Supporting Our Valued Adolescents: A place to learn, share your strength, be positive, and grow.
You may think of two different things when you think about social media. You may think that social media makes everyone an open book, spilling all their secrets and sharing too much information so you know where they are, what they’re eating, and who they’re with at any given moment. You may alternatively think that social media is fake and controlled.
The popular narrative says that social media, smartphones, and constantly being online has had a negative effect on our mental health, especially for adolescents.
Chances are, you’ve heard of JUUL (especially recently with announcements of a potential ban). Like any phenomenon and trend, the word itself may cause an immediate response: recognition, mocking, maybe even confusion. But like any phenomenon or trends, especially one that’s mostly popular with teenagers and young adults, everyone has an opinion on them.
Social media is pervasive in most of our lives. This is especially true for teenagers and young adults, who are the first generation to spend their formative years online. Online access and connection is unarguably beneficial for many people, but it can also have negative consequences for mental health.
As I scroll through Instagram, I see amazing musicians on tour and playing complex songs. As a musician myself, I ask why I can’t do what they do. Why aren’t I as talented? Why aren’t I as successful?
Using social media can feel like a mindless activity. Most of the time, we’re opening apps and scrolling as if on instinct, and before we know it, it’s been an hour of alternating between apps and retaining absolutely nothing about what you just saw and who you interacted with.
If there’s one benefit to Twitter, it’s the memes.
We’ve all done it: we get a message from someone and whether we intend to or not, never respond. We’ve all had the opposite done to us too: we send a message to someone,...
Because of the predictably social feature of social media, using these sites and apps have had an influence on how we interact with others and how we want others to see us. One recent...
The short answer: no. The longer answer: You may have seen a recent news story talking about how researchers in Australia noticed that young people might be developing tiny bone-spikes at the back of...
New post: The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance https://t.co/qHLHOfs0D8 #depression #links #online_support
This could be such a great tool for young people who may be more comfortable texting than calling!
988: US federal regulators are setting up a new 3-digit number for a suicide prevention hotline in order to make it easier to seek help and reduce the stigma associated with mental health. https://t.co/FFJiS0UXch
