Detox could erase 10 years of social media brain damage: researchers
by Ariana Eunjung Cha · Australian Financial ReviewAriana Eunjung Cha
Apr 13, 2026 – 5.00am
The young woman described to a jury what it was like to lose control of her life to social media.
She began as a child, she said, and over time the habit expanded to fill nearly every available hour – late nights bleeding into early mornings, sleep gradually displaced. She would try to stop and find herself returning in a loop she could not escape. As her use intensified, so did her distress: anxiety, depression and a growing fixation on her appearance.
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