Social Media

• Studies show that COVID-19 has had a tremendous partake in impacting college students by increase in time on social media platforms making them vulnerable to mental health issues. 

• The social-emotional detriments of social media include but are not limited to "loneliness, low self-esteem, and depression" (Haddad et al., 2021).

• Although social media can affect mental health in a negative way, it may be beneficial if used as an educational medium. For example, to search ways on how to improve mental health.

Exercise

• Did you know "Exercise promotes the growth of neurons in the ventral hippocampus, the area that regulates anxiety" (Seeker, 2013).

• It has also been shown that "Physical activity reorganizes the brain so that its response to stress is reduced and anxiety is less likely to interfere with normal brain function, according to a research team based at Princeton University" (Kelly, 2013).