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Social Media and Mental Health

Social Media and Mental Health are an issues that we are currently undergoing in this generation. Those people who post positive content on social media tend to be happier compared to those who post something more negative as they tend to project their problems to other people. Those who comment with negative words and make negative contents tend to get more haters, affecting their mental health.

There are two types of social media users, active and passive users. Passive users are those who just commented and scrolled through photos whereas active users are those who create content, engage in the comments, and like other people's posts. According to research by Dr. Smith, Active Social Media users' moods improved whereas Passive Social Media users dropped. Active Social Media users' moods improved because they engage more with users by actively posting and also increase their confidence if they got more likes for their posts.

However, those positive impacts for passive social media users can turn into negative because those people who post on social media just to seek validation may not be satisfied if they do not have a good amount of likes and engagement.