It’s no secret that too much social media can be bad for one’s mental health. Now, research suggests that taking even a brief break from TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter can ease symptoms of depression and anxiety. From the New York Times.
Staying off social media for a week meant, for some study participants, gaining about nine hours of free time, which improved their well-being, British researchers report.“If you’re feeling like you use too much social media and this is negatively impacting your mental health, then taking a break may be worth a try and give you at least some short-term improvements,” said study author Jeff Lambert, an assistant professor of health psychology at the University of Bath.
Those who took a break from social media had significant improvements in well-being, depression and anxiety, compared with those who continued to use social media, the study found. “They may feel inadequate because they’re not like those people that they’re interacting with,” he said. “You know nothing about them, yet you still know a lot of information and you may feel like you’re being excluded because of some of the things that other person is doing so that evokes feelings of inadequacy and lowers self-esteem.”
“I think if you have a suspicion that the depression [and] anxiety is coming from being online or you’re getting upset by looking at things you notice in social media, and it’s getting in the way of your functioning, then I think you need to take a little break, even if it’s a day or two days, and see how you do without it,” Krakower said.“I don’t think you have to be off completely unless you feel like you’re completely addicted to it, but I think you need to monitor it,” Krakower said.
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