What is Fomo?

The fear of missing out has been described by researchers as "the uneasy and sometimes all-
consuming feeling that you’re missing out—that your peers are doing, in the know about, or in
possession of more or something better than you."
Social media has accelerated the FOMO phenomenon in several ways.

 It provides a situation in which you are comparing your regular life to the highlights of
others' lives.

 FOMO relates to a feeling that friends and connections are leading more interesting and
rewarding lives, creating a desire to stay continually connected with what others are
doing online.

 Heightened sense of insecurity when they are not using social media.

How to Overcome Fomo:

Change your focus. Rather than focusing on what you lack, try noticing what you have.
Admit you have FOMO: Admitting that you have this anxiety about missing out on the “fun”
stuff means you are able to acknowledge your insecurity, and are ready to start facing the
problem.
Take a break from social media: Staying too connected to your social media accounts is the
main culprit of FOMO. Give yourself some well-deserved social media detox to minimize your
life’s distractions.
Change a letter. Go from FOMO to JOMO: It’s 2020. It’s alright to happily avoid certain
activities, and have the “joy of missing out.” Let's call it JOMO
Learn to get comfortable with the idea of doing what you actually want to do instead of what
you feel like you should do.
Cultivate a sense of gratitude: Instead of desiring stuff you wish you had, practice being
grateful for the blessings you currently have.

Mental Health:

DEPRESSION:
 Some experts see the rise in depression as evidence that the connections social media
users form electronically are less emotionally satisfying, leaving them feeling socially
isolated.
 JAMA Pediatrics found that the teens who spend too much time on social media or
watching television become notably more depressed.
 In America a person commits suicide due to depression about every 12.8 seconds it
means 6780 deaths per day.

 A new phenomenon called ‘Snapchat dysmorphia’ has popped up, where patients are
seeking out surgery to help them appear like the filtered versions of themselves,”

 Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental disorder that affects around two percent of
the population and causes an individual to become fixated on a perceived flaw in his or
her appearance.
 Battling identity issues due to the unrealistic beauty standards.
 Positive correlation between the rise of social media and the rise in eating disorders
anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa