Posts Tagged ‘social affirmation’
Stop Thinking About Your Thinking!
“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Linda Esposito begins her final blog about social anxiety by quoting the above. Do you agree? She says that most people are genuinely kind and genuinely busy so they are not going to focus on you and your perceived mistakes they are too busy getting on with making their own!
One of her points has really struck me though. She remarks that if you have allowed your mind to imprison you you will wake up one day and realise all that you have missed out on. So stop thinking about your thinking!
Social Anxiety Series: Stop Thinking About Your Thinking! (Part 4 of 4) | TalkTherapyBiz.
What Happens In Your Brain When People Like Your Facebook Status
Have you been on Facebook today? Have you posted a status perhaps? How does it make you feel when someone likes or comments on your post?
When you post on Facebook you do it so that people can read and appreciate it. In a recently published study researchers found that they could predict people’s Facebook use by looking at how their brain reacted to positive social feedback in a scanner. The area in your brain that processes feelings of reward was highly activated the more time the volunteers spent on social media sites.
The researchers came to the conclusion that this social affirmation is addictive; which may explain why some of us tend to spend so much time on Facebook!
What Happens In Your Brain When People Like Your Facebook Status.