After a rise in internet nihilism during the Trump era, something surprisingly optimistic is happening online in 2023.
Young people are also more “susceptible to the strong emotion of social media, be it positive or negative,” said Dr. Jaclyn Halpern, a psychologist and the director of The SOAR Program for Psychotherapy, who also works with teenagers. Positive interactions might boost self-esteem, said Dr. Halpern, but negative content can also create a strong emotional reaction, especially in teens, whose brains are still developing.
Though he’s also fallen victim to doom scrolling in the past, Khan notes that his time on TikTok has helped him by “deprogramming a lot of the malaise and negativity” that he typically encounters on the internet. It’s also helped him find a voice online, and connect with similarly minded users, he said.
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