
Teens are in a certain state of mind that puts them in a vulnerable position which enables them to be provoked by the disarray that social media creates within America. Within this state of mind, teens are allowing themselves to be outspoken and open for social media to take its toll on the teens themselves. This toll hinders psychological disorders such as; anemia, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and many more. These disorders have been researched to be able to understand their connection to social media and how it effects the teens. These researchers found that the connection with social media and teens is the time spent on the site as a whole. The more time spent on these social media sites, the more vulnerable the teens are for the psychological disorders to occur, which are the disorders that have been connected with the situation. With such detrimental psychological disorders in play, these teens should recognize these issues and spend less time on social media. With less time spent on social media, there will be a lesser chance of the teen being diagnosed with these disorders. Throughout, there will be given explanations on what the disorders are, the remedies that can prevent these psychological disorders, and how these changes will affect the teens.

Psychological disorders can cause many different outcomes with dependence on many factors. With social media as a certain factor, these teens are prone to accruing self-esteem types of disorders. Psychological disorders as a whole are defined as, "a wide range of conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior" (Dictionary.com). Having the pressure that peers can put on each other and the social media around teens, these pressures on their mind tend to start to dwindle their wellbeing as a whole. Mozes, a researcher and author for WebMD, found that most teens who are avid social media networkers are vulnerable to be diagnosed with psychological disorders. He questioned them about their feeling of need to be available to respond and/or look at posts at all times. Most teens were unable to go to sleep at night because they had a fear of missing out and having to face judgment from their peers. "Teens who feel a round-the-clock compulsion to participate on social media sites like Facebook or Twitter may pay a price in lost sleep. They may also face a higher risk for depression and anxiety, new research suggests" (Mozes). In this quote, Mozes explains how social media can impact teens negatively. These teens were the most susceptible for these disorders because of the inability to get a good night's rest and the pressure they are feeling from themselves and their peers to stay connected. With this fear, more psychological disorders are seen to occur because of the lack of sleep and constant worrying. 

Teens are allowing themselves to be impacted from social media. They are choosing the lifestyle of having social media taking over their life by controlling their feelings. Teens are so dependent on social media and acceptance from their peers, comments and "likes" on posts are the most important. The more comments and "likes" a teen gets on his or her post, the higher their self-esteem. "It could be that teens with mental health problems are seeking out interactions as they are feeling isolated and alone... The relationship between the use of social networking sites and mental health problems is complex. Simple use of social networking sites cannot fully explain by itself the occurrence of mental health problem" (Dr. Hughes). With social media, teens are effected with the stereotypes of different sexualities. The society and adults have an impact on when teens are taught about sexuality. Other than the adults, social media is effecting what and how early teens are thinking are their own sexuality. Their peers, through social media, also have an effect on when sexuality is discovered. Social media accounts provide sexuality guidance for young teens. They see stereotypes on social media and are afraid of their peers' reaction. Social media sites have grown at an unproportioned rate in the last few years. Any site that allows communication between users is considered a social media site. These sites are now very available to preteens and teens, therefore parents need to be cautionary with their children. These sites have potential mental effects on teens when used at an unreasonable amount. Cyberbullying and "Facebook Depression" are significant effects of social media on teens. These issues are provoking the outbreak of serious psychological disorders among teens. 

The symptoms that social media bring to teens have been studied by researchers because of the severity they can come about in. Remedies that have been studied are linked to the amount of time spent on these sites per day. Experts are researching that teens are becoming more anxious and having lower self-esteem because of the time spent on social media. Teens can keep themselves occupied for hours on end looking at different social media sites. They will stay up hours past their bedtime to keep looking at what their peers are doing. Any free time teens experience, social media is the first go to for teens that are looking for something to do. Ehmke states that teenagers are spending too much time on social media and therefore are growing up with less self-esteem and more anxiety. Teens spend an average of more than seven hours on social media per day. This doesn't include the television they watch throughout the day. Studies have shown that with this much social media throughout the day, teens are susceptible to becoming irritable, sleep deprived, and develop low self-esteem. The doctors that have conducted these studies have provided parents with ways to prevent these symptoms from happening with their teens. The more time spent on social media, the more risky the retaliations. Teens can often start to see sleeping and eating disorders and academic difficulties because of too much time on social media.  By cutting down the hours spend on social media each day, teens will have to learn to enjoy simpler things such as; going outside, hanging out with friends, or talking with their family. Having this remedy in place addresses the fact the teens are spending too much time on social media and that time is causing psychological disorders.

