Three Ways Social Media Affects The Mental Health of Teens (Negatively) by Timothy Omere-Okundaye

First Way

29tomereokundaye — 2025-06-11 17:16:40 UTC

When Teens scroll through social media, they see videos or photos of people they think are better than themselves, comparing themselves to the point they don't feel important and relative, causing depression.

Statistics

29tomereokundaye — 2025-06-11 23:17:19 UTC

Statistics shows that 48% of teens which is almost half, feel like social media has have a negative impact on them which includes them seeing videos and photos comparing themselfs to them.

Video Statstics

29tomereokundaye — 2025-06-11 23:22:54 UTC

Second Way

29tomereokundaye — 2025-06-11 23:55:25 UTC

Teens get too much exposure from the blue lights from their phones, which suppresses melatonin production, leading to disrupted sleep-wake cycles.

Statistics Behind This

29tomereokundaye — 2025-06-12 00:53:34 UTC

Acoording to the study of San Diego University, 40% of teens sleep less due to using their devices with blue light for long periods.

Video

29tomereokundaye — 2025-06-12 00:57:07 UTC

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

29tomereokundaye — 2025-06-12 01:20:10 UTC

In Surgeon General Vivek Murthy words "The influence of social media on youth mental health is shaped by many complex factors, including, but not limited to, the amount of time children and adolescents spend on platforms, the type of content they consume or are otherwise exposed to, the activities and interactions social media affords, and the degree to which it disrupts activities that are essential for health like sleep and physical activity.6 Importantly, different children and adolescents are affected by social media differently, based on their strengths and vulnerabilities and cultural, historical, and socio-economic factors 7, 8. There is broad agreement among the scientific community that social media has the potential to both benefit and harm children and adolescents."

Third Way

29tomereokundaye — 2025-06-12 01:45:23 UTC

Teens often get cyberbullied online for posting videos and photos or even just expressing themselves because the tormenters don't like what they are doing

Statstics

29tomereokundaye — 2025-06-12 01:52:22 UTC

Studies show that about 37% of teens who are cyberbullied on the internet are bullied to the point where they become extremely depressed

Video

29tomereokundaye — 2025-06-12 01:54:13 UTC

Sources:

29tomereokundaye — 2025-06-12 01:57:55 UTC

https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/social-media-teen-mental-health-a-parents-guide

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/sg-youth-mental-health-social-media-advisory.pdf

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7907989/

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/04/22/teens-social-media-and-mental-health/#:~:text=About%20half%20of%20teens%20(48,11%25).