{"id":2515,"date":"2023-07-25T10:42:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T07:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/how-addictive-endless-scrolling-is-bad-for-your-mental-health\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T10:42:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T07:42:39","slug":"how-addictive-endless-scrolling-is-bad-for-your-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/how-addictive-endless-scrolling-is-bad-for-your-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"How addictive, endless scrolling is bad for your mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s how social media, the focus of a surgeon general\u2019s advisory in May, is affecting minds and contributing to a mental health crisis in young people<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social media has redefined human connection, especially if you\u2019re part of the millennial or Gen Z generation. It is so deeply interwoven into every aspect of our lives that it\u2019s almost impossible for us to withdraw from our digital devices. Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and other such platforms are everywhere, allowing us to communicate and connect with people from all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there\u2019s another side to social media, one about which mental health experts have been\u00a0sounding the alarm\u00a0for years: how our social media consumption compares to cocaine or alcohol addiction. And how it\u2019s contributing to a growing mental health crisis among youths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read the whole article and watch the video by the original source through the link below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/science\/2023\/07\/14\/social-media-mental-crisis-youths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/science\/2023\/07\/14\/social-media-mental-crisis-youths\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s how social media, the focus of a surgeon general\u2019s advisory in May, is affecting minds and contributing to a mental health crisis in young people Social media has redefined human connection, especially if you\u2019re part of the millennial or Gen Z generation. It is so deeply interwoven into every aspect of our lives that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[65,112,117,42,80,148,123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotions-feelings-el","category-healthy-living-el","category-mood-el","category-on-line-ps","category-self-care-el","category-social-media-el","category-wellbeing-el","entry","no-media"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p87S9d-Ez","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}