Is Social Media bad for your Mental Health? I've read a few arguments in favor of the argument that social media is bad for your mental health, and I don't disagree with them, but I've always wondered that since social is just an extension of society, doesn't that mean society is bad for your mental health? I mean, sure social media can present everything through rose-tinted glasses, but Im able to remember a time when social media wasn't a thing. Folks still had the same kind of problems they have today. And you couldn't just exit out of life, like you can exit out of a website (I know there's a lot of baggage that would come along with not having social media, but if it's harming you, you gotta do what's best for you) .