How do you view mental health issues in young people connected to social media?

[Someone34]

In my country Sweden there has been a survey done by the state that said that as much as 72 percent of young women age 18-29 in Sweden in 2024 has been in contact with medical health agencies to get help for mental health issues.

This is in the vast majority connected to social media and how they view themselves, their bodies, their apperances and their lifes, which is often compared to other peoples lifes or their percieved happiness if you will or (fascades) that they think noone can see through.

Many countries have now in later years begun to understand that social media has been the running force behind mental health issues all along, (no shit) the hunt for likes, instant gratification, the inability to be happy with being just you, the inability to sit with your own thoughts, the inability to be happy as happiness mostly comes from appreciating more or less anything and nothing around you.

If you never appreciate anything, if you´re never satisfied with who you are or how jetset your life is you will very clearly develope mental health issues eventually according to the surveys themselves.

There is an expression that goes "In the eyes of the beholder." I think thats a good one. It means that its possible to appreciate more or less anything. A beautiful tree, a cup of coffee, a good song, the sun, art, real conversations about something interesting. You know Real Life?

How do you guys view this? Has anybody suffered from mental health issues connected to social media? How do you view it now? Is life better? Is life easier? How long did it take to re-adjust your thinking so to speak, so you could be happy again and focus on the incredible vastness of things you can delve in to on this earth and that we only get to experience one time?

Much obliged!

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Can’t say I care for your condescending tone throughout this despite the good points you make. Yes, social media has been shown to be harmful to young people in excess and finding a happy medium is difficult for those who don’t know how to regulate their emotions and excessive use can be a contributing factor to poor emotional regulation.
However, the harm is not inherent to the use of social media despite it often receiving blame. And as a society, as a result, we tend to overtherapize ourselves, trying to solve the most minute problems in the name of fixing what’s “wrong” with us for the end goal of happiness without realizing that’s not really how that works. The use of social media, much like one’s feelings, are the choice of the individual and not the influences around them. Ultimately, we have control only over ourselves and we are the cause of most of our individual problems. These girls in Sweden are doing what they think is best for their health, they shouldn’t be shamed for wanting to find emotional regulation from a legitimate educational source that teaches them on their own.
You also wrote all of this like this isn’t a post on social media critiquing social media and you don’t seem to enjoy the irony lol

[Someone34]

There are reasons for the anger, anger is one of the most natural feelings in the universe. At least im venting it and not taking it out on someone who hasn't learned to walk a straight line yet, cause they need to look on the phone.

My mom just walks in to them with meaning.

Thinking its all about emotional regulation isn't the whole truth to this, I can only answer for my country, but I think that Swedes are very trendsensitive and they like to follow the stream. So that´s why so many people fell for it, girls are also more trendfollowing in my book at least. At least in modern society and the consumer society that we live in.

I know a lot less guys seeked help for these kinds of issues, social media is only about apperance and the outside so I also think more unfortunatly fall for this social media trap since its all pictures.

a lot less men care about their appearence cause it isn't manly to do so. Women can do it without get heckled, If I check my hair in a window outside on window day so I dont look like a rooster, 5-10 people want to fuck with me.

If a girl does it its normal. As I said there are several things as to why so many Swedes have fell for it, especially girls. Its different in every country and Sweden has been hit the hardest, I can say that with confidence without comparing it to any other country first.

[Someone34]

Sorry I can't fucking spell and there is no editing.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Anger is born from a place of pain, and if anything I’m more surprised you let that pain create your worldview

[Someone34]

Lol let that pain create your worldview, you are talking like someone who knows everything about everything, what kind of pain do you have yourself in your head to speak like this to others?

Also, since you know everything, could explain for example how pain won't shape for example palestinians view of Israel for example? Or Polish peoples worldview of communism?

Could please tell me this, cause I obviously need to hear it for some reason

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Pain born of perceived injustices is still pain

[Unap0logetic_]

I agree that it does have effects on mental health because people become obsessed and then you see the scary part which is the stalking, the harassment, and the bullying.. Or like you mentioned the self-esteem, self worth, etc… there is a lot of comparing and body shaming that is being done and I believe that it causes people to have depression and social anxiety even. The reality people don’t see is most of the influencers don’t look the way they’re posting on Instagram. A lot of it is heavy, editing, and heavy make up. And so many of these people (the followers) show a strong desire to be perfect in real life, but perfect in real life does not exist. And this is where the self-esteem issues come in. It’s a very sad cycle.

[Someone34]

You are right, a lot of trick shots. I think I saw a short clip on this. Where they exposed these angle shots. Especially of these dumbass influencers showing their baboonbutt. Social media is the most retarded thing ever and its for the lower classes.

But yeah unfortunatly they develope mental health issue.

