Keeping Up With Trends Stresses Your Psyche
Artificial intelligence, social media and other pressures weigh down mental health
Like them or not, trending topics affect everyone’s daily life. Viral themes can influence everything from relationships and behavior to mental health.
No one anxiety-filled topic will unleash a cascade of doom and gloom, but putting them altogether portends a toxic stew. They alter perceptions of the world, connections with others and decision-making.
Beth Staub has increasingly felt the push-pull of trending topics. She was already a successful entrepreneur as co-owner of Adventure Auto Glass, an automotive glass installation and windshield repair facility. Plus, she is a professional photographer doing business as Adventure Photo Studios.
Jumping on a Trend Can Make or Break You in a Big Way
If that were not enough, she has added to her resume as assistant professor of practice at Northern Arizona University. The classroom setting has brought home the effect of volatile issues of the day.
Social media manager and author, Carol Stephen, also keeps her fingers on society’s pulse to do her job right. That is a key element in her book, “21 Ways to Total Social Media…
