This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

At self-work we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world

and what to do about them.

I'm Dr. Margaret and self-work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work.

Hello and welcome to episode 87 of self-work.

I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

I'm a clinical psychologist.

I've been practicing here in Fayetteville, Arkansas,

since 1993, so that is 25 years. I began this podcast last year because I wanted to

extend the walls of my practice. I'd already started blogging several years

before and I was so enjoying reaching people that I might never

reach in order to give them a little slice of what therapy might be like or what

psychologists tended to think or say about certain things, but I wanted to reach

out to you whether you're well versed in therapy or you really aren't.

So thanks so much for being here.

Today we're going to be talking about depression and social media.

Now in episode 26, we discuss teens in social media

and how depression in teens is increasing and in fact at an alarming rate.

But most of you listening I don't think are teenagers and actually I hear the same thing coming

out of the mouths of many my adult patients and I have to watch myself sometimes with social media.

So I want to offer five realizations about social media that just might influence you to change your scrolling behavior

or at least change your mindset when you are scrolling or when you're

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