Self Care and Social Media

Some folks argue how dangerous social media is, but with everything comes a positive and a negative.

The folks who run these pages, in my observation, want to reduce mental health stigmas and deconstruct the way we heal vs. how our society tells us we “should” heal. Using the platform of Instagram to tackle a social problem is a another way we are advancing in Social Media usage

With my insurance, when I had it, I had a patient portal that I could access from an App on my phone. There is a move for “Online Doctors” and a way to virtually be able to see and/or talk to a physician. Mental health focused social media accounts are a piece to that pie we will finish baking in the near future.

These Instagram pages are the closest thing to therapy most folks (including myself) will get because of how much harder therapy is to access than a free app on your phone. Pages like these are sometimes tailored to certain professions and if you’re an activist, you’re going to need to follow one, if not multiple therapy accounts.

This page, as hinted by the name, is tackling the social problem of inequality through Instagram. They give you tips, tricks, and educational resources that affirm equality and equity, and denounce bigotry. They do not “cancel” folks through Instagram. Instead, they provide you with resources on how to do better, as pictured below. I have not looked through their comments and I do not have information on if they educate folks through the comments as well, but with a whopping 184K followers, I doubt there’d be much comment interaction.