Analyzing the Negative Impact of Social Media on Mental Health Report

This report investigates the detrimental effects of social media platforms on mental health, highlighting issues such as inadequacy of life, fear of missing out, isolation, and increased rates of depression and anxiety. It emphasizes how the development of smartphones has fueled social media's popularity, leading to excessive usage and subsequent health problems. The report points out that manipulated content on social media can negatively influence behavior and spread hatred, causing individuals to miss out on real-life experiences. Moreover, prolonged social media use can induce feelings of loneliness, contributing to anxiety and depression, which can significantly impair an individual's goals and overall well-being. The report concludes that limiting the time spent on social media platforms is crucial for promoting better mental health and suggests that users should be mindful of the potential negative impacts of excessive use.

Negative impact of
social media on the
mental health

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The trend of using social media are increasing day by day which has serious negative impact on
the mental health of the people and also the number of diseases on the health of people. This
report is based on the concept of mental health issues due to excessive use of social media
platforms.
TASK
The development of smartphones is the main reason for the popularity of social media
platforms in the market. There are large number of peoples are connected with the Instagram and
other platforms and serving for much time. Most of the people has spend their maximum time on
the social media which are very harmful for their healths (Tamplin, McLean and Paxton, 2018).
There are different type of diseases are happened due to excessive use of social media platforms
such as headache, stress, anxiety and many more. These diseases are very negative not only for
their mental health but also negative for their physical health in the market. The mental health of
the individual is one of the most important of their life because it controls the whole body of the
individual. There are different types negatives impacts are present and the brief discussion
related to the same are given below:
Inadequacy of life: There are different types of manipulated social media platforms are present
which influence the behaviour of people in negative aspect. There are many pages are running
ion these platforms which has provided negative impact on the health of the people and also
makes them more hatred.
Fear of missing out: these social media platforms has spread hatred in the environment which
has made some people to missed their actual life and reflection. There are number of posts are
spread across the internet which has negative impact on the minds of the people (Berryman,
Ferguson and Negy, 2018).
Isolation: There are many peoples are present in the world which has used social media
platforms for long time which develops a feeling to be loneliness in the person which is related
to the anxiety of the people. There are many people are present whose mind enables them to
active on social media and becomes lonely.
Depression and anxiety: It is one of the most biggest negative impact of the use of social media
on the minds of the users. It develops high level of stress and anxiety in the personality of the

users which makes them more dominant. The high level of anxiety are not favourable for the
health of the individual because it negatively impacts on the goals and missions of the individual.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from this report that the excessive use of social media platforms are not
favourable for the health of users. It is recommanded to the users that they provide only few time
to these social media platforms so that their health can be promotes.

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