Social Media has become another "reality" for it users. It has become their "best" reality. Social media has laid out a platform for its users to present the best versions of themselves. What you see on social media may not be an accurate representation of the person's real life. Mostly everything on social media is constructed or contrived to heighten the appeal of someones day to day image. It is both literally and figuratively a filter on a person's life. Social media is everyone's highlight reel. There was an article on babble addressing the way social media can hinder our perceptions of reality. They shared a YouTube Video that I felt strongly validated their point which is a point this blog post is attempting to reiterate.
Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxVZYiJKl1Y
People who use media to present their best selves often forget that the people they follow are doing the same exact thing. The constant comparisons made on social media can be detrimental to young people's mental and physical health and overall affects their sense of self. Recently, a young YouTube and Instagram star, Essena O'neill, came out and openly talked about how social media and her excessive use of it made her depressed and unhappy. The constant need for reassurance through likes made her lose her sense self worth. She could never get enough likes, or enough attention. She changed captions on various pictures on her Instagram in bikini clad photographs and said "...Stomach sucked in, strategic pose, pushed up boobs."
Here is the article:http://www.buzzfeed.com/beckycatherineharris/instagram-star-reveals-the-truth-behind-her-photos
Social Media and its devoted users are losing sense of their reality. It is impossible to resist comparing your own life to someone else, especially if their page is filled with glamorous perfectly edited posts. Social media and it's excessive use by its users is ruining peoples self worth and affecting their mental state.
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