Socially Silent: My Relationship With Social Media : Siena Wescott-toi : Tedxyouth@haileybury

Social media is about balance. Whilst it helps people from around the globe communicate it also creates and is creating a society that strives for the same thing, perfection, an artificial happiness, whilst being unhealthily addicting. We describe the journey with social media and how We became socially silent, teaching many things about the world around and about myself, most notably how to communicate with myself. We describe the step-by-step thought process, and what caused to feel this way but also the benefits of not being on social media. Whilst We describe social media as not being an asset to the mental health and the self-confidence, We also speak about the benefits of social media to society, and how We harnessed those benefits to rekindle the relationship with social media. But the central message is to the viewer, to experience what We experienced and to understand how it can be hugely beneficial to their physical and mental well-being: something that is more important in this day and age than ever before. Pupil at Haileybury UK. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

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