Since we have such a huge amount of people using Social Networks, like Facebook, lets take a look at how it is effecting us. Here's some Heath Benefits as well as Health Risks. It needs to be addressed or assessed in our own lives because we are all effected in some way or another. Many people are suffering with Depression while other's have become more Confident, but we are sitting behind a screen and it's a personal experience. I hope this will help somebody understand why they feeling the way they do, because most of us are partaking of this practice in an addictive manner.
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| Source: telegraph.co.uk |
Health Benefits
1. Fueling Self Esteem
The very act of having your own profile, and you control what you share with others, creates self-confidence. For those that lack self-esteem, it enables them to see their friends and family and it helps them feel connected.
2. Strengthens Friendship
Lancaster University researchers found that the site helped cement positive interactions among friends. Both private messages and wall posts allowed Facebook users to confide in their friends, surf down memory lane, and laugh out loud, promoting happy feelings.
3. Temporary Relief of Shyness and Loneliness
In the event of receiving messages and the exchanging info from friends’ news feeds, it boosts feelings of connectedness, especially in people with low social skills. For shy people, that information from news feeds and profiles can help start conversations they otherwise might not be comfortable enough to strike up. People who are uncomfortable chatting face to face gain more through their use of the site. Similar benefits hold true for tweens and teens communicating online helped improve communication skills for lonely adolescents, giving them an outlet to talk more comfortably about personal topics.
Health Risks
1. Cause of Depression
Facebook depression is now a condition said to result when tween''s and teens spend too much time on social media, leading them to turn to substance abuse, unsafe sexual practices, or aggressive or self-destructive behaviors. However, this phenomenon is more anecdotal than based on solid science, and some experts suggest that it’s more of a correlation and say that people who are depressed may simply be more likely to use Facebook. People who are already feeling down or depressed might go online to talk to their friends, and try and be cheered up. This in no way suggests that by using more and more of Facebook, a person is going to get more depressed. It may simply be something related to greater familiarity with the Internet.
2. Enabling Eating Disorders
The more time adolescent girls spent on the social networking site, the more likely they are to develop eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and extreme dieting. We aren't saying that social networking sites necessarily cause eating disorders; as with Facebook depression, it may be that people prone to eating disorders spend more time online.
3. Harmful To Marriages
Facebook was referenced in 20 percent of divorce petitions processed in 2009 by Divorce-Online, a British law firm. Time magazine reported that feuding spouses use their Facebook pages to air dirty laundry, while their lawyers use posts as evidence in divorce proceedings. Many relationships are destroyed by “Facebook bombs” — people reconnecting with high school sweethearts or other blasts from the past that can lead to emotional, if not actual, cheating. It also occurs when you are friended or messaged by an ex and you don't tell your partner. It’s a slippery slope from the moment you disclose information. It’s easy to over-romanticize the past, which can cause people to check out of their current relationship. And while the site certainly makes it easy to reconnect with old flames and flirt behind the facade of your computer, the potential damage it can do depends on the stability of your relationship in the first place. It all depends on your level of trust in your spouse, have a dialogue, set some rules. The key is transparency.
The Crux of the Matter.
For most people, how or whether Facebook affects your mood, your health, or your marriage probably depends far more on your off-line well-being, activities, and influences than what you do when you log on. This could be subject to change in the complete opposite way.
Source: everydayhealth.com
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