I just think that some doctors will do anything to make a buck. That’s why people don’t go to doctors now, because they believe the doctors make S*** up. Out of all the millions of people on Facebook, Dr. Uri Nitzan did a study on THREE people. The theory of this study was that social media’s attempt to connect people from different countries and the developing of social relationships can cause a threat to users who are lonely, vulnerable and technologically naive. Mind you, these people were already classified as a little off for various reasons like the death of loved ones. Now they are trying say FB is driving these people crazy. I’m too through. Drop down bottom for more on this study.
As Dr. Nitzan explains, each of the patients sought solace in social media and to begin with developed positive virtual relationships, yet as the relationships developed so did the patients’ negative feelings: “All of the patients developed psychotic symptoms related to the situation, including delusions regarding the person behind the screen and their connection through the computer,” he says.
It also highlights the emotional maturity often required to be able to decode sent messages. Without being able to look a person in the eye during a conversation, it is often a challenge to know if a comment is serious or meant as a joke. Likewise it can become all too easy for users to idealize ‘friends’ they have never met and for those ‘friends’ to exaggerate details about themselves, safe in the knowledge that they will never physically meet.
