{"id":38084,"date":"2020-09-17T10:06:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T08:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=38084"},"modified":"2020-09-17T10:06:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T08:06:42","slug":"new-social-media-trend-may-be-affecting-your-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/new-social-media-trend-may-be-affecting-your-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"New Social Media trend may be affecting your Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38088\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/new-social-media-trend-may-be-affecting-your-mental-health\/doomscrolling\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/doomscrolling.png?fit=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"doomscrolling\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/doomscrolling.png?fit=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38088\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/doomscrolling.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Mumtaz Moosa Saley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>17:09:2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social media coverage over the last few weeks has been filled with negativity, from recent crimes to just plain out bad news.\u00a0 The term &#8220;doomscrolling&#8221; has been bandied about recently, describing the routine consumption of negative information on a daily base.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to experts, consuming gloomy information could lead to depression, anxiety and panic attacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">When news about Coronavirus breaks, people globally became addicted to &#8220;doomscrolling&#8221;, with the need to stay informed a potentially negative response. With this, there was no shortage of doom and gloom news around. As the lockdown eases other stories came to light.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">With all these negative stories, the need to unplug has become imperative, especially if we want to maintain a semblance of sanity. Happy or good news may not just be one click away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, my advice would be to take time out from the news, social media and so on, pick a day or a time and simply just go tech-free.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mumtaz Moosa Saley 17:09:2020 Social media coverage over the last few weeks has been filled with negativity, from recent crimes to just plain out bad news.\u00a0 The term &#8220;doomscrolling&#8221; has been bandied about recently, describing the routine consumption of negative information on a daily base. 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