Esenam Patricia, Business Developer has shared some reason why ladies give in to social media pressure.
According to her, there are a lot of reasons for one to submit to social media pressure but she believes some of the leading causes of social media pressure are, peer pressure, recognition from peers and community, competition and likes on social media.
“I feel most of them do not recognize their self worth because if you know who you are and you’re positive about your environment and the things you do, you’ll hardly look at what your peers or colleagues are doing and want to do the same”.
Citing an example to Mercy Bee the Ekumfi Princess on e.TV Ghana’s Girl Vibes she shared, “It’s like you’ve seen someone wearing a certain dress and you want to get the same thing forgetting that it may fit someone who is plump or has a certain kind of shape but may not fit for another person who is another kind of shape. They forget to see things from that area to check if what they’re wearing is something that will actually fit them”.
She also added that, another thing that makes ladies succumb to social media pressure is when they don’t see themselves and how valuable they are.
She noted that, it all balls down to the need to get validation or approval for themselves.
Esenam disclosed that, “If you keep wanting to follow trends to get your peers in the social space then, you’re in for it because after satisfying that need, another trend is going to come up and you will still want to meet it”.
She revealed that, the needs never get satisfied and it keeps moving from one point to another.
“This continues till it gets to a point where anxiety sets in and it becomes more like an addiction which becomes hard to let go off” she stated.
By:Gyamfuah Owusu-Ackom
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