did you know that it is a complete myth that sugar makes kids extra hyper well
it's another myth that the likes on Instagram or social media as a whole is
ruining your mental health and a lot of it is based on bad science and that's
what we're gonna be talking about in this video what is up everybody this is
Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the
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can get some extra entries into this drawing so yeah people are freaking out
because Instagram has been testing out removing the like feature on the
platform alright and just to clarify real quick
you can't publicly see the likes but you can still see the likes like from your
account you can still look at your analytics and everything like that but
they were testing it in other countries and now they are finally rolling it out
to the United States and people are freaking out and having these opinions
and everything like that now why are they doing this because they are saying
it is negatively affecting people's mental health and there are other
platforms you know who are like oh you know good move and everything like that
and listen like I'm not gonna be talking about the Creator
you know money aspect or anything like that well I'm gonna be talking about is
the mental health aspect because the whole reason they're doing this is
because they say it negatively affects your mental health and we really need to
talk about this it seems like everywhere you look every way you look there are
articles out there about how social media is just
destroying your mental health you'll want to know why you're depressed it's
because of social media you'll want to know why you're anxious it's because of
social media all right and a lot of it a lot of it has stemmed from the book I
Jen by dr. Jean Twenge all right but a lot of this is incorrect and you might
be sitting there but Chris everybody's saying that social media ruins your
mental health how could they possibly be wrong that is an excellent question and
I don't have the time to dive into it but there are so many things there are
so many things that we just believe are true because everybody saying they're
true all right but let's focus on what we talked about in the intro the idea
that sugar makes kids hyper all right every parent out there knows if you give
a kid sugar they are just gonna be just rambunctious little scamp's and just
running around and driving in nuts alright so they actually did Studies on
this they've done multiple studies on this where they gave kids sugar and then
they also gave another group of kids nothing all right
they told the parents yeah we gave your kids sugar but they didn't give those
kids sugar here's something I love about these psychological studies they just
mess with people and it's great well anyways anyways the parents that
were told that their kids were given sugar were more likely to say that their
kids were more hyperactive the parents were more irritated and annoyed by their
kids behavior and everything like that but the kid was never given sugar
alright so why is that a problem okay because the parents belief that
sugar was making their kid hyperactive it makes us so we're not addressing the
problem at all and I can do a whole other videos about this but think about
that for a second the way we make it rain ADHD medication and everything like
that and parents don't even know when their kid is actually acting out of
character like that's an issue so when we're talking about dr. Jean Twenge
and her book I Jen about how social media is making the youth
depress also adults depressed and everything like that we need to talk
about bad science okay because her book was very very popular but when
psychological researchers started diving in to the studies that dr. Jean twinging
used they saw that a lot of it does not hold up to scientific scrutiny okay like
when people are putting out studies and research and findings there's a lot that
goes into it because all of us all of us as humans we have different biases okay
so we're a scientist or psychologist doing research when they're forming
their hypothesis all right there is some underlying bias right they think they're
going to get a certain result right so this is why when research is done there
needs to be peer-reviewed studies usually there needs to be like a certain
amount of people who are tested right because some psychological research like
with social media like think about it if you tested five people your results are
not gonna be nearly nearly as accurate as testing 5,000 people you see what I
mean so a lot of people have looked at dr. Jean Twain's work and said you know
what let's let's look at this because this might not be accurate all right so
let's talk about this idea that social media is making you depress a great
example that I can use is Gary Vaynerchuk or Gary Vee okay this dude
has built an empire all based on him just going all in on social media and
social media platforms he creates so much content he is
constantly on all the social media platforms all right Instagram Twitter
Facebook YouTube and everything like that and if you look at Gary Vee
he is one of the happiest dudes on earth alright so you sit back and look if
social media is making you depressed how come Gary Vee hasn't offed himself
yet because he is constantly on social media well let me introduce you to dr.
Sarah Cavanaugh all right she wrote an excellent book called hive mind all
right and a lot of in there is about why we believe things
and you know crowd psychology and all these other things it was one of the
best books I've read on this alright baby weighs a little bit about dr. Sarah
Cavanaugh when she was doing you know her initial research she was trying to
understand why some people who were affected by 9/11 developed PTSD and
others didn't right and this is something that I think about
a lot like especially when it comes to war veterans why do some veterans come
back and have PTSD and other psychological issues but others don't
all right so dr. Sarah Cavanaugh she really dove into the science of
emotional regulation and psychology and trying to understand why are some people
being affected and others aren't well in the book hivemind she also talks
about studies she's done about why are some people on social media getting
depressed getting anxious but then you have people like Gary Vaynerchuk
who use social media constantly and they are one of the some of the happiest
people on earth okay and in the book hivemind
Sarah Cavanaugh actually talks about some of the bad science that dr. Jeanne
twangy uses but anyways what dr. Sarah Cavanaugh found out through research is
that it's not social media that is affecting your mental health okay it is
things that we are prone to alright and the biggest one is social comparison
okay so what they found is people who are more prone to social comparison are
more likely to be negatively affected by social media all right why does this
matter okay here's why this matters like if we
are out here trying to fix the wrong problems nobody's going to get help
alright let's say we woke up tomorrow and social media was gone poof some
magic you know wizard just came and poof social media is gone the people who were
being negatively affected by social media will
we'll be negative negatively affected because of their social comparison
issues then comparing themselves to people at work comparing themselves to
people at school comparing themselves to people on TV and all these other things
like this is an internal problem and that's why we need to work on that
problem and not go fixing all these other issues like imagine going to the
doctor with a broken arm and the doctor being like yo dog we got this amazing
new leg cast and we're gonna hook you up you're like yo my arms broken not my leg
and they're like trust me on this I'm gonna fix your leg like it doesn't do
anything and that's why we need to look at social media companies like Instagram
removing likes because this is not the real issue will that help some people
sure but my issue is somebody who is trying to help others with their mental
health fight we need to get the proper information out there because I don't
want you to be like well Instagram remove who removed like six months ago
and I'm still depressed what's going on it's because you were given the wrong
information so if you are somebody who is prone to social comparison and this
is something that is affecting your mental health get therapy okay I do not
care how you get therapy if you have health insurance
talk to your doctor they might be able to recommend a therapist check with your
insurance providers see which therapists or in your area usually when you go
through you can see which therapist specialize in different aspects I
personally use better help online therapy if you would like to give it a
try I do have an affiliate link down into the description below basically
what that means is that you get affordable online therapy and a little
bit comes back to help support the channel as well it's had an amazing
session with my therapist yesterday I might do a video about that
anyways I really wanted to make this video because so many people are talking
about Instagram removing lights and people are upset for different reasons
but I just want to get out here and put out the proper information so you can
accurately work on your mental health alright
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is your chance to get an extra entry all right so many of you know I've been
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