Comments on: How Facebook Causes Depression

By: Samuel jones

Samuel jones — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:06:00 +0000

My wife just said something about facebook making her depressed TWO DAYS ago. Forwarding.

By: Vick

Vick — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:44:32 +0000

This is the very same experience I’ve been having, at least 85% of the time. When I log on to facebook, the first thing I look for are updates from other people, messages in my inbox, and who replied to what. On different days you get different results, however on a day-to-day basis these notifications don’t have much of a psychological impact. But when I fail to receive updates like these, and over an extended period of time, I try not to let myself feel what my psyche presents as apparent. I believe it’s natural human intuition to want to feel accepted, and as a part of the whole, or at least as an important part of someone else’s life. And we constantly remind ourselves that it’s perfectly fine if we do not have these things, but are we really being honest with ourselves?

Facebook at its best is a place for people to represent themselves at their best, much like a social pageant. Those who appeal well to an audience are accepted, their confidence is boosted or sustained, and the social system picks them up from there. Those that aren’t as appealing or lack appeal towards a group of people, or another individual, end up losing confidence, and get lost in finding their place among people.

It’s just the same as natural society, except when online it’s entirely mental.

By: Jac

Jac — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:58:33 +0000

This hypothesis of yours makes complete sense to me. I, in fact, feel exactly the same way about Facebook nine times out of ten. Glad to know there is someone else that gets that weird feeling inside.

That being said, we need to go grab a bite sometime soon. In fact… I may call you right… now. ;p

By: avi

avi — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:37:48 +0000

IMHO, I think that auto posting to FB counts against a pledge to give it up. Seems like removing your presence entirely seems more aligned with what giving up FB would mean.