Ill effects of adolescent social media usage on mental health

Social media use has a huge effect on our mental state, and can even influence the mental health.

This is especially true for adolescents, as their stage of development poses special challenges and risks.

In this episode we're talking about upcoming documentary on social media (that has been released now), and then we go into Q&A session.

The documentary discussed - "PLUGGED IN: The True Toxicity of Social Media Revealed" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHzwMLx-rKc

(00:00) Getting Started

(00:48) Info About the Upcoming Sam Vaknin's Seminar

(03:53) Talking About Releasing the Documentary and What It's Going to Be About Part 1

(09:04) Talking About Releasing the Documentary and What It's Going to Be About Part 2

(13:01) Why Work With Teens and Not Younger Kids?

(14:40) Narcissists Love Facebook. I Hate It, Too Many Noisy People Wanting to Be Celebs

(19:16) Talking About News Nowadays

// Q&A //

(20:38) Answering Short Questions

(22:42) We Are Entering Into George Orwell's Worst Nightmares

(24:32) Will I Get a Chat With You at the Event?

(29:01) Thoughts on Empathy

(32:39) Doesn't It Worry You That Narcs Have Demons Seriously Dangerous to Be Around?

(34:42) What Are Some Good Tools to Help You When You're Further Ahead on Your Recovery?

(36:28) Is It Possible to Become a Narcissist Due to Trauma in Your Late Teens? Part 1

(39:59) Is It Possible to Become a Narcissist Due to Trauma in Your Late Teens? Part 2

(44:17) Narcissism is Not a Personality Disorder?

(47:05) Wrapping Up