While on instagram I came across this

post that illustrates two things. First,

how much time is wasted on instagram,
or any social media site. And second,
the drop in self esteem that is a
common result of social media usage.
Both of these things are big problems in
our society. Social media has been
made to be as addictive as possible,
causing people to waste hours daily. It
also causes us to compare ourselves to
others, without even thinking about it,
and that can be dangerous.

When I was on instagram, I came across this post about social

media. It really struck me because it’s so true. Not only does she
emphasize the point of comparison caused by social media, she
also brings up the fact that there’s so much that isn’t even true. A
lot of the things posted on instagram are fake, edited, staged,
covered with a filter, etc. that when you’re comparing yourself to
others you follow, there’s a fairly good chance you’re just
comparing yourself to the image they’ve created of themselves, not
their true self.

I found this post from Trent Shelton, talking again about

comparison cause by social media. He points out that we
should be appreciating the things that we have and who we
are, instead of comparing our lives to those of the people we
follow. He then leads into the topic of depression and how so
many of us are depressed because we don’t focus on the
good, happy parts of our lives. So much of our focus these
days, is on the negative parts that don’t look like everybody
else’s.
When searching for posts related to social
media and depression on Pinterest, this
message popped up. I think it was interesting
because people are realizing that social media
can lead to and affect things such as
depression, self-harm, and suicide. I think this
message could be helpful to someone who is
struggling, and could cause them to stop and
think for a moment about what they are doing
and hopefully help them to get help.

I think that this post found on instagram was very

accurate. It’s a spin off of the normal saying that the grass
is always greener on the other side, meaning the other
side of the fence. This phrase means that the things that
others have, or the situations they’re in, will always
appear better than your own, even when they really
aren’t. This is something that really does apply to social
media because the things people post, are typically their
best selves. To the outside world, or to their followers,
they appear to have the perfect life. This causes us to be
harsher on ourselves because our lives aren’t perfect, but
truely, nobody’s life is.