Health News Desk, Spending too much time on online platforms is very dangerous not only for the eyes but also for mental health. It has a direct effect on the brain. A study by a team of UCL researchers, published in Nature Human Behaviour, has shown a connection between mental health and excessive use of smartphones, laptops and social media. In this study, it was found that people with poor mental health were more attracted towards negative online content. . Let us know what the study says and how harmful online contents are for mental health…
What does the study say?
In this study, online browsing habits of more than 1,000 participants were examined. The emotional angle of their searched web pages was checked. After this, all of them talked openly about their current mental health and condition. Researchers found that people who were experiencing symptoms of poor mental health browsed negative content more often. After viewing this content, their mood worsened and they had to search for more negative content to improve it. Professor Tali Sharot, who was involved in this study, said that these results make it clear that negative content can not only spoil someone’s mood but can also bring many mental challenges.
How many hours do people spend on social media?
Out of the world’s population of more than 8 billion, there are about 5.3 billion internet users. China has the highest number of social media users but Indians spend the most time on social media. Most people in India spend time on social media, ignoring their hunger, thirst, sleep and relationships. According to research firm ‘RedSeer’, every Indian internet user spends an average of 7.3 hours a day staring at the smartphone. Most of the time is spent on social media. Research shows that the more screen time, the worse is mental health. This can cause not only anxiety and depression but also many serious disorders. Research journal PubMed states that 70% of people use smartphones or are busy on social media before sleeping.
Dangerous side effects of social media
1. Journal PubMed report states that being too active on social media leads to lack of sleep and a person becomes a victim of depression or amnesia.
2. Due to being busy on social media, social relationships disintegrate and emotional connections also end.
3. Increasing addiction to social media causes problems of depression and anxiety. Human beings become anti-social by living in the virtual world, which worsens mental health.
4. Due to social media, a person creates a fake world and while trying to appear perfect, he becomes a victim of stress and anxiety, which can spoil mental health.
