Psychosomatic Impact of Social Networking Sites on Society and its Subtle But Real Consequences

Abstract

The paper intends to focus on the issues of psychological and emotional impact of individuals due to excessive use of Social Networking Sites and intends to dwell into these concepts to highlight that excessive use of such sites have a substantial impact on the well-being of an individual emotionally and physically and while Social media has become immensely popular so has the mental disorderliness among young adults. The paper also brings in light the concept of ‘Facebook/Insta Depression’ as a concept and the rise of the this depression in young adults and some suggestions as to how avoid/deal with it.