It’s no secret that social media can be bad for your mental health. Studies show heavy usage of apps can lead to increased risk of depression, anxiety, loneliness, and in extreme cases, self harm or suicidal thoughts.
Experts partly put this down to the way platforms can harbour negative emotions. For example, a person seeing images or videos of another person’s life, and feeling insecure about their own, or the way such content can stir up emotions like resentment or jealousy that others are having more fun or living better lives than they are.
