
Teens are in an unrealistic state of mind that puts them in a vulnerable position enabling them to be provoked by the disarray that social media creates within America. This disarray includes using peer acknowledgment to take advantage of the teens' unreasonable logical reasoning. Within this state of mind, teens are becoming outspoken because of social media and the dependency it is causing within the teen population. This toll is a major factor to the occurrence of psychological disorders such as; anemia, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and many more. Research has shown that social media has a direct correlation with these disorders that effect teens. The cumulative time spent on the site determines the impact of social media on the severity of these disorders. The more time spent on these social media sites, the more vulnerable the teens are to the psychological disorders. With such detrimental psychological disorders in play, these teens and their parents should recognize these issues and spend less time on social media. With this recognition, parents and teens should work together to set boundaries of the time spent on social media. With less time spent on social media, there will be a lesser chance of the teen being diagnosed with these disorders. Teens and parents should be able to understand the severity of the consequences that social media endures on the teenage population. With this understanding from both parties, improvements can be made regarding the dependency that teens are facing because of social media.

Having a set of boundaries set in place, teens will have a lesser chance of becoming depressed and developing anxiety. These disorders can effect logical reasoning because of teens' dependence on social media and dwindling self-esteem. In a video posted on YouTube, teens are being interviewed about how they view social media and their time spent on each site. During an interview, a teen 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" (YouTube).They did a study on what the reasoning is that teens are on social media accounts. Each teen 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 withdraw from social media, similar to those of an addict. The sense of withdraw would provoke the symptoms of the psychological disorders. Social media can also be used as 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 more of a difficult time disconnecting from these sites for the fear that they will miss something that is going on. This factor of missing out on what is going on is more consequential to the teens because of the dependency they have on this type of knowledge. Teens and young adults are worried throughout the day when they cannot constantly check their email or social media accounts (Strickland). Teens are more susceptible to this worry because of their dependence on staying connected and the judgment of their peers.  This is the point at which the time limit should be set in place. 

Psychological disorders can cause many different outcomes depending on many factors. With social media as a certain factor, these teens are prone to accruing disorders with self-esteem being a major symptom. 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. Mozes states, "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 not able to prevent the impacts of social media due to their psychological vulnerability. They do not have the capacity to keep the impact from effecting them psychologically. Teens are highly susceptible to peer pressure and attention from their peers. They are in need of conformity with their peers. According to Stanton's article, "Peer groups influence adolescent socialization and identity by allowing young persons to explore individual interests and uncertainties while retaining a sense of belonging and continuity within a group of friends (Erikson, 1968; Hartup, 1983; Steinberg and Silverberg, 1987)" (Stanton).With this allowance, teens are not preventing the factors that will soon add up to a psychological disorder that social media can provoke. Unlike teens, parents have the ability to stop the impact of their teens. Parents will be able to set boundaries because of the difference in the mental processes in adults then in teens. With these boundaries set, the teens will start to understand that social media is not a need in life. 

Many teens are choosing the lifestyle of having social media taking over their life by controlling their feelings. They are so dependent on social media and acceptance from their peers, comments and "likes" on posts are the most important form of assurance. The more comments and "likes" a teen gets on his or her post, the higher their self-esteem. Dr. Hughes suggest that, "It could be that teens with mental health problems are seeking out interactions as they are feeling isolated and alone" (Dr. Hughes). However, this does not fully account for the issue of psychological disorders and their connection with social media. He goes on to explain, "The relationship between the use of social networking sites and mental health problems is complex" (Dr. Hughes). With this complexity, 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 severity of the symptoms related to social media disorders have caused urgency to offer solutions. Remedies that have been studied are linked to the amount of time spent on these sites per day. Experts have found that teens are becoming more anxious and susceptible to 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. According to her data, 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.

What if social media keeps 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. Parents could prevent these severe psychological issues that are connected to social media throughout their child's teenage years. 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. 

