The Ugly Face of Facebook: True Stories and Confessions about Loneliness, Depression and Causes of Social Isolation.

by Lydia Bright

Lydia Bright is a British blogger who gave up social media for good. She has a blog called The Social Media Depression where she publishes her thoughts on loneliness, depression, social isolation and how social media adds to all these negative feelings. Lydia's blog has thousands of readers a month who share their stories and experiences with loneliness, depression and social isolation.

The true stories in this book are told by people all over the world - marriages falling apart and teenagers putting their lives in danger to prove they are popular online - just an example of the true stories you will find in this book.

Here is what Lydia says about the

"I hope this book helps you see loneliness and depression in a different light by reading true stories about people going through the same emotions. This book will give you some tips and tricks on how to overcome depression and loneliness - feelings which are often created by the way we use social media as a distraction for our true feelings and emotions."

44 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 3, 2015

Reviews

[Annie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was insightful and helpful to read about how Facebook addiction and depression is real.
How we lose all sight of who we really are because we're so busy comparing our lives to people on FB.

There were some typos in the Kindle version of this book that bothered me a little.