Anxiety – Compare and Despair?

Is your online addiction getting too much for you? There is a constant feeling of self-consciousness or a need for perfectionism, which can arise from social media platforms. This normally manifests itself into social anxiety, or leading to pervasive thoughts indicative of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). This results from the over-use of social media and the constant […]

Obsession or Depression?

During the past decade, online social networking has become such an over-used platform. However, it can be debated whether some of these changes may affect certain and normal aspects of human behaviour and cause psychiatric disorders. There have been several studies that have indicated that the prolonged use of social networking sites, for example, Facebook, have […]

'The Social Stresswork' – Is Social Media Affecting Our Mental Health?

By Chloe Gay

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