①A growing body of research demonstrates that in young people psychiatric illnesses are linked with heavy consumption of social media.

②According to a survey in 2017, young Britons reported that social networks gave them scope for self-expression and community-building. ③But they also said that the platforms exacerbated anxiety, depression, sleep-deprivation, bullying, body image and “FOMO” (“fear of missing out”).

④An experiment in 2014 concluded that Facebook triggers the same impulsive part of the brain as gambling and substance abuse. //

⑤It is difficult to prove that obsessing over likes and comments causes mental illness, rather than the other way around.

⑥But one survey tracked 5,208 Americans between 2013 and 2015, finding that an increase in Facebook activity was associated with a future decrease in mental health.

⑦Happiness rates are highest for FaceTime (91%), a video-calling app, and phone calls (84%).

⑧When it comes to social networking, actual conversations are hard to beat.

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