24 Depression Quotes About Social Media

1. "Stop texting, start listening." (Lisa Ling) Click to tweet

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2. "Comparing yourself to others is a guaranteed prescription for misery." (Shane Parrish) Click to tweet

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3. "To anyone feeling depressed and anxious: fastest way to feel better is to get offline."Click to tweet

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4. "No amount of social media will replace a hug, an handshake and a real look in the eyes." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet

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5. "Put down your phone. Talk to someone face to face. We are all kinder out here in the meat-world." (Johann Hari) Click to tweet

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6. "Facebook is virtual prison which keeps dead relationships alive forever." (Thibaut) Click to tweet

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7. "Part 2. Entertainment hubs masquerading as productivity devices – the perfect combo." (Naval Ravikant) Click to tweet

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8. "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." (Jiddu Krishnamurti) Click to tweet

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9. "The scrutiny that young people face on social media can lead to anxiety, depression, and even suicidal thoughts." (Lady Gaga) Click to tweet

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10. "I am your addiction. Your time is mine. I control you. You need me. I define you. You belong to me. -social media." (Thibaut) Click to tweet

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11. "The comedian marc maron once wrote that “every status update is a just a variation on a single request: ‘would someone please acknowledge me?”" (Johann Hari) Click to tweet

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12. "Part 1. Mobile phones should be called distraction machines. Checking your distraction machine first thing in the morning is not the ideal way to start your day." (Muneeb) Click to tweet

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13. "We have a whole range of devices and apps designed to be addictive. Build mental firewalls so that you can focus on what’s important. Learn to control environmental stimuli. Don’t lose the attention war." (Thibaut) Click to tweet

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14. "As kids become more depressed and anxious, limiting screen time is not enough. Kids need less homework and fewer tests, longer recesses and lunches, more socioemotional learning, more unstructured, unscheduled time to play." (Adam Grant) Click to tweet

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15. "Toxins consumed by people on a daily basis: sugar, vegetable oils, tv, excessive/indiscriminate social media, “socialization”, hurriedness, political and celebrity gossip, news, “friends”, social approval/validation." (The Ancient Sage) Click to tweet

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16. "When they talk among themselves, advertising people have been admitting since the 1920s that their job is to make people feel inadequate – and then offer their product as the solution to the sense of inadequacy they have created." (Johann Hari) Click to tweet

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17. "Why are depression and anxiety on the rise? Because modern society is designed to make you anxious and depressed. Garbage food, sedentary lifestyle, cubicle work, social media, toxic politics, hookup culture, loss of religion, decline of family, drugs, consumerism." (Zuby) Click to tweet

18. "The internet was born into a world where many people had already lost their sense of connection to each other. The collapse had already been taking place for decades by then. The web arrived offering them a kind of parody of what they were losing – facebook friends in place of neighbors, video games in place of meaningful work, status updates in place of status in the world." (Johann Hari) Click to tweet

19. "The rise of social media is proving problematic. Younger age groups of children and adults are now becoming heavily absorbed in it, unaware that social media presents rose-tinted versions of life as the truth, and it’s against this fiction that they’re comparing themselves." (Thibaut) Click to tweet

20. "Since time began people: got married, ate meat, raised families, spoke face to face, confronted issues. For 60 years people have: had casual relationships, ate fried carbs, lived alone, spoke through screens, buried problems. A millennia of behaviours cant be wrong." (Jack Peach) Click to tweet

21. "One lesson from the success of podcasts and youtube: there is an enormous market for digital companionship. We are profoundly social creatures. Modern life can be lonely. We miss the chatter of the ancestral campfire. We import voices to fill the silence and feel less isolated." (The Stoic Emperor) Click to tweet

22. "When you access social media, email, or the news, you enable the voices of all of humanity to compete to set your agenda. These voices take up significant mental real estate. They make it hard to hear your own thinking. Be vigilant about guarding your own cognitive resources." (The Stoic Emperor) Click to tweet

23. "Modern tech and media tempt us to spend our lives reacting to things we can’t change. Obsessing over far-off dramas, ignoring the decline close to home. Smartphones offer 24/7 access to on demand anxiety. Make your tools serve you. Don’t serve them. Act more. React less." (The Stoic Emperor) Click to tweet

24. "People worry constantly about their place in their tribe. They find it hard enough to manage the opinions of a few friends and family. Managing the visible opinions of thousands? Impossible. Social media made everyone a micro celebrity and sent “social anxiety” through the roof." (The Stoic Emperor) Click to tweet