Month:December
Writer: Nora Korkor Nartey
There it is again, I feel it… I think we all have at one point in our lives, that unknown source which seems to drain all the color out of my skin,all the air in my system. That unknown energy in which is feared! That same one which makes my day suddenly switch at a hand movement from all snowflakes and sunshine to a dark gloomy night.
The unimaginably huge loophole in which I am dragged into,the amount of voices I hear active inside my mind.’I moved out by 16!’ …’I got into university at 15!’ The constant glances,’Learn from them…’ The intense pressure surrounds me… I try to break free, I can’t…I can’t… I can’t STOP IT!
There she goes… she feels it too. What was supposed to be fun, starts to turn into a competitive loop of people trying to outdo each other.Then there is me… who just wants to exist.The pressure on social media does get to the mind of many young teens, the dominating sense of pressure to do better. The feeling of being pulled in circles, it becomes a lot. When does it end?
Michelle thinks,’Primarily I think it because of the way people on social media influence individuals with their lavish lifestyles and success stories on how they “started a successful business before the age of 21” or “how they built their social media brand from the ground up” ‘ In all innocence we end be believing people, we follow after them, but are they telling the truth is a question in which needs to be asked daily. Is it worth it, the constant looking down upon ourselves, thinking that we are not enough…
Social media plays the impersonation of a ball, it is thrown once it keeps on bouncing. To face it, one must be strong, a warrior. But then again we think that there is no bad effect. Well, this is a waking up call… There is! ‘You develop this longing for self-worth or attention and look for something to cure it. Social media becomes your pill to take and that’s if you do, eventually ideas or lifestyles that people convey start to captivate you, working as the effects of the drug and soon your perception of success becomes tainted with ideas of luxury mansions or millions of followers online shifting your focus away from other forms of success—not just material wealth’,Michelle reports!
These insecurity causing thiefs, tain the rest of them who are pure hearted.’No, I don’t believe social media often presents an unrealistic version of life because for many, the lives they show online is real. What may make it seem unrealistic may just be doubt or disbelief or perhaps jealousy. Life in itself is a complex thing and it cannot be fully captured in the form of reels or stories—it’s different for everyone.’ I strongly agree with Michelle,some pure hearted content creators may have unrealistic lives, if they were judged by the ton. Most of the time,these creators have built routines from scratch and to them it seems to be normal. We all have that one in which we find normal but everyone does not find it so. However,this also gives way to the liars who just want to cause a cacophony, they pretend to have an absurd routine. Just to make everyone voice out opinions.
Do these liars know the type of pain in which they cause people,people who feel like they are not enough,people who have voices in their head. The pains, the struggle,the years for this. We are diving and working extremely hard to unrealistic goals, lies. We appear as blind,when will we open our eyes,when will we…
No I am not crazy, believe it or not everybody goes through this one way or another! She has noticed that,’Social media affects a person’s self-esteem. People see something online that they don’t have and it makes them envious, especially when tons of people flood comments with praises and compliments because of the very thing they long for but don’t have.’
I have come to the realization that it is okay to not be a smart kid, or have the world raving about how you are a prodigy at a young age. It is fine, to be just a normal kid. Have friends, and nobody should ever make you feel bad for being normal. Nobody should ever make you feel like a dumb kid because you don’t understand, or because you are not in university at a young age. No amount of comparison should be able to steal your joy.
’The risks of believing everyone has their lives figured out may be a loss of one’s confidence and may cause people to look for short-term solutions to their problems in order to make themselves secure.’It is okay not to have your life figured out. I for once in my life don’t. Besides, I think it is going to be more relaxing to just go with the flow.