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Emotional Support From Social Media Found to Reduce Anxiety (news.uark.edu)
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A researcher recently found that young adults who receive emotional support on social media are significantly more likely to report reduced anxiety symptoms, with a few specific personality traits reporting the most improved well-being.

Among the study's findings was that people with high openness to experience, high extraversion, high agreeableness and low conscientiousness reported an increase in perceived social media emotional support. Positive interactions and perceptions may explain why young adults with these specific traits feel more supported and less anxious overall.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The reason we have so much extremism today is people are more desperate and angry, not that strangers on the internet validating one another.

[–] Denixen@feddit.nu 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It can be both. I am certain that there isn't one explanation for it. What i describe is the feedback loop. What you describe is the initial conditions. Combined they spell disaster.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz -3 points 5 hours ago

No, what you describe is being utterly derailed in your understanding of people by the distractions rightwing billionaires dangle infront of us to keep us from having a real conversation about why we are all suffering.