You hear a lot about how harmful social media is to kids’ and teens’ emotional and mental health. (Studies correlate the increasing incidence of non-suicidal self-injury and suicide in young people with the ever-increasing influence of social media on daily living.) But did you know it’s harming grown-ups, too?
A new study in JAMA Network Open reveals that adults who use social media more than once a day (some say they use it “most of the day”!) are much more irritable — impatient, quick to anger, frustrated, and, for no particular reason, just not feeling content or happy.
