We all seek comfort in dear old Tumblr. I can't deny it. We find people who (at first sight) we think are exactly the same like us and we want to help each other, which is a very positive side of Tumblr. We communicate in a way only teenagers do; we understand each other. But is that really all? I mean, what is behind all this greatness and "doing good for our companions"?
Tumblr is a choice of an individual, as I mentioned before in one of my other posts including this site. You either create a blog because of your imagination or art, work or because you're famous. Everyone knows Tumblr is a site where latest trends are made and cool kids hang out. Teenagers, and mostly insecure ones, look up to Tumblr and stuff people say on it. Stuff people post. Is it healthy, I ask you? Is it normal and okay to burden already stressed teens on how they should look and how they don't look? I think that is pretty much insane. And the other choice, closer to me and other shy and pathetic teens around the world, is to keep hiding and pushing all your problems inside. Never speaking out about them. Except here. On this well known site. Okay, that doesn't have to be a reason for other half, but the people I meet at Tumblr are pretty much like this. And this is wrong and it needs to stop. I think Tumblr is somehow destroying our lives, even though we treat it like heaven on Earth (more like heaven on the Internet). But it's a choice of a individual. We put ourselves into it and we need to find strength to put ourselves out, too. It's important to know where the limits are and to be brave enough to step out of something everyone else does. I am saying that for those who're making special blogs especially made for sad, depressed teenagers who have gotten depressed through Tumblr. And don't get me wrong; I know depression is a true, real and hard mental illness and we shouldn't treat it like a joke. But that's what's wrong with (too) many teenagers right now; they think they're depressed because something doesn't happen in their life as it does on Tumblr. Because they seek for attention and they've picked the last, most desperate choice they had left. They're sad for a day or two and think about killing themselves (again; I am not taking it this easy, it's just what they do!) and letting loose. Yes, I agree that you should let loose at times, but not like this. This is not the way to drag attention on yourself, because one of most common symptoms for depression is to hide everything you feel. You don't wanna show your vulnerable side to this cruel world you're very much aware of. But these people are actually filming themselves cutting and showing the world how the blood runs over their pale skin. If you don't think that's looking for attention, what is?
But on the other hand; I know everyone has issues. Everyone has scars, just not everyone on the outside. Everyone has a story that will mark them forever; if they like it or not. And I really try to bear this in mind when I see/meet people like that. We all have stories that are based on somehow the same thing, like some kind of common thread that sticks with everyone. Something that everyone would agree on that have been through this and that. We are teenagers and we experience things. And each adolescent experiences it on a different way. We should all just accept that and move on. But the truth is; how much can you take in until you finally tell someone off? When you finally tell someone your opinion and maybe it'll hurt their feelings, but you have to watch out for your own? I know stuff that people do shouldn't be our business, but when they defend these principals of some privacy or whatever; it is just the other way around. Tumblr is a public and completely reachable to quite anyone with a wi-fi and a computer. You can comment on things, like, ask, ... anything. You can also send hate and threaten to someone which is also one of the bad sides of Tumblr (of which I will write later on). Anyway, my point is that you or I have all right to "judge" these people (as they call it). I'd prefer the phrase "trying to understand the meaning behind it all and the background of your actions". But they won't listen. People never listen. So you usually have to have it their way. And you usually lose because everyone's on the side of this poor little patient. And when you do call them a patient (when you just give up and oblige), tell them that based on their actions, absent behavior and obvious symptoms of mental disorder of depression, you are worried something might actually be wrong with them - they judge you. They say in a way How dare you accuse me of something so dreadful and disgusting like being depressed?! And again; I'm the bad guy. So yeah, basically; that's the world we live in.
But like everything in this world; Tumblr also has the bad and the good sides and sine we already pointed out the bad sides, I think it is fair to share the positive effects, too. Many teenagers find comfort in it and sadly, it's also another website (since we all hoped it would be some kind of book). But that's just today's world and we have to accept it that teens these days literally live on the internet and it is important for those who create those sites to really know what they're doing, realizing the consequences and all (even though all the heavy work lies on our shoulders). We are learning so much from the internet; we get the whole information from what's going on in the world from one simple click. It's fascinating and scary at the same time. Adolescents are mostly searching for some person or blogger who'll understand them and just hold them. Someone to listen, because more and more teenagers nowadays are feeling anxious, tired and simply sad of all what's going on - school, parents, magazines, prejudices, conditions, mocking, ... It gets obnoxious and tiring. You don't even want to live anymore on this planet, as one of the "cool jokes" on Tumblr says. But hey, it also cheers people up! Some meet their love, some make some really tight bonds and unbreakable friendships that are significant in one's life. Everybody needs some kind of consolation and teenagers' is often internet. Deal with it.
Since I mentioned the consequences above, I must say that people choose themselves what they're going to post and I think it's really important for them to realize in what way some post can affect on somebody. The creators; they just live from our reblogin and site-viewing, but when it comes to people (and by people I mean youngsters) committing suicide because of what other users are saying/asking/posting, then the situation is just downright alarming. And then is when the creators may take responsibility and try to show their true colors. So again; before you post something - think.
