, beautiful photos, expensive travel, good lifestyle. Seeing them, many people start thinking of their life as inferior. The same thing takes stress, anxiety and sometimes to depression.
Dopamin hit
Another major problem is Dopamine Hit. On every like and comment, the brain gets little happiness, and gradually it becomes like an addiction. If you find less likes on the post, the mood gets spoiled. Experts believe that this pattern works in the same way that someone gets addicted to sugar or gaming.
Negative effect on sleep
Social media also has a direct impact on sleep. Scrolling till late night does not complete sleep and the brain remains tired. The same fatigue causes the next day not to focus on work, irritability and mental exhaustion. Due to excessive use of social media, people are also falling prey to loneliness. Those using social media believe that the people who follow them are connected to them, do care, but in real life they are just a number. Real relationships and conversations are left behind.
Meet people in real world
A report by Pennsylvania University published in NCBI stated that those who use social media reduced stress and depression symptoms, compared to those who live their lives only on social media. This clearly shows that people who lived life by putting both their good and evil in front of the world are more happy, than those who are restless to put a new filter every week.
So the question is what is the solution?
Dr. AK says that social media does not need to be completely abandoned, but it is necessary to use it by making balance. Keep a fixed time for social media during the day, avoid unnecessary scrolling and leave the habit of using the phone before sleep. Also, it is most important to give time to relationships in your real life.