Social media and depression by SERENA SPERANZA

elisabettalugaresi — 2024-09-27 10:41:28 UTC

I think that social media can lead to depression but at the same time it depends on many factors: obviously a week person will be more influenced by what people say about them. Not to justify this event, but it is known that people always have to argue so I think that to enter a world like that of social media you need to have a strong character, and be sure of yourself.

nicknickzan — 2024-09-27 10:43:18 UTC

I dont think that social media can cause it.

Depression is a particularly emotion caused by trauma or a sad moment that happened in the past.

The depression can be diferrent in every person, for examprle the emotion or the force to take insider the emotion like sad or anger.

It was caused by something that happened in real life.

Social media can probably influence it, but not cause it.

sofiasoldati2 — 2024-09-27 10:43:37 UTC

Yes, I think the use of social media can cause depression, because of the presence of the cyber bullying wich is one of the main causes of depression. Also because social media can cause addiction and when the object of the addiction is removed it can lead to depression.

giadaceccaroni — 2024-09-27 10:45:28 UTC

In my opinion, social media, can have many negative things if used badly, many people can suffer behind the phone screen, i don't think we're talking about depression, but it can still happened that some people decide to suicide because of things that are said to them on these platforms.

For this reason, i think we have to be very careful, and not attack people without knowing, some people are bad, and often we laugh, without knowing who might be behind those jokes.

merysoldati — 2024-09-27 10:45:42 UTC

For me, in my opinion, yes, the use of social media can cause depression. In the world there are so many sensitive people who are influenced even by the smallest things seen online; for example they may feel lonely when they see a story where there is a group of friends who is having fun.

Unfortunately it's no one's fault if this happens because on social media everyone is free to publish what they want.

giacomozanuccoli — 2024-09-27 10:45:49 UTC

In my opinion, social media are a very useful thing especially if they are used correctly.

They can let you learn a lot of things, that maybe ,at first, you weren’t even aware of it.

But in some case especially if you are a very sensitive person and you feel not confortable maybe with your body or your appearence, seeing somone that seem to have all you desire can be very frustrating, and for me it can start a principle of depression.

nicolamelai074 — 2024-09-27 10:46:24 UTC

Social media can cause depression in more situation for example when people stay a lot of time on the social like tik tok , Instagram or whatsapp.

I think we need to find the right balance by trying to do something else during the day, for example playing sports or at least try to do something else to detach your mind. Also a lot of people follow more influencers and this people try to imitate them or copy what they do.

In our lives we should use social media once in a while and not every day to try to detach our mind and have fun doing something else.

palomadelacaridadtesti — 2024-09-27 10:46:51 UTC

I think it doesn’t cause itself depression, but it can include a wide variety of reasons to why it could lead to depression. Especially at our age when we’re teenagers we tend to spend most of our time on social medias as we don’t have any kind of big plans, apart from school.

It is very common to compare ourselves to a model that reaches the unrealistic beauty standards, so we feel uncomfortable with ourselves. Also, with the diffusion and development of technology social medias, people now can be anonymous so it’s easier for them to do negative actions, such as cyber bullying.

Now that we always have a phone in our hand, we may use it excessively so we tende to reduce our hours of sleep, inverting the reality with the display screen causing an addiction.

andreadelvecchio — 2024-09-27 10:47:47 UTC

Andrea Delvecchio

For me social media can’t cause depression because depression is a mental issue caused by other events or traumas in the real life, social media only helps the evolution of depression because if you use them too much, you can become addicted to them and develop a severe form of loneliness which leads you into a situation of loss of socialization. I know a lot of stories about people, usually bullied at school, who locked themselves at home without seeing anybody like the famous Hikikomori in Japan.

danieleguidi2 — 2024-09-27 10:48:37 UTC

Social media connects people but can hurt mental health, especially causing depression. Users often compare themselves to the perfect lives they see, which can make them feel bad.

It can also lead to loneliness, especially for teens, and bullying online can cause problems. Spending too much time on social media can disrupt sleep and lower physical activity, both important for feeling good. While social media can provide support, its negative effects are significant, showing the need for healthier habits online.

valentinadavenia — 2024-09-27 10:48:37 UTC

Social media has transformed the way we communicate, but their impact on mental health is controversial. For my opinion one of the reasons they can contribute to depression is constant social confrontation. Platforms are full of images of perfect lives, which lead people to feel inadequate or unsatisfied with their reality. This continual confrontation can fuel feelings of anxiety or depression. The phenomenon of cyberbullying is more widespread on social media, with the possibility of being publicly criticized or attacked, causing isolation and emotional suffering.

But to get this kind of desease, in my opinion, you have to have a very fragile mind to be influenced by the things we see on the screens

sofiapondini — 2024-09-27 10:48:39 UTC

In my opinion, social media, if used incorrectly, can lead to depression, but we must try not to be influenced too much by them and to remember that reality is not what we see there but rather what surrounds us.

