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Your Brain on Social Media: Negative Effects

Kiarah Meadows

Created on October 15, 2025

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Your Brain on Social Media: Negative Effects

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Dopamine
Why that like feels so good (...and hard to stop)
66%
of smartphone users check their phone 150+ times/day.
EVERY like gives the brain the same reward circuit as GAMBLING...

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MOOD
Why social media impacts your mood
Studys Show that since 2011 rates of depression have almost doubled due to social media
76% of social media users compare themself to others which just leads to a bad mood in general

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FOCUS
Why cant i focus? social media might be the reason
Because of social media attention span has dropped 69% from 2 minutes to 47 seconds since 2004
It takes about 23 minutes to fully refocus after a phone interruption