Is Social Media Making You Upset, Angry, Depressed or Hopeless? Use These Tools to Understand and Improve Your Mental Health!

Social media is here to stay, whether we like it or not. The question is: are you using it, or is it using you?A lot of what you see on your favourite platforms is designed to give you an emotional response and make you share this content with others. And sadly, once you are hooked on this emotional response--whether it's fear, anger, or sadness-- it can be hard to break away from the scrolling and sharing.So, if over the last few years, you've found yourself getting upset or depressed about the world and your fellow human beings, what can you do about that?In this episode Patrick will break down EXACTLY how this 'emotional p*rn,' or emotionally-manipulative content affects you and gives you the tools to better identify it and deal with it.We can't just quit social media and we can't avoid our emotions all the time. So let's use this as invitation to know ourselves deeper, become mindful, and become stronger in the face of this massive challenge.Take 20 minutes to hear an example of this social media content, learn some new concepts and then go forward with some new knowledge to live better in this digital landscape!(01:39) - What is emotional p*rn? What does it do to us?(03:21) - Example of emotionally-manipulative content(4:46) - How is this content presented in "Bad Faith"?(7:33) - How this content DIVIDES and DISPOSSESSES us(9:39) - The effect of this content on your mental health(10:53) - Are you living in Bad Faith??(12:10) - What can you do today to improve your emotions?(13:26) - Recapping the 3 characteristics of emotional p*rn(16:11) - Wrap-up: ask yourself this question!-----Check out our YouTube channel and Subscribe!https://www.youtube.com/@BuildaBetterLifeGet in touch with Patrick today!https://www.facebook.com/patrick.strevenshttps://www.instagram.com/selfcontrolpodcast/Listen on SpotifyListen on Apple Podcasts