{"id":546524,"date":"2026-03-19T10:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/546524\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:10:08","slug":"social-media-fuels-teen-anxiety-fbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/546524\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media fuels teen anxiety \u2013 FBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Social-Media.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[Photo: FILE]<\/p>\n<p>Heavy social media use is increasingly contributing to anxiety and low self-esteem among teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>Medical Services Pacific Senior Counsellor Isireli Kidareva says constant comparison with online content can make young people feel inadequate.<\/p>\n<p>He adds that cyberbullying, fear of missing out and late-night screen use are also affecting mental well-being.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings can fall into patterns of comparison with carefully curated images and highlight reels on other people\u2019s lives, which can also make them feel inadequate or not good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Kidareva says poor sleep and online harassment can intensify anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSleep disturbance from late night, use also plays a role, since poor sleep can worsen mood, regulation and increase the risk of anxiety and depression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He adds that online experiences now directly influence young people\u2019s emotional health.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"viti-plus-link-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viti.plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stream the best of Fiji on VITI+.  Anytime.  Anywhere.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Photo: FILE] Heavy social media use is increasingly contributing to anxiety and low self-esteem among teenagers. Medical Services&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":["post-546524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}