Excessive exposure to social media and negative news creates perceived existential threats that the body struggles to process, contributing to chronic...
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“Excessive exposure to social media and negative news creates perceived existential threats that the body struggles to process, contributing to chronic stress and impairing physiological health.”
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“Excessive exposure to social media and negative news creates perceived existential threats that the body struggles to process, contributing to chronic stress and impairing physiological health.”
a biologist and former Kinsey Institute executive director specializing in oxytocin research · source video
“Social media has increased digital connections but decreased real, face-to-face, meaningful connections, leading to social fragmentation.”
an attachment coach and former licensed marriage and family therapist · Instagram
“Reducing screen time can help alleviate symptoms in people struggling with ADHD.”
a Harvard Medical School psychiatrist specializing in metabolic psychiatry · Instagram
“Taking oneself off screens can help burnout evaporate by increasing tolerance to work stress without changing the work situation.”
a Harvard Medical School psychiatrist specializing in metabolic psychiatry · Instagram
“Parental controls on platforms like Instagram and YouTube are ineffective by design and serve as superficial measures rather than real safety features.”
a media host and psychologist with a lapsed clinical license · Instagram
“Instagram and YouTube deliberately designed their platforms to addict children, not accidentally or negligently but with malice and fraud as found by a jury.”
a media host and psychologist with a lapsed clinical license · Instagram
“Dr. Phil explains that parental controls often give a false sense of security because they do not work as parents think and predators can still slip through, especially on platforms like Roblox.”
a media host and psychologist with a lapsed clinical license · Instagram
“Dr. Phil highlights that platforms like Roblox have deliberate corporate choices prioritizing profits and user growth over user safety, making them inherently dangerous for children.”
a media host and psychologist with a lapsed clinical license · Instagram
“Nothing great is ever going to happen on a two-inch screen; young men need to put down devices and engage in real-world activities to develop skills and find purpose.”
a media host and psychologist with a lapsed clinical license · Instagram
“Social media platforms have corrupted the mental and emotional stability of an entire generation for money, causing increased depression, anxiety, and loneliness in teenagers.”
a media host and psychologist with a lapsed clinical license · Instagram
“technology as an extension of ourselves impacts teens' ability to process emotions and experiences, so awareness is crucial”
a psychoanalyst and author of Being There · Instagram
“Technology has dehumanized us and increased isolation, which may contribute to romantic disconnect.”
a licensed mental health counselor · Instagram
“Sending a reel that says 'This is me' or 'You too?' can release small cues of safety and momentarily settle the nervous system through shared recognition, though it is not deep healing.”
a licensed mental health counselor · Instagram
“Smartphones before high school make it harder for children to reach their potential and increase risk of addiction to technology.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Social media use before age 16 can lead to addictive behaviors and distract from hard work and healthy habits.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Giving a child a phone with internet and social media access moves the phone to the center of their life forever, leading to withdrawal from the world at a young age.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Teens have a love-hate relationship with phones, enjoying connection but suffering from the always-on, competitive, beauty-and-success-obsessed culture on social media that increases social comparison and feelings of inadequacy.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Giving kids smartphones leads to a drop in 80% of healthy, normal, necessary childhood activities and shifts their life to revolve around the phone, which is harmful.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“American teens spend 9 hours a day on screens, with 5 hours on social media, which is excessive and equates to a part-time job spent in social comparison and constant reachability.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Delay giving kids smartphones as long as possible, at least until high school, to protect their childhood and brain development.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Kids’ and teens’ brains need a lot of in-person time to wire up properly; social media distorts what friendship and connection look like.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Do not allow screens to replace the 7 to 9 hours teens currently spend on them every day to protect mental health and development.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Watching a movie together as a family is good because it involves shared emotions, conversation, and longer storylines unlike social media content.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“The arrival of smartphones with social media in the early 2010s caused a sudden and significant increase in anxiety, depression, and self-harm among teens, especially girls.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Reducing smartphone use, especially switching to a basic phone, improves teens' mental health and happiness as shown by a teenager who switched and influenced friends to try it.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Withdrawal symptoms like irritability can last 2-3 weeks after removing addictive apps, so experiments to lessen smartphone use should last at least that long.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“When reducing smartphone or social media use, adding independent, unsupervised activities creates a more empowering balance for kids and teens.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Nine hours of daily screen time outside of school work is not healthy for kids and leads to increased loneliness, anxiety, and depression.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Large tech companies owning children's childhood through addictive, advertising-based platforms is harmful because they prioritize profitability over children's welfare.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Social media is an addictive activity designed with powerful features that exploit the immature frontal cortex of children and teenagers, making it unsafe for them to use responsibly at a young age.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Parents often give phones to children primarily due to social pressure and fear of exclusion rather than because it is developmentally appropriate or safe.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“A few large tech companies have more influence on children’s time and attention than parents do, effectively owning childhood and creating a bind for families.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Excessive social media use, averaging eight to nine hours a day, is changing the way teenagers' brains work and contributing to mental health challenges, so moderation and mindful use are important.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Jonathan Haidt states that about 48% of American adolescents are online almost constantly and are addicted to their phones and social media, indicating a serious addiction problem.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“He highlights that 40% of two-year-olds in the US have their own iPad, which is used as a babysitter, implying this early exposure contributes to addiction and is problematic.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Social media platforms like Instagram have become a primary venue for child molesters to exploit children by soliciting inappropriate photos, making online safety a critical area for parental protection.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Social media is devastating for teenage girls because it disrupts the natural way friendships develop through intimate, small-group conversations and instead forces them into large, performative interactions focused on appearance.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Touchscreen use by young children, especially solitary iPad time, is harmful because it acts as a behavioral training device that fragments attention and exposes children to amoral or degrading content, unlike TV which provides coherent stories and moral formation.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“To reverse the destruction of attention caused by excessive screen time, exposure to iPads, smartphones, and social media should be delayed and limited in duration and platform use.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
“Limiting screen time and increasing opportunities for play, independence, and growth in the real world helps restore attention and supports calm, joyful, and balanced childhood and adolescence.”
a social psychologist and NYU Stern professor · Instagram
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