Tumblr is a choice of an individual, as I mentioned before in one of my other posts including this site. You either create a blog because of your imagination or art, work or because you're famous. Everyone knows Tumblr is a site where latest trends are made and cool kids hang out. Teenagers, and mostly insecure ones, look up to Tumblr and stuff people say on it. Stuff people post. Is it healthy, I ask you? Is it normal and okay to burden already stressed teens on how they should look and how they don't look? I think that is pretty much insane. And the other choice, closer to me and other shy and pathetic teens around the world, is to keep hiding and pushing all your problems inside. Never speaking out about them. Except here. On this well known site. Okay, that doesn't have to be a reason for other half, but the people I meet at Tumblr are pretty much like this. And this is wrong and it needs to stop. I think Tumblr is somehow destroying our lives, even though we treat it like heaven on Earth (more like heaven on the Internet). But it's a choice of a individual. We put ourselves into it and we need to find strength to put ourselves out, too. It's important to know where the limits are and to be brave enough to step out of something everyone else does. I am saying that for those who're making special blogs especially made for sad, depressed teenagers who have gotten depressed through Tumblr. And don't get me wrong; I know depression is a true, real and hard mental illness and we shouldn't treat it like a joke. But that's what's wrong with (too) many teenagers right now; they think they're depressed because something doesn't happen in their life as it does on Tumblr. Because they seek for attention and they've picked the last, most desperate choice they had left. They're sad for a day or two and think about killing themselves (again; I am not taking it this easy, it's just what they do!) and letting loose. Yes, I agree that you should let loose at times, but not like this. This is not the way to drag attention on yourself, because one of most common symptoms for depression is to hide everything you feel. You don't wanna show your vulnerable side to this cruel world you're very much aware of. But these people are actually filming themselves cutting and showing the world how the blood runs over their pale skin. If you don't think that's looking for attention, what is?
But on the other hand; I know everyone has issues. Everyone has scars, just not everyone on the outside. Everyone has a story that will mark them forever; if they like it or not. And I really try to bear this in mind when I see/meet people like that. We all have stories that are based on somehow the same thing, like some kind of common thread that sticks with everyone. Something that everyone would agree on that have been through this and that. We are teenagers and we experience things. And each adolescent experiences it on a different way. We should all just accept that and move on. But the truth is; how much can you take in until you finally tell someone off? When you finally tell someone your opinion and maybe it'll hurt their feelings, but you have to watch out for your own? I know stuff that people do shouldn't be our business, but when they defend these principals of some privacy or whatever; it is just the other way around. Tumblr is a public and completely reachable to quite anyone with a wi-fi and a computer. You can comment on things, like, ask, ... anything. You can also send hate and threaten to someone which is also one of the bad sides of Tumblr (of which I will write later on). Anyway, my point is that you or I have all right to "judge" these people (as they call it). I'd prefer the phrase "trying to understand the meaning behind it all and the background of your actions". But they won't listen. People never listen. So you usually have to have it their way. And you usually lose because everyone's on the side of this poor little patient. And when you do call them a patient (when you just give up and oblige), tell them that based on their actions, absent behavior and obvious symptoms of mental disorder of depression, you are worried something might actually be wrong with them - they judge you. They say in a way How dare you accuse me of something so dreadful and disgusting like being depressed?! And again; I'm the bad guy. So yeah, basically; that's the world we live in.But like everything in this world; Tumblr also has the bad and the good sides and sine we already pointed out the bad sides, I think it is fair to share the positive effects, too. Many teenagers find comfort in it and sadly, it's also another website (since we all hoped it would be some kind of book). But that's just today's world and we have to accept it that teens these days literally live on the internet and it is important for those who create those sites to really know what they're doing, realizing the consequences and all (even though all the heavy work lies on our shoulders). We are learning so much from the internet; we get the whole information from what's going on in the world from one simple click. It's fascinating and scary at the same time. Adolescents are mostly searching for some person or blogger who'll understand them and just hold them. Someone to listen, because more and more teenagers nowadays are feeling anxious, tired and simply sad of all what's going on - school, parents, magazines, prejudices, conditions, mocking, ... It gets obnoxious and tiring. You don't even want to live anymore on this planet, as one of the "cool jokes" on Tumblr says. But hey, it also cheers people up! Some meet their love, some make some really tight bonds and unbreakable friendships that are significant in one's life. Everybody needs some kind of consolation and teenagers' is often internet. Deal with it.
Since I mentioned the consequences above, I must say that people choose themselves what they're going to post and I think it's really important for them to realize in what way some post can affect on somebody. The creators; they just live from our reblogin and site-viewing, but when it comes to people (and by people I mean youngsters) committing suicide because of what other users are saying/asking/posting, then the situation is just downright alarming. And then is when the creators may take responsibility and try to show their true colors. So again; before you post something - think.
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