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Is a week long enough to experience such changes? Probably for a change in perceived well-being, but for a change in depression or anxiety it seems too short. Anti-depressants and therapy work on a timescale of months. I don’t know, maybe social media has a profoundly negative effect on mental health and its removal for even a week can cause immediate benefit.


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