In honor of World Mental Health Day, celebs share their personal stories and strategies for navigating the digital landscape, impact of social media on mental well-being, highlighting the importance of balance and self-care in a connected world. Here's what they say: Tahir Raj Bhasin Social media can be a positive influence on your mental health because there are handles that share stimulating content about art, personal development, philosophy and healthy mind sets. On the flip side, there’s a constant barrage of highlight reels where everyone seems to be posting about the best moments in their life that are edited to look picture perfect.
It’s a collective projected lie. Hence, your mental health is of utmost priority to not let it affect you. I regularly do a social media detox with the objective of having a wider attention span and being more present in my own life.
I regularly take breaks from social media and do a ‘social media cleanse’. What prompts this decision is what excessive time online does to your attention span, self image and mental health. After a few days off, I find I’m more at ease, more present and over all happier.
Sanjana Sanghi Social media impacts our mental health in so many ways that sometimes we don’t even understand. In the extensive work in my journey of youth advocacy, we’ve been dwelling deep into this matter. I often compare it with my own personal experience too and the one thing that stands out is that for a generation like mi.
