“Facebook depression” can impact young people who spend too much time on social-networking sites.
“Though the symptoms and the resulting harmful behavior may be similar to ‘offline depression,’ the American Academy of Pediatrics has proposed Facebook depression as a new phenomenon,” Christian Post reported in late March.
That’s according to the AAP’s “The Impact of Social Media Use on Children, Adolescents and Families” report.
“Acceptance by and contact with peers is an important element of adolescent life. The intensity of the online world is thought to be a factor that may trigger depression in some adolescents,” the report states.
Another recent report by Telstra “found that 18- to 30-year-olds use Facebook in ways to help them appear cooler,” reported Christian Post. “Twenty-two percent said they use the Facebook Places ‘check-in’ feature to look cool, 10% use the feature to fit in with all the cool people who are doing it, and 10% use it to make others jealous. One-third of the respondents admitted to feeling jealous or left out when they see their friends check-in on Facebook Places.”
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I’m 38 and have given Facebook up for lent. Needless to say, I do not miss it. I’ve used to KIT with friends I usually don’t see that much (either they moved away or are poeple I have worked with in the past). Things is? It is a bit of a distraction—and many poeple do seem to post gibberish. I don’t have a thousand friends on it…I don’t want strangers that I’ve never knew on my FB…And I have actually de-friend immature poeple I have known on it for picking fights on it (grow up!)...
Kids should NOT be on facebook. It is dangerous and can be nothing more than another tool for kids to use to be cruel. I also think it “dumbs” out kids-Kids should be playing, drawing, should be partipating in a group like sports or school extra curriculum activities.
Using Facebook to be cool? PLEASE! If having a thousand “friends’ is cool to you being on facebook—you have lost touch with reality!
We may want to take the time to reflect on the doctrine of Duties to God : ( prayer ) one of the precepts of prayer for all addictions that leads to all kinds of illness ( to reflect on scripture passage that reflects Help in trouble) As I quote Exodus 17:4” And Moses cried unto the Lord , saying ,What shall I do this people ? They be almost stone me”
The cross reference for this scripture passage Exodus 17:4
The book of number 14:10
1 Samuel 30:6
exodus 34:1
One can recite Psalm 9:10 in reference to affliction ( cross reference with 1Samuel 30:6)
Reminder to the lay faithful , the faith we profess ,not faith subjective,but the Faith objectively .the dogmatic pricipke ,the faith involves definite knowledge of definite principles.
Peace to all !!!
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