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Psychology Behind Dangerous Social Media Challenges · A Capture Deep Vibs A Positive Space For Inspiration And Embracing Of Heart

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  Speaker 1: A young boy from the UK dies after reportedly attempting
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  Speaker 1: the viral TikTok blackout challenge. This recent headline left the
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  Speaker 1: world heartbroken and made parents all over the world scared
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  Speaker 1: for their children. If you don't know, certain acts done
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  Speaker 1: on social media are deemed challenges. Then those challenges turn
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  Speaker 1: into trends to record yourself doing. Those who enjoy scrolling
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  Speaker 1: through TikTok have heard of the Skullbreaker Challenge and Penny Challenge.
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  Speaker 1: We also had to bowing, planking, the mannequin challenge, and
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  Speaker 1: now the blackout challenge. The blackout challenge, also known as
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  Speaker 1: the choking game, is when you choke yourself to the
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  Speaker 1: point of unconsciousness. These viral challenges may seem like a game,
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  Speaker 1: but they actually represent individuals putting their safety at risk
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  Speaker 1: for likes, clicks, and views. While social media platforms do
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  Speaker 1: the best they can to avoid responsibility, we can't help
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  Speaker 1: but wonder, how can they let this happen? Let's take
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  Speaker 1: a look at the psychology behind these challenges to raise
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  Speaker 1: awareness about this widespread problem. As much fun as the
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  Speaker 1: challenge might sound, there are a lot of psychological reasons
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  Speaker 1: you should stop to think about the next social media
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  Speaker 1: challenge you attempt. Let's check them out. Number one, misestimation
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  Speaker 1: of norms. Behavioral scientist, Dr. Gretchen Brian Measles explains that
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  Speaker 1: puberty is the time when a child's mind is transitioning
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  Speaker 1: into an adult. As they go through different mental and
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  Speaker 1: emotional states, They're trying to understand what's normal and want
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  Speaker 1: to know if they're normal too. They want to fit
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  Speaker 1: in just like anyone else. So when they scroll through
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  Speaker 1: their feed and see 20 posts of other people on
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  Speaker 1: TikTok doing the Kylie Jenner lip challenge, they might think
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  Speaker 1: to themselves, wow, everyone's doing it, so I must do
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  Speaker 1: it too to fit in. Everyone else is doing it,
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  Speaker 1: so this must be normal. They completely skip over the
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  Speaker 1: fact that too much suction in a small area could
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  Speaker 1: be harmful to you. Number two, FOMO. FOMO, or fear
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  Speaker 1: of missing out, is the anxiety we feel when we're
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  Speaker 1: excluded from pleasurable and rewarding experiences. Studies have shown that
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  Speaker 1: this fear is on the rise in today's society due
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  Speaker 1: to having their own personal magic mirror to see what
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  Speaker 1: everyone is doing at the moment, their phones. A 2020
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  Speaker 1: research paper published in Journal, Social Media, and Society suggests
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  Speaker 1: that this fear plays a role in social media use
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  Speaker 1: in teenagers, which can, unfortunately, evolve into full-blown internet addiction.
