The Negative Impact of Social Media on Emotional Processing

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This chapter of the podcast discusses the negative impact of social media on our ability to process emotions and the outsourcing of emotional regulation to these platforms. It also explores the feelings of pessimism and hopelessness that arise from the belief that the world's problems are unsolvable. However, the guest speaker suggests that while technology has grown rapidly without proper control, there is hope in using it for good and leveraging it to reach and help millions of people.

Alok Kanojia is a psychiatrist in Boston, MA. His integrative medical and psychiatric training includes Harvard Medical School’s MGH/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Program, over 100 meditation therapies, and an evidence-based background in Ayurvedic mental health. He is the Cofounder and President of Healthy Gamer, a mental health platform for gamers.

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