In fact, especially we young people often tend, wrongly, to forget this and to want to imitate everything we see without ever feeling completely up to it, and in this way some people fall into depression, since they believe that they do not respect the standards that social media today present as the ideal ones.

beatriceroberti — 2024-09-27 10:50:13 UTC

Yes, I think that the use of social media can cause depression. In some cases the bad use of social media can bring to the cyber-bullying and that if a person is weak can cause depression. Also if a person is addicted to the social media and use this all the time if you take it away from him can become depressed.

baileybanzola — 2024-09-27 10:50:19 UTC

I think that the use of social media is very important to know your friends better but in my opinion they can lead to depression not always but in some cases maybe if someone is already bullied then social media can be like a spark that makes you fall into depression.

Also because using social media puts you under a lot of pressure especially if you care a lot about opinions.

But if social media are used in a conscious and respectful way both for you and for others then it can hardly lead to depression.

cristianobonaventura — 2024-09-27 10:50:52 UTC

In my opinion there Is a straight relation between social media and depressions. I don't want to say that every people that use social media, in future Will be depressed, but in some people it's possibile that this consequence can happen. This thing Is more possibile in people weaker or more insecure. This people, when they Watch on social media other people that have some characteristics or that do some things, they can be come very envious. This envy can become insatisfaction about own Life and in this way can become a really depression. Depression can have terribile consequence and can even take to suicide. In this way I don't want that we should not use social media, but we have to know how to manage social media.

lorenzolembo2 — 2024-09-27 10:51:12 UTC

for me social media can contribute to depression in some people, but they are not the real reasons why a person might get sick. I think that perhaps excessive or inappropriate use of social media can have negative effects on mental health, and be addictive, but there could be some factors that can contribute and perhaps make you feel wrong or different, such as comparing yourself to other people on social media, or seeing influencers. another example could be cyberbullying which could cause serious mental and even physical damage to those who are victims. another personal opinion I have is not to give access to social media to children or in any case to young people who are too young because it could be easier for them to be influenced by what they see. so finally I don't think they are harmful to people but you just need to know how to use them intelligently and entertainingly.

giacomocassa — 2024-09-27 10:51:29 UTC

I have a different opinion than many of the kids nowaday, I honestly don't believe in depression, or rather now let me explain.

How is possibile that in these days there are a lot of sad people, and back in the day there wasn't almonst none.

I think that most of the sad kid just do that for fashion, in my experience for example it has happened to me to be sad for some different reason but i kept it to myself I whitout showing it to no one because I don't think that it is a cool thing to show around.

I honestly don't understand most of the reason to be depressed, I mean if you're parents are dead it's ok but if it's because you do not go well to school or you don't have a lot of friend you are just a little girl how needs to grow up

lorenzolembo2 — 2024-09-27 10:52:09 UTC

thomasalexneviller — 2024-09-27 10:52:49 UTC

Social media can contribute to depression for some individuals. People often compare their lives to those of others and lead to discomfort, or negative interactions online can damage self-esteem and lead to isolation and reduce social interactions in real life.

Seeing the social activities of others can lead to feelings of loneliness or exclusion and anger towards other people.

While social media can have positive effects, its negative aspects can impact the mental health of some users

sofiadelfino1 — 2024-09-27 10:53:29 UTC

I think social media can cause depression because sometimes, especially fragile people, tend to be very influenced by those who work with social media, like teenagers who suffer from their physical aspect can compared their self to those who respect their standards. Even the ostentation of expensive products can lead to level of depression and envy so we are not satisfied with anything and feel inferior. Obviously through social media you can develop cyber bullying, a type of bullying that can also lead to very extreme cases such as suicide, like Carolina Picchi, a girl who killed herself at only 14 years old for the shame she felt after a publication of a private video. Maybe we should spend less time on the phone and think more about our own well being and others.

Sofia Delfino 4Ce

gabrielelucchi — 2024-09-27 10:54:02 UTC

Gabriele Lucchi

I think that social media use in some cases can cause depression. A lot of people based their life on what other people or famous icon does. This can cause envy because a lot of them want to be like the models that inspire them, sometimes changing the true person that someone is. To achieve this, a lot of part of the population diminish the other side, causing sadness, confidentiality and in the worst cases, depression. Attitudes of bad people, affect the idea of good people, causing insecurities. To avoid this, people on social media can create private accounts where only selected people can chat with them or they may not listen to others' criticism and live their lives according to their own goals and aspirations, without being influenced. About myself, in my own life I made many friends on social media but I was also subject to bullying. Fortunately I have overcome these periods of sadness and now live my life with carefree.

gabrielelucchi — 2024-09-27 10:54:28 UTC

Gabriele Lucchi

mastronardiantonia2 — 2024-09-27 12:42:24 UTC

Antonia Mastronardi

I think the relationship between people and social media depends on how sensitive a person is.

Depression can be caused by them if you take people on social media as an example to follow and if you compare yourself to them; in this case, most of all if you are insicure about yourself, you would feel very bad because you could never be someone else.

Social media can also cause mental issues like eating disorder because people tend to follow the stereotypes that usually represent skinny girl with a perfect body.

Social media can also cause depression if you use them too much because if you create your own world in them you would never leave it and this could damage your social life in the real world.

If you already have a mental issues like depression staying on social media will only make the situation worse because it will lead you to lock yourself in them.