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Teen Girls Experiencing Record Levels of Sadness and Suicide Risk, CDC Says

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Re: Teen Girls Experiencing Record Levels of Sadness and Suicide Risk, CDC Says

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It's normal for girls to experience and self report more sad feelings due to higher neuroticism, and boys/men typically actually commit suicide (as opposed to having suicidal intent, or self reported suicidal thoughts) at 3-4x more likely than women.

That all being said, it's terribly sad to see kids negatively affected by a variety of factors including social media, pandemic responses, and just a generally negative outlook on their future (things like career prospects, finding a partner, living out the "american dream" or other purposeful life)

Re: Teen Girls Experiencing Record Levels of Sadness and Suicide Risk, CDC Says

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It's normal for girls to experience and self report more sad feelings due to higher neuroticism, and boys/men typically actually commit suicide (as opposed to having suicidal intent, or self reported suicidal thoughts) at 3-4x more likely than women. That all being said, it's terribly sad to see kids negatively affected by a variety of factors including social media, pandemic responses, and just a generally negative…

Gotta say the obvious, suicide shouldn't be the bottom floor metric for determining if social media is hurting people.