This may not be a very popular opinion or one that a lot of people might not want to entertain either in 2019, but see if deleting any or all social media may help? I am a millennial myself and I don't have any social media accounts but I am finding these days we are literally overloading our bodies and our brains.
For the vast majority of people its a daily barrage of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snaphat and more. Throw in a lot fighting, arguing, the constant negative information and destructive behavior that is going on, it's no wonder people are overwhelmed.
Plenty of mental health experts agree and enough former executives from social media companies have also mentioned the destruction and the negative effects.
I saw a CBC piece on youth mental health and a crisis that is going on at the University of Toronto. It seems like chaos of mega proportions over there and the students are freaking out about getting help, assistance, treatment etc meanwhile healthcare workers seem to be overloaded and don't know what to do. It was painful to watch and I really felt for a lot of the students but it got me thinking, why was this happening? Is this normal that huge swaths of youth are struggling? Do these problems happen in the same frequency in other countries? What are we doing wrong here? What are we doing right?
I am not suggesting anybody's mental health will be fixed overnight with deleting Facebook or that people shouldn't take meds or seek health advice. I think we need to do a better job as a society of figuring out what is going on here with everyone. Far too many people are really really suffering with depression, anxiety, mental health problems and other issues and I don't think we can write this off as business as usual.
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