In mental health when people talk about spirals, they refer to their mood, which can often follow a downward spiral. This is usually a negative feedback loop. If we take social media, it can generate negative thoughts, emotions and even generate negative actions. These then feedback on themselves causing the person to feel even worse, prompting further social media use to try and make themselves feel better, which only leads to further negativity.

You can change a downward mood spiral into an upward mood spiral.

Listen to more about this on the Mental Health Monday podcast.