If you’ve ever felt personally victimized by headlines stating that “Social Media Is Destroying Your Brain!”, take heart knowing that it’s mostly not your fault. You can blame some of that on your genetics.

In a new study published in Behavioral Genetics, researchers examined data from more than 6,000 identical and fraternal twins in the Netherlands Twin Register. Since twins share a ton of genetic material and, often, childhood trauma, they make perfect guinea pigs for figuring out whether behavior is nature, nurture, or a mysterious third thing.

The scientists found a small link between heavy social media use and poorer mental health, including symptoms like anxiety and depression. All the standard stuff we associate with being way too online. But then they factored in genetics. Immedi

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