Rough Draft Of A Research Paper On Anxiety

Emma Proskey

Ms. Schwab

G period

April 24, 2017

Rough Draft Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million people or 18% of the population, but have you ever attributed this to an overuse of your cellular device/social media? The media is constantly viewed and geared towards minors making it difficult for us to not constantly pay attention or read into it. It induces anxiety and negatively affects minors. Through time we have been becoming more dependent on our devices and especially now that we are always seeking acceptance from others. For some this constant need to be liked, connected, or messaged can cause anxiety or prolonged stress and worry. Has social media use added stress and anxiety to people's

It's the feeling of uneasiness, distress, or dread you feel before a significant or special event. Worrying about a job interview or stressing over a test is healthy, normal anxiety. This type of anxiety motivates us to thoroughly prepare for the situations we're uneasy about. However, for those suffering from an Anxiety Disorder, anxiety feels far from normal. It can be completely debilitating. Anxiety disorders can keep people from sleeping, concentrating, or talking to others. Anxiety that may need treatment is often irrational (in others eyes), overwhelming, uncontrollable, and disproportionate to the situation. It makes the people who experience it feel as they have no control of their feelings, and it can induce physical symptoms such as: headaches, nausea, or trembling. When normal anxiety becomes irrational and begins to reoccur and interfere with daily life, it's classified as a

According to the study by the non-profit Anxiety UK, over half of social media users polled said Facebook, Twitter among other networking sites had changed their lives. 51 percent of those said it has not been for the better. Forty-five percent of interviewee’s said they feel “worried or uncomfortable” when their email or Facebook are inaccessible. While 60 percent of responders said “they felt the need to switch off” their phones and computers to take a break from technology. So to sum it up, it’s not being on social media or your phone that makes people anxious, it’s being away from it. “These findings suggest that some may need to re-establish control over the technology they use, rather than being controlled by it,” says Anxiety UK CEO, Nicky Lidbetter. The found that two-thirds of responders had problems sleeping after using social media and 25 percent admitted to difficulty in relationships because of “confrontational online” behavior. These new findings back up or better prove other information on social media addiction. In other recent studies, particularly being the Mobile Mindset study by Lookout, 73 percent of people admitted they would panic if they lost their phone and another 54 percent admitted to checking their phone their phone in bed and before they go to sleep. This shows the addiction and the need to always