If social media is a highlight reel, real life is the deleted scenes that didn’t make the cut.

Like there are two sides to every coin, social media has promoted good and bad in the world.

It has launched entrepreneurs, influencers and businesses.

However, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine conducted a study about the effects of social media habits on the moods of users.

Researchers found a linear correlation between social media usage and depression.

The study revealed that people who spend more time on social media are 2.7 times more likely to suffer from depression.

It’s been credited to many comparing their lives to what others post on social media.

“I do find the more time I spend stalking profiles on social media, the less I feel like I am enjoying my life,” said Samundra Aryal, a freshman computer science major.

Social media allows people to share what they want the world to see.

What’s often seen is the positive in people’s lives.

Social media has become the replacement for face-to-face interactions.

Freshman biology major Rudhan Ghimire, said he lacks intimate relationships with people because of it.

“The size of people I know has decreased after I joined social media. A lot of the relationships are superficial, because we haven’t really gotten to know one another face-to-face,” Ghimire said.

A Forbes article said millennials are struggling to have face-to-face interactions and have been forming artificial relationships.

Face-to-face interaction is crucial for building trust and accountability, according to eztalks.com.

According to statista.com, people spend almost two hours of their time on social media daily.

Techtimes.com reported that people surf social media the most right before bed. That has affected people’s sleep health.

Cyberbullying has become the byproduct of an increased use of social media.

The freedom of interacting has resulted in “internet trolls.” Internet trolls are people who leave negative comments under a person’s post.

“Social media can be a negative place if you allow it to be that way. I’ve seen some of my friends suffer and even get stressed behind it,” said Dipesh Tami, a freshman computer science major.

What the world knows to be true is that while social media has done an abundance of good in the world, there are consequences to the elevated freedom of speech.