FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)

The Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) phenomenon grew in popularity about the same time as social media started to take off. It comes as no surprise that this is one of the social media's most negative societal effects on society.

The term "FOMO" stands for "fear of missing out", and it refers to the feeling of anxiety you get when you're afraid of missing out on something enjoyable that someone else is doing. You may spend the entire day checking your Instagram feed to make sure no one is doing anything fun without you or you might repeatedly check your messages to see if anybody has asked you out. You can feel left out if you see images of something enjoyable your friends got to do and you were unable to join them because you had another responsibility. What you see on social media constantly feeds this fear. You'll have a greater chance of seeing that someone is currently having more fun than you are if you use social media more frequently. And that's exactly what causes FOMO.