The Insecurities of social media in today's world

 Personal Opinion

Social media networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat ,Twitter,YouTube has become a daily habit in most people's live. Individuals across different age groups use social media platforms for communication and networking. Many of us believe their platforms which we couldn't imagine life without them! But at the sometime it has made as insecured due to the kind of luxury exposures and the comparison cycle from different kinds of people being it influencers, celebrates, bloggers. This constant use leads to the exposure to risky content,changes in behavioral patterns,feeling of inferiority and cyber bullying.

Social media can help people network for their careers and also connect with distant friends and family members away from home . On this Apps is when individuals see the luxurious lifestyle of others. The desire and the need to be liked is something we experience,today with the boom of the apps like Instagram and Facebook,this need has grown so much more. It is a giant popularity contest where everyone now is caught up in the cycle of competing one another.

One of the main problems of social media is the fear of missing out like the number of people who liked your picture,the number of hearts you receive, the number of comments you get on your recent post, and of course the number of retweets you receive all is accountable to the popularity and which is also leading slot of people to be incompetent and insecured since individuals compete with each other. I believe social media is a tool that individuals use only to post happiness and good memories. 

with the world and their network so most of our feeds are filled with smiling picturs of our friends either,traveling, relationships , social life's, eating , staying in expensive apartments,driving porch cars or do something expensive which leads to a lot of jealousy or spread the feeling of incompetence and Insecurities within us, which no one knows what is going on in the mind behind that smile and the depression and pains they go through in their day to day lives. We only see their beautiful sides and what they choose to share on social media platforms which becomes a sort of distort reality and many people are living fake lives just to fitin the crowd . Social media makes things feel so inclusive, but that is not the way the world works. 

 

We are more concerned about what is happening online instead of learning hard or working  to build our dreams to become reality.

Most guys are even killing and scamming others to get rich or fame and to live the luxurious lifestyle without any stress and also doing all kind of stuffs for quick money whiles most ladies are sleeping around with sugar daddies or men which  they prefer to be side chicks to get what they wants, or to buy a rich lifestyle that they don't have or couldn't afford all because of the pressure of social media feeds but they are not paying excessive attention to the good sides where social media has a lot of channels of  opportunities which the smart and intelligent people are using to be rich without seeing or  going through all the bad things to gain.

Opportunities like owning your  blog , being an advertisement influencer, buying and selling, all using your creativity skills to get buyers who are interested of your feeds on these platforms. 

Social media is consuming and addictive and people are going through depression, anxieties, mental health issues because of it. They are glued to their phones during classes, meeting hours at work, and family time, notifications are constantly buzzing, beeping and pooping up, being very distractive from learning or paying attention to their jobs or meeting's. 

A shocking 92 percent of teens visit online daily within 24 hours and 60 percent of people using social media has impacted their self-esteem in a huge negative way and it's creating less happiness to oneself. This is where people get stuck, sitting and wondering why their life can't be like everyone else's. The problem is most social media feeds are not realistic but superficial. Social media presents things in a way that makes them unatteinable.

Whether it is  body image, food, lifestyle or events, intelligence, and even extends to their worth as a persona' which paints a rosy picture of one's self . These online image is more flattering than reality and everyone has different stories behind their pictures, all kinds of strengths and weaknesses. Everyone struggles with sadness, loneliness, and many other mental health emotions. There is underlying practice of brushing issues under carpet, inability to voice opinioins and seek support leading to grave personal issues.

When feelings are trapped in the world of social media , it better we take a break, avoid it by unstalling the Apps. 

We are all human and everyone is unique in their own ways just absten from things that will give you bad energy or learn from them to better yourself by leaning and working harder to become the better version of who are.

Remember you are capable to do all things through learning from the brighter side and no matter how perfect their live looks online, they are just regular people behind the screen, just like you. Always remember the power of a tool is only as good as how you use it.