From Barstoolsports.com---
Add “Facebook depression” to potential harms linked with social media, an influential doctors’ group warns, referring to a condition it says may affect troubled teens who obsess over the online site. Researchers disagree on whether it’s simply an extension of depression some kids feel in other circumstances, or a distinct condition linked with using the online site. But there are unique aspects of Facebook that can make it a particularly tough social landscape to navigate for kids already dealing with poor self-esteem, said Dr. Gwenn O’Keeffe, a Boston-area pediatrician and lead author of new American Academy of Pediatrics social media guidelines. With in-your-face friends’ tallies, status updates and photos of happy-looking people having great times, Facebook pages can make some kids feel even worse if they think they don’t measure up. It can be more painful than sitting alone in a crowded school cafeteria or other real-life encounters that can make kids feel down, O’Keeffe said, because Facebook provides a skewed view of what’s really going on.
I mean Facebook depression? Really? Kids getting upset because they don’t have lots of friends online and shit? Umm could that be because they don’t have friends in real life? I mean what’s next? Being shitty at sports depression? Not being able to date a hot girl depression? Basically anything that reminds kids that they aren’t awesome gets a clinical term now and parental warnings. Newsflash Facebook isn’t the problem. The problem is your kid sucks at life. Bottomline is there are always going to be popular kids who bat 3rd and win state championships like me and there are always going to be losers who play in the band and wish they were cool. It’s been that way that way from the beginning of time and it’s never going to change. The sooner kids realize that the better off they’ll be in the long run. The world needs ditchdiggers too.
I think Barstool hits it on the nail...
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