Social media and body image

There are both pros and cons to having social media. It can be really inspiring, and fun to pose for photos and small videos on Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and Facebook. However, there are also many disadvantages of having social media, especially many young people are very affected by looking at pictures of models who have no fat on their bodies, their skin is completely clean without any pimples and they look very nice, but it's not reality, the pictures are photoshopped and it's far from reality. Many young people become insecure about whether they are good enough and whether they are thin enough. Some people develop eating disorders because they feel fat and think they should be as thin as the models. When our parents were young, which is about 30-40 years ago, there was no such thing as social media or new modern phones. If you were to be with a friend you had to go over and knock on their door and ask whether they could play or be together and social media did not exist. I think it has been very nice they have not grown up with social media, because they have had a good time even though they have not had a phone with Snapchat. I personally get very influenced by social media, it sometimes makes me feel I'm not good enough or I'm not thin enough. But then I always try to remind myself that not everything you see on social media is real. I also think social media is nice and fun sometimes, e.g. i use a lot of snapchat to post and send pictures with my friends and I also thought i get a lot of inspiration from looking at pictures on Instagram. There are pros and cons to many things in life, and so are the social media, you just have to remember that everything on social is not real.