{"id":553783,"date":"2025-11-06T22:10:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/553783\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T22:10:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:10:18","slug":"how-social-media-can-cause-stress-in-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/553783\/","title":{"rendered":"How social media can cause stress in real life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazily w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/N6ftHa8nTN32246FwrBrtj7nLMDwMVzilWsz0l6l.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n\u00a0Social media is a battlefield of emotions, fears, and societal pressure. [Getty Images]<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-style\">Social media has reached more than half (63.9%) of the world\u2019s population since it got started in 1996. Social network platforms grew from 970 million users in 2010 to 5.41 billion in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-style\">The average social media user engages with between six and seven platforms. The average person spends two hours 21 minutes on social media per day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-style\">All this time on social media shapes people\u2019s perceptions, influences emotions and fuels anxieties, but its impact on social stress remains difficult to measure.<\/p>\n<p>        Unlock bold, fearless reporting, exclusive stories, investigations, and in-depth analysis with The Standard INSiDER subscription.<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/sso?content=eyJpdiI6IjRncElLdDBBZDRicFRCMXB5OTgyN0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoibGFuSzkyOEZOeUFRbGc3cGtiMnFRaHRhUm5PQUc0QVRoMzNON3RoTTA1UjI0Wm8xVCtLWHB5anM2WFRUQklWRVJwVU1jL1RNUWErNGtKVHAwSDFzeEtqaG5GSXJiR3B1Vm9la0FtWnMzMTJwM05MYjJDbE9yUHVZTG5NOWN6WjRzNDZyclk1R29kc1RBS2t1WU5GbmZVUW5UakxmQW4vcmNzVUtKYmpvYnpqNXF6Si83b1R1eHhMU2JhbCtkdnZCL0JTNEdhelBSYWwyRHAremVadE1wU1diS2Z6dEVtbmNqcHB4bEZGYTNZRT0iLCJtYWMiOiI4MWZjZDA4NzA0MjQ1NmZlZWFmZDVlYmExNGQ4OWRiNWQ0MzZiNjBlNDJkNmM1ZjExYmYwM2VjM2I2MmM1YzM4IiwidGFnIjoiIn0=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                            Get Started<\/p>\n<p>        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/sso?content=eyJpdiI6IjRncElLdDBBZDRicFRCMXB5OTgyN0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoibGFuSzkyOEZOeUFRbGc3cGtiMnFRaHRhUm5PQUc0QVRoMzNON3RoTTA1UjI0Wm8xVCtLWHB5anM2WFRUQklWRVJwVU1jL1RNUWErNGtKVHAwSDFzeEtqaG5GSXJiR3B1Vm9la0FtWnMzMTJwM05MYjJDbE9yUHVZTG5NOWN6WjRzNDZyclk1R29kc1RBS2t1WU5GbmZVUW5UakxmQW4vcmNzVUtKYmpvYnpqNXF6Si83b1R1eHhMU2JhbCtkdnZCL0JTNEdhelBSYWwyRHAremVadE1wU1diS2Z6dEVtbmNqcHB4bEZGYTNZRT0iLCJtYWMiOiI4MWZjZDA4NzA0MjQ1NmZlZWFmZDVlYmExNGQ4OWRiNWQ0MzZiNjBlNDJkNmM1ZjExYmYwM2VjM2I2MmM1YzM4IiwidGFnIjoiIn0=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Login<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0Social media is a battlefield of emotions, fears, and societal pressure. [Getty Images] Social media has reached more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4317],"tags":[105,218,182,177142,177141,177143,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-553783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-social-media","11":"tag-social-media-risks","12":"tag-social-media-stress","13":"tag-social-media-related-health-risks","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115505046105083570","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}