Do you Think Social Media is Making us More Anxious or Just More Aware?#anxiety #socialmedia#mhealth

Added: 2026-05-20

[00:00:00]a lot of young people got more options, more connection, and more support, then anxiety still went up. That tells you this is not just about weakness or awareness. It is what happens when your brain lives under constant pressure, constant comparison, and constant uncertainty. Social media did not just add entertainment, it added a live scoreboard. Now, school, looks, money, friendships, [music] and success all feel visible all the time. Even when pressure gets removed, anxiety can stay because the real trigger is not always the task. It is the feeling that everyone else is moving faster and you are falling behind. More awareness can even backfire when people start monitoring every thought and every symptom. So, rising anxiety in young people is not random. It is what happens when a generation is overstimulated, overexposed, and taught to measure themselves nonstop. The question is not why they feel anxious. The question is how anyone [music] would not.