[exitseven]

Social media makes people think that everyone but them has a great life of parties, travel and sports cars. It is natural to want all these things and people become obsessed thinking that they are missing out.
The truth is that the lives of others are just as ordinary as your own life. The faster you realize this the better your life will seem.

[Someone34]

Yepp, exactly. There is nothing in between, only the best moments in life which fools people into thinking everyone has great lifes.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO

[DonaldDarko]

They weren't right in the head before they ever logged into a computer.

[Someone34]

There must be some kind of thing that makes so many people follow it and fall for the social media trap. The only thing that comes to mind is stupidity. What else could it be? Naivety? Naivety seems to be a good explanation for it also. Maybe naivety to whatever new technology and invention we create is somehow automatically good?

If you look at history there are several inventions that were proved to be dangerous for us. Im glad they seeked help though. Also 72 percent seeked help of these young girls, that means there are several more percent that haven't seeked help yet, cause they are not at that point yet.

Tragic!

[DonaldDarko]

Women are highly social they care a lot about trends, what's popular, competing with other women. The younger they are the more instinct driven they are. I can see them getting sucked into some kind of dumb social media game trying to one up each other. They probably have a complicated persona they've woven together. Online I imagine they're all super models and movie stars. Every on of them a Taylor Swift or Sidney Sweeny with men lined up just for a look at them. When men put fake stuff online we know it's bull shit and we're half way trolling when we do it. I think women are more serious. Not that they believe it but I bet it's more serious like they're running a high stakes CIA operation.

[Someone34]

You are right, we can thank consumer culture for that and advertising I guess. The only real societies left on earth that you can call society is those were conservative values are valued still and implemented. One where materialism hasn't gotten hold and the brainwashing that comes along with that. If you add the political correctness to that mix you are pretty much done.

We can only go upwards after this and I think its starting to happen. Conservatives will rule the world in the next following decades, look at UK, France, Germany and my home country Sweden.
Conservative and nationalistic governments are beginning to take place, if it could happen in woke Sweden it can happen in the rest of the shitholes. xD So to speak.

a lot of countries as I said have also seen that social media is the big devil in the mental health crises and have begun to take steps to change that and they are good first steps. But we need to go a little further than that.

In Sweden young people are much conservative and nationalistic aswell in their political choice of parties, so there is definently something going on. And as I said we already had a change of goverment here, a complete night and day compared to the following 50 years in Sweden.

And I do mean night and day.

I think we can only go upwards from this place where western society is today, a buttload less people feel moved by modern feminism in my country, its really low, same goes with climate question, its a lot lot lower.

I see a future that is conservative, nationalistic and one where social media is being banned, reformed, age restricted and abolished from schools.

I personally believe in total reform of social media, where you can't like or comment or upload egopictures (which is deleted by AI) and only be allowed 2 profile pictures per year. I think social media is good for keeping corrupt politicians in check and greedy companies aswell as organizing protests or interestgroups.

[DonaldDarko]

Things are starting to swing back the other way. People are starting to see conservatism in a new light. Since the 60's or so degenerate leftists have had their way. They bought nothing but foolishness. They promote everything disgusting. Homosexuality, "transgender" and anything vile and repulsive you can think of.

[Someone34]

Completely agree, I dont care what someone does with their life unless they hurt others. And what someone does in their bedroom or how someone dressed I dont give a shit about. I think thats a normal standpoint to have as a human being that has empathy. I dont care about sex changes either, but I do care if the state make it legal for people under the age of 18.

Thats not good at all. A doctor on Dr. Phil debated this with a couple of lunatics that were there, if someone is interested in my standpoints you can watch that episode on Youtube. I agree with that doctor.

What I choose to call someone who has had a sex change is up to me, that is called freedom of speech and opinion. You can't legislate about what every person should think in the world about such personal viewpoints. Or for any other viewpoint in that matter. That is not democracy.

To promote sexuality is wrong, to read sexnovels to daycare kids is extremely wrong. If someone is gay or trans I dont care, I will respect them and I dont care how they want live their own life.

[Someone34]

Im sorry to "promote homosexuality" is wrong I wanted to write.

[In_Trance]

Social media is the mental health issue.
Get off of there and watch what changes

[DrPepper12]

It's a societal cancer

[Someone34]

It ain't good. : / I had a thought about this a couple a years ago that stuck with me, its that we actually live in a problem right now, not a society. But it can be changed, so its now emotalk or anything. There are things to change where we are right now, and I think future generations will have it better, hopefully.

[Someone34]

I mean there are things that we can do to change where we are right now.

[seeyounexttuesday]

Social Media needs to be deleted.

[Someone34]

You are completely right! Im 32 now, I was a teenager when the real first social media came along with facebook, people changed fast, for the worst. It dosent bring anything folks. Its quite the opposite.