For last couple of weeks, I’ve come across several pieces on the Internet which use the words “Facebook” and “depression” together. While some of these point out Facebook actually helps detects depression symptoms, others are an effort to publicly blast Facebook overdoses for depression.
Facebook is in news again, albeit for the wrong reasons. Several leading pediatricians have expressed concerns that people, especially teenagers these days are struggling to cope up with a new mental health problem called “Facebook depression”. Nearly 22% of teenagers log onto Facebook more than 10 times a day. Several others spend at least two hours a day on world’s most popular social network. Does an overdose of Facebook lead to depression?
Am I Facebook depressed?
With all due respect to the scientific and clinical theories about Facebook depression, don’t we know that excess of anything is bad and Facebook is no exception to that rule?
Going by the same logic, doesn’t an internet or for that matter Television overdose lead to depression? Why single out Facebook in such cases? I find it amusing that experts believe Facebook leads to depression as it lets people distance themselves from real lives. Aren’t Facebook friends real people – humans whom we talk to and interact with?
On the contrary, Facebook helps us reach out to friends and family across geographical barriers. It introduces us to people from different countries, religions, linguistic preferences and various walks of life. Surely, that doesn’t lead to depression.
Of course, I agree that Facebook addiction can have catastrophic consequences for any individual. I love Facebook but I can safely say that I’m not addicted to it. If I’m on a vacation, I hardly access Facebook. Similarly, when I’m knee deep in work (which is the case more often than not), I don’t give a damn to what’s going on in the Facebook world?
I see it as a valuable personal and business tool but that’s where I draw the line.
Does Facebook lead to depression?
As I mentioned earlier, addiction to any social network (be it Facebook, Twitter or any other) can be harmful. I don’t deny that. However, to generalize it as a channel for promoting depression is stretching it too far.
Pediatrics define Facebook depression as a disorder that develops when preteens and teens spend a great deal of time on social media sites, such as Facebook, and then begin to exhibit classic symptoms of depression. This has harmful effects such as social isolation, substance abuse, unsafe sexual practices, or aggressive or self-destructive behaviors. Give me a break! All these so-called consequences of Facebook can just as well originate through any other Facebook site, right?
The brighter picture
Thankfully not all researchers believe Facebook is depressive. Some claim they’ve been completely mis-cited by the media while others say they are yet to establish a definitive relationship between Facebook and depression.
It’s heartening to see the increasing number of people who’ve got support from other Facebook users when they display their feelings.
Do you believe Facebook leads to depression? Is social media bad for kids and for that matter grown-up individuals as well? Please share your opinion by leaving a comment below this post.
Hi Douglas. Interesting perspective.
IMO: this story illustrates the difference between reality and re-created reality. Research is rational in nature. The relationships between Facebook use and depression are modeled by researchers. This does not prove that they exist in reality. Not to mention the mixing up of cause and effect. IMO these studies serve no purpose and I truly wonder what the real motives are. I realize this is a normative statement. But this is equally true for the invented links between Facebook use and depression.
IMO, these researches are futile attempts on the part of the researchers to gain attention for themselves due to the fact that non was conclusive. The attempt here is to find a scapegoat for a malady that deserves better attention and research into its real cause among probable age groups.
I totally agree.
I admit I never heard of depression related to Facebook, but as you say, abusing anything can only lead to bad things. Even though I am definitely not Facebook #1 fan, also because I don’t use it that much at all, I really don’t see how a service like Facebook could directly be related to depression at all.
I strongly believe these researchers are trying to ride the Facebook wave. As you mentioned Gabriele, many people can’t see the relationship between both.
I have heard that Facebook leads to depression, and the interesting thing is WHY that is. Not of overexcess use, as I don’t believe that this cause leads to depression. However, being online, with 250+ friends, all posting pictures of how much fun they have, how interesting their lives are, how many friends that have and how positive everything is, I believe can leave a person overwhelmed with feelings of being isolated, not leading an interesting enough life, not having fun friends etc. What we miss out on is that its all about self presentation, and how we choose to stage our lives. So yes, I do believe that some people get depressed on Facebook.
Exactly. This is true for me indeed.
It is hardly the excessive use of Facebook which causes depression. It is the tendency to compare social lives through such superficial media which causes depression in someone who thinks their social lives are not as exciting as their FB friends.
Whenever i saw other people doing flirt with my girl friend on her wall, surely i got depression :/
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I am living proof that FBD exists, a middle aged woman who is in a mess because so called friends don’t talk to me or like my posts. Somehow it quickly spiraled out of control, I became obsessed with checking their profiles, made inappropriate comments made a fool of myself and had a very sad ending. Sounds ridiculous to anybody who hasn’t experienced it I know but it is frightening and can ruin your life.
you selfish twat, just because you dont have facebook depression doesnt mean it doesnt exist.
you can express how you feel Jason without using that word, it is one of the ugliest next to cu.., just be careful okay? ladies are reading this, pretty please? I agree facebook is adding to my depression it is a significant contributing factor , and is why I am even on here.
Being a 16 year old excessive facebook user myself i can appreciate this topic and i strongly agree with the subject that facebook increases depression. However i think it does depend on your age gender and outlook on the social network site . I think its worse for girls because posting photos is very competative and the amount of likes someone gets can really affect a developing teenagers ego; especially when they see their peers getting more online attention than them they begin to feel isolated. its the same with statuses…people advertise and talk differently on facebook to how they would in real life and thats becuase they choose a lot more carefully what to broadcast because they only want to put fun/interesting/exciting things up in order to gain “likes” . again when their peers regulaly upload pictures of their eventful lives it leaves people constantly contemplaig their own lives. i also dont think its healthy to encouage stalking either as you get a false interpretation of what a person is like and how they live their lives. for example someone who doesnt actively use facebook much might get mistaken for boring when in actual fact this may differ from reality . i have tried de activating my facebook but found it difficult to stick too as I began too feel isolated from society and was too tempted to know what was going on inthe social world, furthermore my last relationship mainly broke down due to jealosly on facebook seeing other girls flirt on his wall etc and id much rather meet someone in real life than over facebook which sadly is how most people meet. in addition i am not feeling this new timeline rubbish !dont understand it at all !. finally i do think online use is continuing to increase if not only on facebook then on twitter etc and when I look back to the life i had before facebook i see a happier all round healthie self . freindships are completley different to how they were 10/20 years ago and i think facebook plays a part because most coversations take place online ! i think is facebook got rid of a like sign and changed the settings to a much simplier format and it was purely just for inboxing or getting in touch with family (if this was possible) then society would be a better place .
Depression is inherent in social media. All I see online are people doing these fun and exciting things, or making these witty comments, or having these engaged conversations, completely out of context. I just assume they all lead more productive and exciting lives, than my own. I’m just constantly trying to gain validation by posting equally interesting topics.
Depression occurs at one point in a person’s life and it is triggered more often due to social networking sites. Agreed that life is not happy all the time but you only post happy pictures so in the eyes of everyone you are living a happy perfect life. Only you know the whole picture and when you compare it to someone else’s happy profile, your life seems to be depressing and not as “happy” as it should be although in reality, you should have nothing to be depressed about.
it doesnt only leads to depression,but its a huge temptation for cheating.
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