However, the bad side is also obvious. We have heard and probably experienced social media messing with our mental health at one point or the other before.
We've seen our loved ones injured internally by just seeing something on social media.
We've seen people spread false news they saw on social media from the wrong sources which caused massive confusion until the truth was discovered.
I visited a lady some time ago and she told me about how she deleted her Facebook because of how it was making her feel. Each day she sees posts of people getting married, she's quite due and her own turn isn't coming. I know it sounds casual but that thing is eating the lady up and she's so depressed.
When it comes to adolescents, I think it's even worse. If adults suffer mentally, emotionally, and psychologically after accessing some content on social media, how much more will adolescents suffer, considering how fragile and naive they are?
Accessing certain content on social media can be detrimental to adolescents. It can make them believe and adopt a wrong mindset.
Most adolescents nowadays believe that following trends is the best way to live. If you are not doing what's trending online, then you are missing out.
Go to different social platforms and you will find them posting terrible content in the name of challenges and so on.
In a situation where they are unable to live up to such a lifestyle, some hurt themselves, get depressed, get discouraged and some even go extreme to do terrible things just to measure up.
Social media has really messed up a lot of adolescents. Instead of discovering themselves and preparing for the future, a lot of them are busy trying to live like celebrities.
A young teenage girl can see a female celebrity teen online with an expensive wig and then suddenly become restless and start doing anything possible to get one.
It is so sad that most of the celebrities out there don't even have concern for the impact they are making in society, all they are after is getting names for themselves and amassing wealth.
I heard of a young boy of thirteen years, who wanted to commit suicide because he doesn't have money. According to people, he said he is depressed because of oppression from his friends.
It got me wondering, at thirteen, he was already depressed and wanted to commit suicide because he didn't have money, what should a thirty-year-old who is still trying to get a stable life do?
It's annoying how social media is influencing young people wrongly but I think something can be done about it. If schools and parents educate these young ones about social media, teaching them how the system works and how to focus on the positive side rather than the negative, it will go a long way to help.
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