Can the use of social media help depressed people cope with their depression?

[Jazzmin Absi]

Wheneve I'm dealing with something, I go on the internet to talk to people and just to distract myself. It makes me quite happy because I can forget about my problems for a bit, but it consumes too much of my time and it isolates me from everyone else. Lately I've been extremely depressed so I figured I'd stop using technology for a few days and, believe it or not, it's made me a lot happier! I guess it's because it gave me the opportunity to look at my problems, and try to fix them instead of distracting myself from them and just ranting about them. So I think I'm gonna have to agree with those studies--but then again, everyone is different. For some people technology may help them deal with their problems, and for others, it may not. I surely thought that technology helped me until I did my little expirament of nnot using technology for a day...