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Dr Sasha Hamdani says social media ‘numbers’ drove her self-worth for a long time
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Why You Feel Everything So Deeply (and how to survive it) - Dr Sasha Hamdani
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""I myself find I get triggered by social media all the time. I'm constantly comparing myself to others. I feel like my a lot of my dayto-day um relationship with selfworth for a long time was driven by numbers.""
Dr Sasha Hamdani says she is frequently “triggered” by social media and found herself comparing her work to others, with her self-worth “driven by numbers” such as likes and engagement. She adds that even as a physician who has studied the brain, she experiences this pull, and suggests teenagers may be at higher risk because their frontal lobes are not fully developed, arguing for teaching young people how to navigate social media rather than trying to eliminate it entirely.
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- Dr Sasha Hamdani · guest
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- Modern Wisdom
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- Why You Feel Everything So Deeply (and how to survive it) - Dr Sasha Hamdani
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