Facebook addiction increases depression severity among already depressed people
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#2study: Facebook depression with depressed users: The mediating effects of dependency and self-criticism on facebook addiction and depressiveness[1]
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S07475...
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#3Makes sense. A depressed person, sitting inside, looking through the window at their friends playing outside, I guess would feel more depressed.
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#4I was surprised that the study doesn't mention that these apps are _intentionally_ designed to get you addicted to the point where something like this happen.
This psychology-oriented design atrocity is leaking into other industries[0], and I can't see a future where this is not strongly regulated against like how gambling is today. It took me months of using screen time apps to revert the bad habits these apps try to implant on you.
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#5Makes sense. A depressed person, sitting inside, looking through the window at their friends playing outside, I guess would feel more depressed.
It might even be "sitting inside, looking through the window at other people sitting inside but surely having a better time than you" .
Social media is for presenting the highlights of your life. For a lot of depressed or even just gullible people it is easy to generalize from that. I have acquaintances who blew up their personal lives in a search for that elusive "perfect life".
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#6Makes sense. A depressed person, sitting inside, looking through the window at their friends playing outside, I guess would feel more depressed.
Not only that, but imagine if every time they looked out the window their friends were having the best time playing outside. Never any downsides or setbacks, only the highlight reel.
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#7Makes sense. A depressed person, sitting inside, looking through the window at their friends playing outside, I guess would feel more depressed.
It might even be "sitting inside, looking through the window at other people sitting inside but surely having a better time than you" . Social media is for presenting the highlights of your life. For a lot of depressed or even just gullible people it is easy to generalize from that. I have acquaintances who blew up their personal lives in a search for that elusive "perfect life".
> I have acquaintances who blew up their personal lives in a search for that elusive "perfect life".
Is this in the typical sense of spending beyond their means, or do you have other anecdotes?
I am a highly compensated tech worker at a FAANG who overcame US immigration and other challenges to get here, and many people would trade their spot with mine.
Yet, I am so unhappy and burned out by work that I don’t think about anything else than quitting and moving back to my parents’ countryside house and enjoying a life of peace and quiet with the savings I have amassed, with no work pressure and rat race, just long hikes in nature, naps, reading and programming for fun.
I changed roles and companies and the feeling never went away. I think in January I’ll finally start therapy, I’ve been unhappy for so long that I’m worried this might just be “my ride” for the rest of my life, if I don’t do something about it.
Despite this unhappiness, I’ve never been able to quit because of that inner voice: “are you out of your stupid mind?! You’re just 35 and are making 7 figures, stop whining you privileged fool and make hay while it lasts, people would risk their physical safety in a mine for that salary”.
I’m wondering if this voice is the voice of reason while my wants are just another instance of “blowing up my life” because I see how happy other people are.
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#8And Zuck wants to push it on the next level, where people would not be able to escape the virtual reality of ultimate depression. All this for money and power of "investors".
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#9Makes sense. A depressed person, sitting inside, looking through the window at their friends playing outside, I guess would feel more depressed.
I wonder if TV commercials have a similar effect, which are filled with images of good looking people having a way better time than you are.
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#10It would be really interesting how unique this problem is. If it applies similarly to Twitter or Instagram, or if there are some main differences.
Or if it is not even connected to the social media aspect at all, and also applies to other addictive platforms like YouTube, that don't focus on the social media aspect a lot.