Re:Instagram Is Ruining Vacation
by Touche on Monday April 18, 2016 @09:39AM
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The problem is that it's unhealthy to be wholly focused on only 1 aspect of your life. Plenty of people become depressed by not feeling socially validated on social media.
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I suspect most of these people are already depressed, and the validation they find in social media staves off the more severe feelings.
Or it's become something of an addiction to them, and a lack of validation (either a lack of "likes" or an inability to post) results in withdrawal, which can cause depression and shares some behavioral symptoms with depression.