Jennifer L. Hartstein, PsyD

Owner, Hartstein Psychological Services

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Ø  Teens don’t always feel as though social media makes them anxious

Ø  Bring in the idea of “FOMO” or “likes”? That all changes Ø  Impacts both boys and girls, but girls especially focus on how

many “likes” they can get Ø  Not getting enough “likes” can impact one’s sense of self,

causing an increase in depression, anxiety and other mental health related concerns

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Ø  What can adults do to help? Ø  Model appropriate screen use Ø  Teach young people how to navigate disappointment

online Ø  Encourage offline activities and interactions Ø  Teach to pause before you post

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Clinical Psychologist, Speaker, Author of Your Next Big Thing

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Ø  Passive vs. active social media use

Ø  Positive vs. negative social media use

Ø  Cultivated social presence

Ø  Conscious social media use

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Reduce FOMO/Like-Anxiety by considering:

Ø  Conscious social media use

Ø  Taking regular social media “Holidays”

Ø  Balancing on-line and off-line activities

I spent three decades being the average girl-next door

•  Grew up in a town with 2,000 residents

•  Moved to Portland, Maine as an adult – population 60K

•  My social networks, both online & in-person were not much more than a couple hundred

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In 2011, at the age of thirty-one, I gave it all up

•  Started traveling the world & living out of a backpack

•  Run my own business, with a remote team managed across four countries

•  My social networks, both online & in-person grew to thousands

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I live the life that inspires everyone else’s FOMO, but I

found that the more I traveled and ran a business by myself,

the lonelier I got.

And the fiercer my FOMO became…

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I had to learn to: •  Stay in touch with friends and family, without being sad that I wasn’t able to be

with them

•  Figure out how to feel sad, when so many people told me that I shouldn’t feel that way or that I needed to appreciate the wonderful life and opportunities I had

•  Recognize that the world we see online is not always the whole story…people don’t want to see bummer updates, and we don’t always feel comfortable sharing them

•  Reframe my mindset to CELEBRATE with my friends virtually, and block out the noise

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