Social Media has made us more densely networked than ever. At the same time, social media contributes to issues like loneliness, depression, anxiety,isolation and other kinds of mental health problems. Besides being constantly reminded by the brands that advertise on social media about how we should have more nice things to live happily by using clever Fear of Missing Out tactics, social media is also full of fake/false self-presentations.
Winnicott’s theory says that one’s ego can split to “true self” and “false self.” False self-presentation on social media is a growing trend, and it may serve as a gateway behavior to more problematic behaviors which may lead to psychological problems and even pathologies. When we use social media, then we display the best version of ourselves, by posting only the happiest moments from our lives, but we never mention negative or sad things that happen (I’ve done it, you’ve probably done it and so have your friends) and in my opinion that creates problems. Why? Because people who are following and consuming content produced by us (always smiling, traveling, eating out, throwing parties, spending time together with friends etc), automatically compare their lives to them and when they see people only posting positive content about their lives then it makes them depressed, anxious and it creates dissonance in the society.
Social media also has an impact on social skills. Interacting with your peers is about so much more than just using words. It’s about reading body language, understanding the tone of voice of another person, etc. All of this is important to have healthy and functioning human relationships. Teenagersare the most vulnerable to this kind of issue, since many of them only rely on social media to stay in touch with their friends and acquaintances, but they don’t have real-life interactions with them, which puts them into isolation and prevents them from learning the critical social skills that they need to be functioning member of society.
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