Many people strive toward societal standards of beauty, but the woman became totally obsessed with this concept by viewing “successful people” on social media while searching for hints on how to realize her desires. | asianewsnetwork
Many people strive toward societal standards of beauty, but the woman became totally obsessed with this concept by viewing “successful people” on social media while searching for hints on how to realize her desires.
Upon searching online for such terms as “diet” and “extreme weight loss,” she found her smartphone flooded with related information. Watching just one video on the topics prompted a succession of similar “recommended” videos to appear in her app. Soon after spring break, she became unable to attend school. Her worried mother took her to see a doctor who diagnosed an eating disorder, which is a form of mental illness.Once she started spending most of her time at home, the student took to Twitter, where she found many others suffering from similar disorders. After she followed one particular person, the app began recommending a succession of similar accounts and she ended up following about 200 people.
By autumn, her weight was down to about 38 kilograms, but she still felt frustrated because her ribs weren’t visible enough. Exhausted, she quit Twitter in the winter of her third year of high school, just before the university entrance exams.
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