Social media may be causing you extra stress

A lot of people are dealing with depression and anxiety during this time - and a major cause of that may be social media.

THESE DAYS.A MAJOR SOURCE MIGHT BE YOURSOCIAL MEDIA.WE TEND TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA ASAN ESCAPE.BUT CUTE BABY PICTURES ANDRECIPES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITHPOLITICAL MEMES AND COMMENTSECTIONS THAT HAVE PEOPLEATTACKING EACH OTHER.MOM, CHRISTINA LANGWORTHY,CALLS IT DANGEROUS.CHRISTINA: THEN YOU ALMOST AREIN LIKE A SLUMP FOR THE NEXTHOUR OR TWO BECAUSE YOU'REMULLING OVER THE COMMENTS THATYOU READ.AND YOU JUST ARE SURPRISED BYHOW MUCH HATE OR I DON'T KNOW,PASSION THAT PEOPLE HAVE.AND IT'S, IT'S OVERWHELMING,REALLY.SHE'S NOT ALONE.MANY MORE AMERICANS ARE FINDINGSOCIAL MEDIA TO BE EXHAUSTINGTHESE DAYS.TO HELP LOWER YOUR ANXIETYLEVELS: CONSIDERUNFOLLOWING CERTAIN SITES THATHAVE BECOME A COMMON PLACE FORFINGER POINTING AND ARGUING.ANOTHER GOOD IDEA, TRY TURNINGOFF THE NOTIFICATIONS ON YOURSMARTPHONE.AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TRY TOLIMIT HOW MUCH TIME YOU'RESPENDING ONLINE.WE HAVE SPECIFIC