Post by Soutpeel on Apr 7, 2016 17:19:32 GMT 7
Social Media Makes 7 Million Brits ‘Depressed’
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Nearly seven million people feel depressed when they see friends’ lives on social media, according to research that found sites like Facebook and Twitter can lead to a mindset of sadness and exclusion.
One in five (20%) people said they feel depressed by seeing their friend’s lives online in the research carried out by Opinium, as an expert warned people to “get some control back” by reducing time spent on social media.
This equates to 6.9 million people who feel depressed by what researchers called ‘the game of life’ online: constantly comparing yourself to other people’s posts, and presenting your own life in frequent updates.
More than half of those surveyed (56%) said they feel pressured to constantly use social media and a tenth (10%) said they felt depressed when they saw friends enjoying themselves when they had nothing better to do. The same proportion felt unhappy when they saw friends doing ‘better’ than them in terms of career, family or wealth.
Nearly one in ten (9%) said they felt depressed seeing the “exciting” lives their friends and contacts appeared to have.
The research found that one in ten say they are embarrassed if a social media post doesn’t get any likes, favourites, retweets or comments, while one in six 18-34 year olds have even taken a post down if it hasn’t received any interaction.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/social-media-depression-happiness_uk_57055d97e4b0e9cdf8df671a?55rpy14i&utm_hp_ref=uk
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Nearly seven million people feel depressed when they see friends’ lives on social media, according to research that found sites like Facebook and Twitter can lead to a mindset of sadness and exclusion.
One in five (20%) people said they feel depressed by seeing their friend’s lives online in the research carried out by Opinium, as an expert warned people to “get some control back” by reducing time spent on social media.
This equates to 6.9 million people who feel depressed by what researchers called ‘the game of life’ online: constantly comparing yourself to other people’s posts, and presenting your own life in frequent updates.
More than half of those surveyed (56%) said they feel pressured to constantly use social media and a tenth (10%) said they felt depressed when they saw friends enjoying themselves when they had nothing better to do. The same proportion felt unhappy when they saw friends doing ‘better’ than them in terms of career, family or wealth.
Nearly one in ten (9%) said they felt depressed seeing the “exciting” lives their friends and contacts appeared to have.
The research found that one in ten say they are embarrassed if a social media post doesn’t get any likes, favourites, retweets or comments, while one in six 18-34 year olds have even taken a post down if it hasn’t received any interaction.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/social-media-depression-happiness_uk_57055d97e4b0e9cdf8df671a?55rpy14i&utm_hp_ref=uk
