According to the December ’12 Prevention, spending time logged in to your social network can boost your self-esteem.
That comes from a study published in Computers in Human Behavior, and the reason may be that “posting status updates encourages you to focus on the positive aspects of your life.”
Just don’t let it spiral out of control into attention seeking and narcissism—and don’t use it to replace real friends.
—Becky Holman
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