Today's society it is easy to feel alone. So many people paint this plainly happy appearing life on social media. Then it can lead the rest of us to wonder why our lives can't look more like that. Where we went wrong. Why don't people want to be friends with us. You try your hardest but at the end of the day you still feel alone. Which can lead to dangerous or simply unhealthy coping mechanisms for dealing with the pain you feel from rejection or not feeling worthy enough in your own mind. No matter how people on social media try to make their lives seem like, a lot of them feel very similiar to you. Alone and trying to look like they seem together when really they feel like they're falling apart. Looking at pictures all day of countless people can lead you to feel insecure about yourself. Then suddenly you're switching your outfit 20 times before you can walk out the door for school. You see an attractive person in the store and you may suddenly feel self conscious as if they're always secretly judging you. There are some people who say they don't understand why parts of social media even try to encourage women empowerment/don't be judgmental/be kind. In their heads they think it is a waste of time because people will always critisize others and it shouldn't be something to "waste time" talking about. Which only means it should be spread further. That is unhealthy thinking. Sure, it is true a lot of us can critisize others in our heads or make snap judgements about a new person but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to work past that and try to overcome those thoughts with positive thoughts and possibly compliment them on how they look that day. You never truly know what a person is going through in their life and even one smile or compliment can bring so much happiness to them. Some people may not return the happy attitude or compliment back to you, but deep down most likely, when they're going home that night, they will feel happy that someone had a positive thought about them. Meanwhile when they had looked in the mirror earlier that day they didn't see anything worth a compliment or any praise. You are enough however you look and nothing can change that. Not some negative comments, reality or virtual, or the negative thoughts in your own head.