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  Speaker 1: If they miss one post, one new trend, one new picture,
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  Speaker 1: they might be out of the loop and missing out
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  Speaker 1: on what everyone else is experiencing. In a study published
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  Speaker 1: in Human Factors in Healthcare, researchers wanted to examine the
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  Speaker 1: motivation behind practicing in dangerous TikTok challenges. When asked, teens
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  Speaker 1: who participated in the study mentioned the fear of missing
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  Speaker 1: out as one of the motivating factors. When they see
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  Speaker 1: trending challenges, they might feel like they're missing out on
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  Speaker 1: the fun. In reality, they're so preoccupied with that FOMO
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  Speaker 1: that they ignore safety and the common knowledge of what
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  Speaker 1: can harm human beings. Do you think encouraging more face-to-face
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  Speaker 1: interaction could help teens combat FOMO on social media? Share
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  Speaker 1: with us in the comments below. Number three, belonging. Brittany Morris,
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  Speaker 1: a licensed clinical social worker from Virginia says that children
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  Speaker 1: and teens are most susceptible to these dangerous challenges because
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  Speaker 1: of the need for belonging. She explains how, in those
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  Speaker 1: early teen and adolescent years, kids desire to be accepted
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  Speaker 1: by others. By connecting with their friends, they're also discovering
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  Speaker 1: their identities based on good or bad peer feedback. Generally,
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  Speaker 1: it's a great thing for teens to have a healthy
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  Speaker 1: group of friends, but sometimes, while hanging out, they actually
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  Speaker 1: have a bad influence on each other. A 2017 research
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  Speaker 1: study published in journal Sexual and Relationship Therapy suggests that
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  Speaker 1: adolescents find it more difficult to control impulsive behaviors if
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  Speaker 1: they're with their peers or if high emotions are involved.
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  Speaker 1: Authors also mentioned that social media has the power to
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  Speaker 1: influence a teen's decision-making skills by connecting them to their peers.
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  Speaker 1: So when their friends participate in such challenges, they want
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  Speaker 1: to feel like they belong to the group. When they
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  Speaker 1: feel like they belong, they feel good about themselves. Being
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  Speaker 1: a part of a group can actually be positive and
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  Speaker 1: healthy for an adolescent or teen. Do you think there's
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  Speaker 1: a way to encourage healthy socializing on social media? Number four,
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  Speaker 1: thumbs up. Another important reason is, of course, popularity. Who
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  Speaker 1: doesn't want to feel liked by thousands of people? We
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  Speaker 1: shouldn't judge them for wanting to be popular. Popularity is
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  Speaker 1: what brings together all of the reasons we mentioned earlier.
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  Speaker 1: Feeling like they belong, like they're accepted and appreciated. A
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  Speaker 1: 2016 study in the journal Psychological Science found adolescents were
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  Speaker 1: more likely to like popular photos as opposed to those
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  Speaker 1: with only a few likes, even if they depicted risky behaviors.
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  Speaker 1: The same goes with viral challenges too. The more likes
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  Speaker 1: a video gets, the more likely they'll be to try
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  Speaker 1: it themselves. If they went viral, so can I. How
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  Speaker 1: can parents and schools work together to help children build
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  Speaker 1: confidence and self-acceptance so they don't look for validation online?
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  Speaker 1: And number five, the judgment-making area. It's important to note
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  Speaker 1: the biological perspective as well. Teenage and children's brains are
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  Speaker 1: still developing. For that reason, they don't have the full
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  Speaker 1: capacity to really understand the risks that these challenges pose.
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  Speaker 1: Clinical psychologist and mental health quality consultant Dr. Desreen Dudley
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  Speaker 1: explains that the prefrontal cortex, which is the decision and
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  Speaker 1: judgment-making portion of the brain, is not fully developed in
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  Speaker 1: these young people. That's why they have a harder time
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  Speaker 1: considering all the factors that are involved in these challenges,
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  Speaker 1: and they're unable to make a sound decision. Fancy leggings
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  Speaker 1: are one thing. Ignoring common knowledge and personal safety for
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  Speaker 1: the approval and acceptance of others, that's a whole different ballgame,
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  Speaker 1: one that we hope you consider sitting out of. Do
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  Speaker 1: you think there are some other reasons behind these horrible
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  Speaker 1: and dangerous trends? Let us know your thoughts. Please share
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  Speaker 1: this video with someone who would benefit from it, like
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  Speaker 1: a parent, teacher, or even young teen. If you noticed
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  Speaker 1: a child's internet use is becoming problematic, please consider talking
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  Speaker 1: to a mental health professional. for additional reading resources and
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  Speaker 1: tools to help your child. Feel free to visit links
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  Speaker 1: in the description. Let's raise awareness together to help prevent
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  Speaker 1: more young lives from leaving us too soon.