The Surprising Link Between Social Media Use, Nightmares, and Mental Health

27/08/2024 17 min Episodio 30
The Surprising Link Between Social Media Use, Nightmares, and Mental Health

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In this episode, I talk about:New research revealing a link between social media use, nightmares, and poor mental health outcomes such as anxiety and depressionThe Social Media Nightmare-Related Scale and how the intensity of your social media use predicts the frequency of social media-related nightmaresTheories about why we have dreams and nightmares, including the Continuity Hypothesis of Dreaming and the Neurocognitive Model of Nightmare EtiologyHow nightmares impact your sleep quality, mental health and wellbeingHow to reduce the time you spend on social media to avoid nightmares and boost your mental healthThe Dream Journal ChallengeView show notes including links to all the resources and tools mentioned: https://thedigitaldietcoach.com/030
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