SYSTEMS PLUS COLLEGE FOUNDATION

Effects of Social Media to Grade 11 & 12

Students Experiencing Depression at Systems
Plus College Foundation

Participants *
Martin , Alexis M.
Angco, Mikaela Lyka D.
Tuscano, Michelle M.
Canlas, Dongy D.
Imbuido, Kyle Francis R.
Tubaon, Clarence M.
 Introduction

Nowadays, Social Media is a controversial topic, in the way that it can destroy your

interaction or relationship to anyone. People may think that social media is a great blessing to

each and every one of us. It helps the introvert people to express what they can not express in

public, it also helps us built relationships we don’t expect to come, it makes you communicate

with anyone.

However, social media has also disadvantages. It can cause a distraction, that makes you

feel like nothing else is going around you, it reduces your closeness to your family, caused by

always doing twitter, Facebook, Instagram and not knowing that your loved ones is at your side.

Social media has become prominent part of life for many young people today. Most people who

engage in social media doesn’t care about the effects of social media on our lives whether it is

positive or negative.

Also, Social Media is good to us, it makes our lives much easier and helps us gain more

chance to socialize with other people. Many parents worry about how exposure to technology

might affect toddlers developmentally. The pre-schoolers are picking up new social and

cognitive skills at a stunning pace, and none of us want hours glued to a gadget. But adolescents

take us in an equally important period of rapid development, and how a teenager used of

technology is much more intense and intimate than a 3- year old playing games in a tablet.

Parents are worried about how their child is being exposed to gadget at a very young age,

because instead of playing outside like how children supposed to do. They choose to play games

in phones or computers. In fact, experts worry that the social media and other apps that have

become so integral to teenage life to the fact that they are increasing the chance of depression,

anxiety and low-self esteem.

Social Media is a technology that we cannot avoid nowadays because this is really

important. However, we must put ourselves in an appropriate and good discipline for us to have a

better living. Social Media can affects feelings and emotion to people, that's why the topic about

depression can experience by anyone.

 Depression is a rare disease nowadays, because many people around the world

experience this.Sometimes in our daily life we can feel strange things that we don’t usually

understand. Like the feeling of too much sadness, loneliness, emptiness, feeling down and

having lowself esteem. As a researcher we also feel this kind of thing that we usually can’t

explain, we want to share to you how depression affects us.

Every night we cry and ask ourselves what really is our purpose in this world, even if we

don’t have problems in life. Even if we have loving family, a loving friends and yet we still

feel like there’s no one out there to for us. Until the sadness is slightly attacking us every single

night, sometimes we just ignored it and just sleep to let it pass, but it just keeps on repeating.

Until we realize that we’re experiencing depression and it quietly creeps upon us. At first you

struggle with the little things, but still you choose to ignore them.Everyday you tell yourself that

its okay it will be alright or its just another bad day, but its not. Now you get used to ignore them

and continue living to your life, because that’s what you need to do, to do what others do. But

your problems still don’t go away and you struggle to pretend everyday, until it starts to cost you

more and more.

Depression is really a serious matter, it is a common mental disorder, that will make you

feel things are so hard to handle. It slowly takes a person’s life without knowing the reason why

he/she takes his life. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)(2018), 7.6

percent of people over age of 12 has experienced depression in any 2 week period.According to

World Health Organization (WHO)(2018), Depression is now the common illness around the

world. The total estimated of people who are affected by depression globally is 350

million.According to Neel Burton M.D (2012), Women are more affected by depression than

men. The reason why women are more affected by depression than man is because women are

more commonly putmore resources into connections than men. Connections issue are likely

influence them more, so they are bound to create wretchedness.There are numerous variety of

depression, An Episode depression is one of them. A depressive depression includes an

indications such as discouraged state of mind, loss of intrigue and happiness, and expanded

fatigability. Contingent upon the number and seriousness of side effects, a depressive episode
can be ordered as gentle, moderate, or extreme. A person with a mild depressive episode will

have some trouble in proceeding with a common work and social exercises. However, not to the

degree that it fundamentally represents a boundary to exercises of everyday living. During a

serious burdensome scene, then again, it is in all respects far-fetched that the sufferer will almost

certainly proceed with social, work, or residential exercises, but to an extremely constrained

degree.

However, let’s focus on how social media leads to a depression. Facebook, twitter,

Instagram is one of the part of the everyday life of a people. They mostly spent their time doing

and scrolling social media, posting everything, and doing every trends that they see. The age 12-

34 are more likely use social media than older groups for interaction purposes.

In social media there are also various types of bullying that may lead into depression or

as it worst may lead to death. The utilization of hardware and the web has offered ascend to

another type of tormenting alluded to as cyber-bullying. According to Bayraktar (et

al.,2015,p.3193) Cyber-bullying can be defined as an intentionally aggressive or harmful act

executed by a bully through an electronic form of contact. The attributes of cyber-bullying are

like those of customary harassing, which allude to verbal, physical, social types of tormenting, in

light of the fact that the two of them must include an injured individual and a forceful or harmful

bully.Victims who are focused by cyber-bullies are regularly the individuals who have been

dismissed by their companions and are viewed as having low confidence and a low discretion.

Cyber-bullying has been found to lead depression and suicidal ideations.

On the other hand let’s focus to depression and how it really destroy a person’s life.

Depression is a major depressive disorder and it is a common and serious medical illness that

negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act etc. Fortunately, it is also

treatable.

Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities once enjoyed.

It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease a person’s ability to

function at work and at home.Symptoms can vary from mild to severe and can include feeling

sad or having a depressed mood, Loss of interest or pleasure in activities once enjoyed, changes
in appetite weight loss or gain unrelated to dieting, trouble sleeping or sleeping too much, Loss

of energy or increased fatigue, Increase in purposeless physical activity example of this is a

hand-wringing or pacing or slowed movements and speech or actions observable by others,

feeling worthless or guilty, difficulty thinking, concentrating or making decisions, and thoughts

of death or suicide. Symptoms last at least two weeks for a diagnosis of depression.

Also, medical conditions example of this are thyroid problems, a brain tumor or vitamin

deficiency that can mimic symptoms of depression so it is important to rule out general medical

causes.

Depression affects an estimated one in 15 adults (6.7%) in any given year. And one in six

people (16.6%) will experience depression at some time in their life. Depression can strike at any

time, but on average, first appears during the late teens to mid-20s. Women are more likely than

men to experience depression. Some studies show that one-third of women will experience a

major depressive episode in their lifetime .Risk factors for Depression can affect anyone even a

person who appears to live in relatively ideal circumstances. Depression is among the most

treatable of mental disorders. Between 80 percent and 90 percent of people with depression eventually

respond well to treatment. Almost all patients gain some relief from their symptoms. Before a diagnosis

or treatment, a health professional should conduct a thorough diagnostic evaluation, including an

interview and possibly a physical examination. In some cases, a blood test might be done to

make sure the depression is not due to a medical condition like a thyroid problem. The

evaluation is to identify specific symptoms, medical and family history, cultural factors and

environmental factors to arrive at a diagnosis and plan a course of action.In depression we can

get a self-hope and coping and there are a number of things people can do to help reduce the

symptoms of depression. For many people, regular exercise helps create positive feeling and

improve mood. Getting enough quality sleep on a regular basis, eating a healthy diet and

avoiding alcohol like a depressant that can also help reduce symptoms of depression.Depression

is a real illness and help is available, with proper diagnosis and treatment, the vast majority of

people with depression will overcome it. If you are experiencing symptoms of depression, the

first step is to see your family physician or psychiatrist. Talk about your concerns and request a
thorough evaluation. This is a start to addressing mental health needs.A temporary change in

mood or a sign of weakness is not simply sign of depression. It is a real medicalcondition with

many emotional, physical, behavioral and cognitive symptoms. Many people are ashamed or

afraid to ask for help. Others shrug off their symptoms and end up suffering in silence. Contrary

to some misconceptions, depression is neither inevitable nor is it a character flaw. People with

depression often get these ideas because of the feeling of guilt caused by the illness. Depression

is a real health problem for which help is available. 

But you must be aware of it and know how to ask for help.Depression is not a normal

part of growing old, and it should never be taken lightly. Unfortunately,it often goes undiagnosed

and untreated in older adults, and they may feel reluctant to seek help. Symptoms of depression

may be different or less obvious in older adults, such as memory difficulties or personality

changes, physical aches or pain, fatigue, loss of appetite, sleep problems or loss of interest in sex

not caused by a medical condition or medication, often wanting to stay at home, rather than

going out to socialize or doing new things, suicidal thinking or feelings, especially in older me.

It can also have a complications like excess weight or obesity, which can lead to heart

disease and diabetes, pain or physical illness, alcohol or drug misuse, anxiety, panic disorder or

social phobia, family conflicts, relationship difficulties, and work or school problems, social

isolation, suicidal feelings, suicide attempts or suicide, self-mutilation, such as cutting, premature

death from medical conditions.There's no sure way to prevent depression.

However, these strategies may help.This study aims the effects of social media to a

teenager experiencing depression if social media really affects a teenager experiencing

depression. Is it good or bad, is social media really increases depression.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This study aims to determine the effects of social media to a teenager experiencing

depression and how social media increases the chance of depression toGrade 11 and 12 students

of System Plus College Foundation, A.Y 2018-2019. The effect of this investigation will show

the result of social media to teenagers suffering depression.

Specifically, it answered the following questions:

1. As a student, how can you prevent depression?

2. What advice can you give to a teenager suffering depression?

3. How can you be happy when you are depressed?

4. Is social media really helping us or is it just a nuisance to us?

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

This study will investigate the effects of social media to Grade 11 & 12 Students

experiencing depression of Systems Plus College Foundation, A.Y 2019-2020. The respondents

will evaluated the effects of social media to a teenager experiencing depression in terms of

Family problem, School projects and activities, and the victims of bullying.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study will investigate the effects of social media to Grade 11 & 12 Students

experiencing depression of Sytems Plus College Foundation, A.Y 2019-2020.

The study will be beneficial to the following:

Teenagers. This will serve as a guide to teenagers who is currently experiencing depression.

And to be aware on what to do when having depression.

Future Researchers. This aim to benefit future researchers to get more information to the

effects of social media to depression and to the who suffers from it.

Readers. This will serve as knowledge and awareness to the readers. And to be able to know

how social media and depression affects us.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

The original definition of the term “glued” is paying your full attention to something. (2019)

In this paper the term “glued” is they’re always with their gadgets their time and attention are

only to gadgets.

The term “Prominent” is being popular or famous or unknown (2019).

In this paper the term “Prominent” is being known or usually common and part of our daily life.

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