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The Illusion of Social Media with Dr. Samantha Boardman

Going Mental with Eileen Kelly

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Is Social Media Use More Toxic Than Active Social Media?

I think social media is at its best when it's connecting you and you're feeling like part of a community. I was never the smartest girl in the room, but I could outwork anybody. And my family really had no interest whatsoever in anything academic or scholarly. So they didn't really see that pursuit. But this wonderful old psychiatrist said to me, well, what do you think the purpose of therapy is? To change your future as much as we can change our past. We all have these stories about ourselves that are so attached to them. And there is probably a lot of subtlety in letting go of that specific story for forgiveness or maybe understanding.

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