• Question: What is your opinion on social media and how it can harm your mental health?

    Asked by anon-237778 to Peter, Mhairi, Madeleine, Catherine, Andrew on 13 Mar 2020.
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      Catherine Talbot answered on 13 Mar 2020:

      Psychology has both good and bad aspects! There’s also been recent scientific research that has shown social media has relatively no direct affect on mental health. It’s a combination of lots of different things! Social media can also be a really good thing. For example, i found people with dementia used social media to feel less lonely.

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      Mhairi Bowe answered on 14 Mar 2020:

      Social media can be a great way to connect with others, but we need to use it in moderation if it starts interfering with social relationships, well-being, attention and productivity. Everything in moderation! Making sure to respect others and use social media responsibility also helps.

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      Andrew McNeill answered on 18 Mar 2020:

      Social media can be both a blessing and a curse. Some of my research with older people has argued that it is tremendously useful for connecting people who are socially isolated – and I think we’re all discovering that these days!
      But I realise that it can harm your mental health if you use it too much or compare yourself against the people that you see/read about there.

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