Why is Social Media a Stress Factor?
Comparison and low self esteem 😥
Cyber bullying 📱
Fear of missing out 🫣
Pressure to maintain a perfect image😎
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2015/01/15/psychological-stress-and-social-media-use-2/
https://www.helpguide.org/mental-health/wellbeing/social-media-and-mental-health
How does this effect your Mental Health?
Comparing yourself to others causes you to ignore your own special traits, things your good at and are unique. Worrying over things other people are good at is bad for you confidence, because you compare youself to others and worry over things you can't control.Â
 Cyber bullying is just another form of bullying but online, over texts, posts, or messages. This leads to stress because your worried about being bullied, they create insecurities about things they target you online about.
Fear of missing out creates stress as you want to be a part of everything going on, and you worry about events you aren't able to go too, creating stress and worrying over being included in everything
Pressure to maintain a perfect image. No one can be perfect, so why worry about being perfect? You create stress if you constantly worry about something impossible to do.
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2015/01/15/psychological-stress-and-social-media-use-2/
How you Can Deal With It
Re-shaping your feed ( Mute🔕, Unfollow📵, Block🫸)
Understand that everyone is different from one anotherðŸ§