Recently a 19-year old Australian model Essena O’Neill stopped with social media. She didn’t just quit she also confessed that it’s all fake and that it makes people depressive. She used to earn 2000 dollars per photo but it wasn’t everything that she wanted.
This is what she said
”I had everything, but i have never felt so miserable in my entire life. Everything I did was about likers and followers”
She changed her Instagram captions now with some real life thoughts that occured during the making of the pictures.
Her action became a huge hit on social media and was seen on almost every social media platform.
This begs a lot of questions: Does social media make people miserable about themselves? Should social media be more safer for people with insecurity issues?
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http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2015/11/03/dit-is-wat-een-leven-als-instagram-ster-met-je-kan-doen
Essena was very bold to confess these brutal realities to the public audience!
I don’t social media can make people feel miserable about themselves. I believe it is the way you look at things. By looking at models pictures on social media, you can either feel insecure about yourself or take this as a motivation to do some exercise and be healthy.
Young girls nowadays should be taught at an early stage in school about these realities and should be made aware that there is indeed more to life than gaining more followers or likes on social media platforms.
I believe that social media has some influence on how people feel and behave. On instagram, more and more healthy pictures are posted. In addition, models are only showing their best poses and smiles. And most of the pictures that are posted on specific accounts only show very skinny girls.
However, I do believe that the impact of these pictures also depends on your own characteristics. Some girls will be more sensitive than others. Some girls do not even think about the potential influence. So yes, some will feel miserable.
And afcourse, its not only about girls. Boys can get influenced as well. Especially now that boys are also increasingly concerned with making and placing the best possible photos of themselves.
I agree to the comment above, that that young people should be taught that this is not the real world. Only when you get paid for it or when you have all the time of the world, it is possible to make the best pictures in the best possible body. Otherwise, its almost impossible to sport that much in order to get skinny or muscular.