Is social media fuelling my daily anxiety?

Owning It: The Anxiety Podcast

Caroline Foran

Overwhelm, Education, Health & Fitness, Panic Attack, Caroline Foran, Stress, Anxiety

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

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Time for another solo episode - don't worry, I haven't given up on guests - and this time I am discussing the very real impact that social media - Instagram in particular - is having on my daily anxiety at the moment. From social comparison to feelings of not doing enough or imposter syndrome, I have come to the conclusion that social media might be the main fuel behind these uncomfortable feelings. I asked my followers if they were feeling similar and among other stats, 55% said they struggle with the social comparison element of social media. This is a short and sweet episode that just might make you think.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to owning it.
0:01.7	If you would like to support the series,
0:03.2	the best thing you can do is just tell a friend
0:05.6	or better yet, share it on social media.
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0:11.2	where I write a weekly column.
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0:15.7	at carolineforen.substack.com.
0:18.7	Thank you.
0:31.1	Hello, dear listener, and welcome back to owning it the anxiety podcast with me, Caroline Forin. I'm back this week with another solo episode. Don't worry, I have not given up on guests,
0:36.3	and I have a few already recorded in
0:38.8	the bank that I will be sharing very soon. But I felt this episode subject in my bones this week
0:43.7	and as such I'm compelled to talk about it. I feel like sharing with you here will give me some
0:47.7	sort of release and maybe it will do the same for you if you recognize yourself here. Maybe even as you
0:53.2	listen you'll be like, oh, I didn't realize
0:55.3	that this was something I was feeling, but now I can recognize it. And sometimes there's a lot of
0:59.3	freedom in that too. So I just need to get it all off my chest. And while I would usually go to
1:03.7	social media for that, I feel like maybe it's better put here because social media is kind of
1:10.7	the problem. So I'm not sure how well
1:12.4	received it would be over there. I have been observing how I'm feeling over the last few weeks
1:16.4	and noticing what I'm doing that makes me feel like crap and what I'm doing that makes me feel
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