Date: April 18, 2023

NEGATIVE IMPACT OF EXCESSIVE USE OF SOCIALMEDIA

People nowadays make excessive use of social media, forgetting its

limitations and respecting other people's boundaries. Some use social media for fun,
and to connect with family, while others also use it to harm some individuals. Social
media has given us a lot of help in an easier way of reaching families and sharing
with other people, our life updates, like when we got to a nice place and take some
pictures of it and post it online so others can also see it. Social media has also given
us a lot of help in making our days, like when have nothing to do but open our
phones and watch some funny videos or scroll on TikTok.

However, aside from the advantages of social media, it also has a harmful
effect on people. Spending too much time on social media sites could adversely
affect our mood and make us more likely to report poor mental health, including
symptoms of anxiety and depression. Also, spending too much time on it can lead to
poor sleep; this happens when we use our phones at night, and a lack of sleep can
lead to a drop in productivity. It can also make people addicted to it to the point
where they don’t care what’s around them because they are focused on their phone.

Yes, social media is addictive for many individuals, but it doesn't mean it
ought to be prohibited. Instead, we can govern it. Social media is important as it
helps us interface with our social lives. However, if you think quitting is the best
solution for you, it isn’t a bad idea.
 Date: April 18, 2023

Name: Kimberly Ann Garbo Grade&Section:11- St. Alexander 1

NEGATIVE IMPACT OF EXCESSIVE USE OF SOCIALMEDIA

What is Social Media? Social media refers to the means of interactions

among people in which they create, share, and exchange information and ideas in
virtual communities and networks. The negative effects excessive used of social
media it can reduce to as an face to face interaction and social media certainly
affects how we engage with one another because it can decrease in face to face
communication the rapid expansion of social media is negatively affecting face to
face or in person communication.

The more time spent on social media it can leads to us a cyberbullying,social

anxiety, depression and exposure to content .However, social media use can also
negatively affect teens, distracting them, disrupting their sleep, and exposing them to
bullying, rumor spreading.Too much use of the social media can have adverse
effects to us minds and they may also exposed to bay posture,eye strain,physical
and mental stress. A student like us who spend more time on social media sites are
likely to demonstrate poor academic performance because they spend time chatting
online and making friends on social media sites instead of reading of book and study.