# My Honest Thoughts on Social Media & Recovery

An episode of [On The Mend](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1697309091), 18 Sep 2024, 21 min.

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The secret is out… Matt Willis and his wife, Emma, are currently on a 3-week long social media break. They’re doing this alongside a group of year 8 students, whose experiment will be the star of an upcoming Channel 4 documentary. But what does Matt really think of all of this? Before the experiment, we caught up with Matt to ask his honest opinion on social media. Is it a good thing? Bad thing? What’s Matt’s personal experience with it? And how can we start to nurture a healthier relationship with social media? Let’s see how Matt’s opinions change over the course of the experiment. Stay tuned as we find out more in 3 weeks! We hope you enjoy the episode, and if you’d like to share your own thoughts on social, please leave a comment or review! Useful links: Chanel 4 documentary: Swiped: The School that Banned Smartphones Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt (0:00) Intro (0:44) Daily gratitude (5:14) Matt’s weird relationship with social media (7:03) Do I need to know what’s trending? (8:58) Insecurities and social media (9:42) Social media is not real life (11:59) Engaging with followers (12:45) Social currency (14:21) Life is precious, so how are you using your time? (16:17) Kids don’t want social media (18:15) This is a real addiction we’re not taking seriously (19:05) So what can we do about it? (20:48) Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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