Social media becomes a crucial part of our lives. We are always engaging with the phone while eating, walking, watching television, talking to family and friends. Our focus of attention is our phone. It becomes an addiction for people of all age groups. From elders to youngers, social media is providing entertainment. In the current time, everyone is confined to the home due to pandemic. The past year becomes another reason for the additional use of social media and phone. Despite knowing the fact that excessive use of social media has a negative impact on the brain. Youngsters are negatively impacted due to excessive use of social media. The excess usage also affects physical activity and makes the person dull and lazy. There are several studies that are warning about the negative impact of social media applications. Due to the usage of social media, people start comparing their lives with social media bloggers and other famous personalities. It boosts up the inferiority complex among people. Social media only show one side of the celebrities’ life and people start believing it and hating their lives. Productivity dies in no time due to the use of social media. But along with all these problems, it is true that social media have a positive impact on lives too. A survey by starker showed the positive impact of social media on the life of people. The survey was conducted on university students.

Social Media Impacts Life Positively

On the contrary, surveys also find that social media has a positive impact on the youngster’s mental health. There are many people who take a break from social media to reduce stress, but there is no evidence that not using social media helps them get out form the poor mental health condition. The result of the social media can only be analyzed based on the process that how social media is used. Social media is the best way to deal with pandemic stress and contact your fellows by maintaining social distancing. It is a fact that talking to someone synchronously has a positive impact on mental health.  It builds the connection between you and your loved ones. You will have got to know about their activities throughout the day. If you ignore the content that will take you in the phase of comparison and build complex, then social media is the perfect way to deal with everyday problems and connect with your friends and family.

There are many surveys that support positive interaction through social media applications that will enhance wellbeing. But active interaction is mandatory. Only viewing the content of the other will not help you to deal with the negative impact of social media on your life. For staying active you need to actively post and make creative content with your social media followers. When you post every day new stories, in return you will receive good comments and applause from friends and family. It is the best time of your day when you feel good and special and surely using social media does not have a negative impact on you. Active participation also minimizes the risk of not being productive and laziness. However, there are so many areas and aspects which need to be addressed regarding the analysis of social media use and its impact. It is true that social media applications are not bad but humans make them bad. It depends on your usage and access method.