Online for hours, yet struggling to open up |16 October 2026

Online for hours, yet struggling to open up

By Sunny Esparon

A teenager can spend seven hours scrolling through TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, interacting with hundreds of people online, yet still struggle to find someone to confide in when faced with a personal problem.

It is one of the contradictions of the digital age: constant connectivity does not necessarily translate into meaningful human connection. The latest findings from the 2025 Seychelles Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) provide fresh insight into this reality among Seychellois adolescents.

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