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

[Morgan]

So, I'm writing a paper on the internet and technology and how's its helped our hurt society. I know from personal experience that being able to release my thoughts through tumblr has helped me cope and it feels amazing to see other people that have gone through the same thing. When I try to looks for studies they all talk about how internet use has been connected with depression, but not how it has help. Is their a study to show how social media has helped depressed people?

[Naguru]

Yes.

[Hgsaf5]

They could completely! Tumblr is in a way social media if it isn't classified as social media. What people see makes them think into working more towards something, I know I was depressed a while back and I saw love stories and that made me perk up completely, completely. Finding people who also talk about there issues live to someone might not only help others who have the same issue, but develop awareness for the people out there who don't know much of or think about those who are depressed. I think this idea is brilliant and would be amazing to integrate with our social media!

~ Happiness!

[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...

[sunnny]

nope, it's artificial and real human contact is needed to help with "depression" which can be situational as you describe or clinical, biological from too many xrays , CT scans and MRI metal contrasts, stay away from these cumulative damaging DNA killers. you need normal sunlight, not artificial light from devices. so, no it does not help real depression, maybe transient, but that is NOT depression.