Social media is present in a lot of people's lives and for me it was, but it has become something so toxic and addictive that I have decided to delete most apps. Since I was a kid, I felt like
I was on social media but not the normal ones like Instagram or
Twitter, I was usually on YouTube. But when I finally did get things like Instagram and Facebook, I started to see the real sides of social media.

 

When I was young, I didn't know the power of the internet like most kids, and now I do regret the things I did on social media when I was younger. I would post photos of myself, my friends,
places I was at, and things I was doing. I didn't know how innately
dangerous this was but once I got older, I was upset that I wasn't taught about it.

 

Social media is something I shouldn't have been on as a kid because it is a harmful environment. There are very unrealistic standards on social media that I was shown as a kid that still affects how I think today. I was shown that having a beautiful house that was always perfect was important, that to be pretty
you needed to be skinny, and that you need to have lots of money to be happy in your life. I know none of this is true anymore
but they still affect how I act today. I still worry about how I look,
I have to clean my apartment every day so it looks perfect and
I have to save every penny I can and work a full-time job while
at school. Social media is such a shaping part of most people's
lives and I wish I wasn't introduced to it at such a young age.