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9 Sep, 2014

Facebook addiction can leave you lonely, depressed – Hindustan Times

Do you often feel you have wasted time on Facebook or termed it as a meaningless activity but still cannot let your eyes move away from the screen? You are at the risk of developing depression.

According to new research, while the social networking site is there to help you stay in touch with your near and dear ones, there are consequences to its consistent use, including a “lowered life satisfaction of basic psychological needs and dampened mood”.

“There is a link between a dampened mood and Facebook,” informed Austrian psychologists Christina Sagioglou and Tobias Greitmeyer.

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