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January 3 - January 28, 2020
Instead, we’re coping alone, consuming social media content from the moment we wake to the instant before we sleep and allowing the worst sides of it to slowly eat away at our self-esteem, sense of identity and happiness.
social media is clearly linked to an increase in mental health problems and is depleting our children’s happiness at a deeply worrying rate.
One of the reasons we all keep coming back to social media is that we believe there will be a chance it will make us feel better, but in reality, when you’re in a rut, it just makes you feel worse and traps you in a vicious cycle.
Unless your social media use is causing you relentless anxiety, depression or unhappiness, there is definitely a time and place for it and there are many positives to be taken away. It’s just about knowing how to control that time and ensuring you’re in the right frame of mind – two things we are often entirely unconscious of as we click on our apps and get ready to scroll.
the internet is a stage and we are all in a sense performing on it has become a popular analogy.
Creating this kind of soulless content doesn’t just make you feel bad – it can completely destroy your self-esteem and sense of who you are.”
Happiness is not a medal to be showcased; it ebbs and flows, and no-one can keep hold of it 100 per cent of the time. The fact that social media obscures this and treats happiness as if it’s part of our personal brand is wildly misleading and sets a dangerous yardstick for those still seeking to discover who they are.
if maintaining a façade is coming at the expense of your mental health it’s time to re-address what you are posting.
“social media has been described as more addictive than cigarettes and alcohol”;
Life is messy and complicated, and sometimes really ugly, and if we want social media to be a healthier environment, it needs to reflect that too.
is social media enhancing our social lives, or is it doing the exact opposite?
if you wouldn’t say something in real life, don’t say it online either.
