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> People have been shown to be exhibit social anxiety caused by others' lives appearing to be more glamourous than their Yes. Not just social anxiety, but down
by justboxing 9y ago
> People have been shown to be exhibit social anxiety caused by others' lives appearing to be more glamourous than their
Yes. Not just social anxiety, but down right depression.
Source: Research Links Heavy Facebook And Social Media Usage To Depression => https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2016/04/30/study-links-heavy-facebook-and-social-media-usage-to-depression/#4914c8554b53 https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2016/04/30/study-l...
- suprfnk 9y agoThough "correlation vs causation" should be noted here. It may just be that people that are already depressed use Facebook more, instead of Facebook actually making you depressed. > Lead author Lui yi Lin, B.A., who will be graduating from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine this spring, emphasized that, because this was a cross-sectional study, it does not disentangle cause and effect. > “It may be that people who already are depressed are turning to social media to fill a void,” she said.