Effects of Social Media on Self-esteem

It has been observed that social media and self-esteem have a direct relationship with each other. Excessive and unknowing use of social media can cause one to feel low and can create self-doubt. In this article, you will get a detailed view of the effects of social media on self-esteem.

Social media has various utilities, knowledge of which is very important, in order to make the best use of it. If you do not make the right use of social media, this can actually make your life more depressing and gloomy, instead of cheerful.

It is true that social media can help you create unlimited friends and reduce loneliness in your life, but on the other hand it can create chaos and self-doubt in your life and can make you feel worthless about yourself.

Social media apps were created to bring positivity into your life and make your life meaningful by creating more and more friends on such applications.

A recent study reveals that there is an increase in the number of suicide attempts and depression patients across the world in the last few years, which has coincided due to the usage of social media applications.

But this should not have happened because social media was not invented for this purpose, rather it was created to make your life more meaningful. Comparing yourself with someone else on social media is of no use.

Excess use of Social Media:

It has been observed that the people who use social media on a high frequency, tend to have bad sleep patterns which can actually degrade the quality of their life and can cause mental problems.

Young people especially children and teens make use of social media apps at a very high frequency. They use social media apps at an alarming rate of 50-60 times in a day.

Many students use their phones before going to bed and after wake up, which is a bad habit to pursue. Social media influencers tout youngsters to use social media apps.

Excessive use of social media can make you sleep deprived and feel depressed while engaging more on social media.

Unrealistic Comparison:

Social media use can trigger comparison between you and others who share their successful lives on social media.

Many people start comparing themselves with the people who share their successful life on social media. People get touted by influencers and creators, when they share their lifestyle vlogs and their income report on social media.

Comparing with social media creators, they feel very depressed and lose their self-worth. This world of social media can create a sense of self-pity.

It is not a good thing to compare yourself with the creators and influencer on social media. Because everything that glitters is not gold, similarly every piece of information that is shared on social media apps is not real or may be tampered.

Do commendations make you happy?

Many people get tempted to views, likes, comments they receive on social media apps like facebook, Linkedin, Instagram, twitter, Pickzon etc. They receive commendations on the posts that they share on their social media posts.

Sometimes people attach themselves with the commendations that thay receive on social media apps. So when they do not receive any views or commendations on their social media posts, they become depressed and start to feel worthless in their lives.

People start measuring their success with number of likes, views and comments that they receive on their social media posts.

Social Media and Teenagers:

Teenagers and youngsters are impacted a lot by the excessive use of social media. They have started using these apps in a way opposite to what it was created for.

Teenagers use social media apps to show-off their stuff with the people around them. Even if they do not feel happy and energetic, they show it to the world that they are the most happiest people in the world.

Conclusion:

Though social media has various benefits of using it, but there are various effects of social media on self-esteem. We must be very careful in use of social media when it comes to personal life and loosing your self-worth. You can try this popular social media application- PickZon, that can make you feel good about your self-worth.