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Social Media Isn’t Real Life

There were over 12,000 counselling sessions with young people who spoke to Child line about online issues last year’

Every single day I go on social media and witness the same quotes, the same opinions and the same stories. The first thing most of us do, [well I personally do anyway] when we wake up is check our phones, phones are life and death for some of us and it definitely shouldn’t be like this.

 Social media corrupts the mind of us all, it encourages us to think a certain way and act a certain way, it makes us believe that if you’re not doing recognised things you’re not ‘ cool ‘ enough or you’re not living the right lifestyle. Who seriously makes these rules? There is so much pressure especially on young people today to obtain a certain image. Why Is it even a thing for young boys ages 16-21 to be financially stable ? We are made to think that this is the norm however that male posting consistent pictures in designer wear can NOT afford it, don’t be fooled by social media.

It’s quite hilarious but yet pathetic to think people won’t do or speak on something because twitter says you shouldn’t. The stereotype that men can’t show emotion is the same reason suicide rates for boys are the highest among us, because we’re born into a digital world where showing emotion is a sign of weakness and being slim thick is the definition of beautiful. You honestly can’t expect everyone to look a certain way, no one is going to look like the celebrities in the media your efforts of trying will be futile, even the celebrities don’t look like themselves nowadays ever heard of Photoshop? Speaking of Photoshop I’m completely shocked that girls feel the need to start photo shopping their pictures to live up to the expectations of what society deems as beautiful. Beautiful is subjective to everyone there is no set way to look, appreciate what God has given you and practice self love instead.

I myself have probably been guilty at one point of this but I’ve been wondering about a few things, why do we feel the absolute need to snap chat everything? An example of this is a holiday, You’re on holiday for yourself, enjoy it in the moment not behind a screen, people enjoy the attention of their posts more than the experience itself, surely that’s not how we should live life.


Ask yourself do you post on social media for yourself or for the approval of others?

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