Monsters In Society

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Regardless of their characteristics, and outward appearances, monsters have one common ground; encountering them may have devastating repercussions in our lives which may be irreversible. It is easy for us to think of people or things that purposefully intend to cause us harm, such as rapist and murderers as monsters among us. This is undoubtedly true, the aftermath victims and their families have to endure are detrimental and will have lifelong negative effects. However, the reality is that the majority of the individuals in our society will never have to face these monsters head on and since we are taught from childhood different ways to avoid these monsters by not talking to strangers and so on, there are known ways for us to protect …show more content…

Naturally, we all have the need to be accepted. This is one of our fundamental desires. We were not created to be alone so logically we seek approval of others and long to be a part of our peer’s world and they in ours. Social media has turned this primary desire belong and reduced it down to likes and retweets. This continual need for validation, when sought online, may be extremely dangerous because we are attempting to define and establish the value of who we are. This causes us to take greater external measures to increase this misdirected classification of our …show more content…

We post pictures of ourselves after they have been edited and then share the good news. We never post pictures or update our status to share the bad time that always linger in the background clouding our lives. We are in the pursuit of developing an image of perfection then attempt to rely on this imaginative image we have of ourselves while burying the truth of who we are and what we are going through. The maintenance of this facade can further decrease our self-esteem and self-worth. While in the process of creating these artificial connections we fail to realize we are isolating ourselves from forming real relationships. This complied with the unjust evaluations of our accomplishments can lead to a lowered self-esteem and deepen our depression. Now I am not placing total blame on social media of these negative effects. I am however attempting to make it known that this is just a tool that has made it easier for us to see our voids and short

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