Researcher Susan Villiani conducted a ten year experiment proving the changes with social media as the years passed by. With this experiment, she was able to see the dependence on social media escalating as the years passed. Read in a Princeton Research Survey of 1997, some teens are using the Internet and social media accounts for actions they don't want their parent to know about. "Studies are needed that look at how the harmful effects of media can be prevented (Villiani). Having teens so dependent on social media and the comments that are received, having less time on these sites will reduce the need for them. Having less time will also reduce the psychological disorders from occurring that are connected to social media. With this change, teens also need to have a history lesson about social media, having this lesson will hopefully start to prevent these disorders from occurring at all. Parents could set locks on the teens' phone and/or computer during a certain number of hours throughout the day. This will allow the teen to have an experience without social media being in their mind.

Having a set of boundaries set in place, teens will have a lesser chance of becoming depressed and developing anxiety. Because of their dependent nature on social media and their self-esteem dwindling (loss of self-confidence), these disorders can come into play because of their brain reasoning while on social media. A girl in America explains social media as this, "Teens post videos/pictures waiting to see the response of their peers. The more likes, the more the teens feel appreciated by their peers." They did a study on what the reasoning is that teens are on social media accounts. They all explained their interest in becoming successful and famous. This sense of acknowledgment from their peers is what engulfs the teen's ego. When peers compliment the teen, a snowball effect starts to occur. The teen will start to feel less appreciated when they aren't as acknowledged, then depression and anxiety will start to set in, then the disorders will start to take their toll on the teen. If parents see these disorders coming into view with their teen, they should take action because they could prevent worse symptoms form occurring.

On the other hand, this remedy would not work because of the difficulty teens have with change. They have a confidence set with familiarity and convenience. Having social media allows each teen to see what their peers are doing at all times. Without this knowledge, the teens will begin to feel the symptoms of being addicted to social media. This would then provoke the symptoms of the psychological disorders discussed. Social media can also be used at a good source of communication. It is used by news sources and reporters as a way to get information to spread as quickly as possible. So having a rule set in place of no social media for a said amount of hours, the teen can miss out on vital information form school, work, or an emergency situation. However, many teens and young adults have the difficulty of disconnecting from these sites for the fear that they will miss something that is going on. Teens and young adults are worried throughout the day when they couldn't constantly check their email or social media accounts (Strickland). Teens were more susceptible to this worry because of their dependence on staying connected and the judgment with their peers.  This is the point at which the time limit should be set in place. 

What if social media kept escalating at the rate it is going now? If that happens, teens throughout the future will not understand what socializing in person is or knowing how to play outside with their peers. This argument and its remedy options are important because of the effect that it can have on the future population. Social media has grown tremendously over the last decade because of the satisfaction it is giving teens. It is giving them a sense of knowing all, which is a feeling that they long for. Carrying out the time limit remedy will help prevent psychological disorders from occurring as prominently. However, the risks of this remedy are missing out on vital information. Even though the teen won't know about this information as soon as it is announced, it most circumstances, knowing the information late won't hurt anyone. Even if they miss some vital information time to time, the teen will have learned how to apply themselves to the world around them instead of being stuck in social media. The country should take action in this matter because of the psychological effects that social media has been proved to provoke within teens. Without these disorders, teens are seen to be happier and less distracted to what is important to them. 

