Apparently, preliminary studies have shown that Facebook can cause or rather exacerbate feelings of depression in those prone to the disease. According to the Associated Press, teenagers lacking self-esteem often feel as if they cannot match up to social standards set by Facebook friends, creating low self-confidence and even depression. Facebook is like looking into the lives of your friends through rose-colored glasses.
A picture of a happy couple does not have the caption underneath it, “We fight all the time.”
Status updates are generally positive and many times those updates are highlighting a life change, a major accomplishment or an upcoming self-serving event all for the sake of eliciting praise from friends.
Pictures are posted of people on vacation looking happy and frolicking on the beach in the sun without reference to the horrible sunburn they got during the trip.
Status updates are exaggerated and sometimes outright lies – For instance: “Partying tonight” is posted when in actuality you’re sitting at home alone eating cookie dough by the pound and watching reruns.
…I wouldn’t be surprised if Mark Zuckerberg was taking kickbacks from the major pharmaceutical companies…
