Social Media Made Me Thin

Dreaming With Eyes Open

Staying up days on end, InstagramIng, influencing and programming myself with the images of perfection and beauty all over social media. This must have drilled into me somehow, as in the past I have always only lost and gained weight but never this much so quickly, and as I've said, it wasn't just my weight that was changing. I understand faces change after dramatic weight-loss but to such an extent? I'm not too sure. Eyes changed, my jaw became more chiselled, lips seemed fuller and my hair grew thicker and healthier. Everything was changing, and to be totally honest I wasn't on a diet or a strict exercise regime. In the space of a few months I dropped one and half stone.

This is when I began to wonder if seeing picture perfect skinny selfies all over social media bringing my subconscious desires forward?

As I mentioned we as a world receive more media messages a day than we can apparently naturally handle. Was it the media doing it? Or had it been in the world for so long that it had altered my own perception and subconscious views on life in general.

I wanted to look into psychology and sociology on a closer basis. It interested and intrigued me. However I do not agree with or have belief in the educational and academic system. I find it bias, restricted and shallow. We should be able to explore our minds with no boundaries. Not needing to 'reference' the origins of every psychological and sociological theory with every opinion. Opinions of the current and new minds should be welcomed with open arms and without prejudice.

I have never been a believer in the educational and academic system as it has never given me much reason to have faith. I may have studied at high school, college and university but that was so I could have something to back up what I already knew with letters and numbers. Pointless but sadly in this world effective (But not for long in my opinion). Why do we put the task of the teaching of our children and ourselves into the unappreciative and controlling hands of a power hungry person with no talent other than being able to remember things from books, who we don't know and have no connection to? Most morals, principles, views, actions and reactions are learnt from the ones around us at a young age. Why do we give this precious learning and bonding time to strangers in schools from 8:45am-3:30pm every weekday? How do we truly know what they fill our heads, and the kids heads with. We don't!

Education staff are mostly teaching in a way that suits them and is based on just their knowledge, principles and morals. This is not freedom, nor education, this is listening to a pompous lecturer.

People, the way in which we act has always fascinated me and most the worlds population aren't even aware of our inner most natural instincts. They have been repressed and beaten back by religion, authority and mediated lies. All in the name of money. We are but a number. We are overwhelmed daily with thousands of false and subconscious-influencing media messages. Messages we don't know we receive.