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Post by Admin on May 7, 2019 22:10:59 GMT -4
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Post by Dylan on May 8, 2019 9:07:12 GMT -4
I think this RealConvo campaign is a great way to bring mental health to the attention of younger generations. There are so many young people on instagram and it can be a great way of sharing bits of your life with friends or family, but it can also be harmful to people's mental image of themselves. Like the article said, instagram is all about showing the best or the perfect life and it doesn't really show when things go wrong or when you have a bad day. This can give others an unattainable goal to be perfect and lead to poor mental health. I think this campaign is really going to help people make deeper connections, find support in each other, and start to see that everyone can have bad days and that life isn't perfect.
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Post by Natalia K on May 8, 2019 10:13:45 GMT -4
I think the campaign #RealConvo, is a great way to reach out people. Like the article says, on Instagram and many other social apps you usually always see the high points of other people's lives. It is only natural for someone that is already in a fragile low mood to compare themselves to these other people's "perfect lives". This campaign is great because it shows the other side that most people do go through bad times. Having certain celebrities or other successful people talk about it shows that even they can have a bad day or go through tough low times in their lives. One of the contributors Gabby Frost, a 21 year old mental health advocate, founder and CEO of @buddyproject is a great resource for young people struggling with suicide and are alone. Her organization aims at preventing suicide by pairing people as buddies and raising awareness for mental health. This is a great campaign that will be able to reach many people both young and old who are struggling with mental illness, and understand that it is ok to talk about it.
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Post by Carol Njoki on May 8, 2019 10:20:16 GMT -4
I think what these people are doing is great,reaching out to young people using instagram to discuss about suicide and mental health. People don't have to feel like they are alone when dealing with these issues. Some young people spend lots of time on social media and the quantity of time they spend has been positively correlated to depression:
;thus, the importance of this population getting more information on managing their mental health.
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Post by Stephen Woodall on May 8, 2019 11:02:34 GMT -4
The RealConvo movement co-launched by instagram and the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention is a great opportunity to bring the conversation of mental health to the limelight on a platform that reaches millions of all ages. I think this is excellent that it is happening on Instagram because so much of what we see on social media, particularly Instagram, are pictures or posts of individuals living seemingly “perfect” life’s with them posing in gorgeous places with gorgeous bodies or outfits. This can either provide a false front for someone to hide there true feelings through a mask or further bring down those who are self conscious looking on. This direction toward candidness and vulnerability allows people struggling with mental health to see a more authentic side of those they see in social media and potentially help them feel not alone or empowered to reach out. With mental health becoming a ever growing issue that has become less talked about in the past a movement that starts a conversation and connects people is what is needed!
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Post by Nisha H on May 8, 2019 11:06:53 GMT -4
The #Realconvo initiative on behalf of instagram and AFSP is a great new push to get social media influencers and the like to showcase a more realistic view of life. Instagram has long gotten backlash for how many influencers use the platform in only showcasing the best of the best. The best photoshopped, the best makeup, the best bodies, the best images. While this is not bad in theory, in reality it creates a false sense of reality for the impressionable followers. This imagery gives them the notion that everything must be perfect at all times and when they cannot live up to that it can be problematic and they feel like they are lacking something within themselves. This new initiative is a great way to start the conversation and push towards a more inclusive social media platform.
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Post by Gabriel Perez on May 15, 2019 12:14:16 GMT -4
I believe that the #RealConvo initiative is an excellent way of not only eliminating the stigma of seeking help for mental health, but it also provides an outlet for people to see that they are not the only ones dealing with a particular problem. No single problem is unique and individual, in a world filled with infinite possibilities, it is more than likely that someone is going through a similar, if not the exact same problem. With that said this movement allows people to connect with others with similar problems and seek help or advice from them. This would also help them feel that they are not being "singled-out" by life, that they are not the only ones going through similar situations and instead of feeling victimized and alone, they can see it as a common problem which may help change the way they view on their situation. This movement is also great because, like stated on the article, its seeking to change what the generalized perspective of social media by allowing people to post real life stories and not just the happy/fun times. This in my opinion is a huge change because even though social media could've always been used for speaking out about real life problems and struggles with mental health, it's almost always just used as an outlet to let everyone know how good someone's life is and all the adventures and funny anecdotes they go through the daily life, while not illustrating that everyone's life is like a coin its had its good side and its bad side. Hopefully this movement will usher in a significant change for the future of social media, so that with every passing day we could say that social media is moving from an almost strictly sensationalist, fake and gossip filled environment into one that helps people open up and seek help for their issues.
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