social media
Social media dramatically impacts our offline lives and mental well-being; examine its benefits, risks and controversies through scientific studies, real-life anecdotes and more.
Lost in the Social Media Sea
2012 was the year of mirror selfies and the infamous “duck face.” It was also the year I created my Instagram account. I was twelve years old, and my profile definitely reflected my age. I instantly spammed it with fun pictures from my camera roll and followed everyone I could think of. I loved playing with the filters, taking new pictures, and sharing moments with my friends. For me, it seemed to be a fun new freedom, as my mother hadn’t allowed me to have any social media before that. Little did I know that it would soon become one of my biggest insecurities.
By Allie Thomas6 years ago in Psyche
Controversial: Trisha Paytas claims she has DID for views
Trisha Paytas is a known YouTuber troll and often makes videos that are controversial for the sake of being controversial. She has "come out" as a gay man, as a transgender man, and now as someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). If you don't know, Dissociative Identity Disorder is a mental illness that is caused by repeated childhood trauma, which causes the mind to split into multiple identities, or alters.
By Sabrina Petrafesa6 years ago in Psyche
Posting everything down to the bone
You open your screen to a blurry photo of an emaciated body from shoulders to knees. You are drawn to the tie of the strings on the little cotton shorts she wears. The strings are tied tight, and yet the shorts still hang below her protruding hips.
By RachelMorgan6 years ago in Psyche
Yes, Social Media Does Have Positive Aspects
In 2006, when I was posting cringe-worthy selfies on MySpace and Facebook, I never thought that social media would become such an integral part of my adult life. I currently have 13.6k followers on Instagram, and 25.8k followers on Twitter.
By Brittany Valentine6 years ago in Psyche
Brainstorms III: Social Media and Mental Health
This post promises to be a complicated one. We will try to balance the pros and cons of social media, a controversial topic at the very least. However, social media plays such a big role in our lives today, that its effects on our mental (and physical) health should not be overlooked. But are there any effects, and if so are they good or bad? Answering these questions is not going to be easy since there's probably no clear effect. We are all different, and the effects social media has on us may vary depending on our personality and the time we spend on it. But, well, there's no shame in trying.
By Laura Sotillos Elliott6 years ago in Psyche
How and Why I Left Facebook
I was your typical college guy. Fun, outgoing, social. When social media came along and everyone was on it, I continued on that path and did the same. It was fun. I posted status updates ranging from every time I had a coffee to every time I went on vacation. It gave me a great sort of validation to be the one with over fifty likes on a photo of my dog, of all things. Yet it was also the beginning of a nightmare that I barely escaped from.
By Abdullah Masood6 years ago in Psyche
Consumers' Reactions to Marketing Campaigns About Mental Health
As there is a huge stigma around mental health as a subject, it can be difficult to get people's opinions on how they feel about the overall topic at hand. This post will discuss how various campaigns managed to get consumers' attention and the effect it had on consumer engagement as a whole. Discussed will be campaigns that conducted sufficient research on their audience and adapted to their findings successfully with high engagement rates on all parts.
By Jodie Paterson6 years ago in Psyche
Reason First: Is Cyberbullying a Boon for R. Kelly's Daughter?
Let us first define our terms. The concept of the cult of negativity means that the vicious speech and actions that have been a part of humankind since its inception should be used to motivate and enlighten. Hatred should be employed under the cult of negativity to expand the minds of man. The cult of negativity signals the possibility for religions, races, sexes, and other nonessentials to be met with the ultimate essential: philosophy. Every human being possesses a philosophy whether they know it or not. Those who don’t hold consciously an ideology are often inclined to subscribe to systems that will be used to murder, rape, mutilate, and spew vitriol disguised as humorous language or acts.
By Skyler Saunders7 years ago in Psyche
Does Social Media Hurt Mental Health?
Social media is playing a seemingly ever-growing role in our lives. But how does it affect our mental health? That's not such an easy answer, because it can be positive or negative, or a little bit of both, depending on how we approach it.
By Ashley L. Peterson7 years ago in Psyche
Shame Before the Internet
Being a child of the 80s, I grew up in a time before constant surveillance. Although, just because I have a clean criminal record, doesn’t mean I didn’t have my grubby little mitts into some nefarious behavior. But kids my age were lucky to not see it end up on the internet within minutes. At worst, your hijinks would end up as a quote in an AOL profile instead of trending nationally with a clever hashtag and a screenshot of your unassuming face, causing instant shame.
By Jeffery Paul7 years ago in Psyche
