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David Pinsof — Everything is Bullshit (EP.161)

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The Rise of Anxiety in Teenagers

I've been persuaded that social media has been pretty destructive for adolescents and teenage girls in particular. I think if I had access to social media as a young teenager, it would have completely destroyed my mental health. Those were Halcyon days, man, because you could make a lot of mistakes. You could say a lot of really stupid shit. Only your buddies might have heard it and they forgot it afterwards. And I feel like that is causing us tremendous anxiety. It's probably responsible for the rise in mental health issues, particularly among teenage girls.

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