Social media is an important medium through which people interact and communicate online. It shares significant part with other forums in modern society. These areas are colorful; they socialize, but there is an unseen danger invading today’s generation veins.

First, social media appears as a blessing that helps in communication, networking, and fostering a global community. It is the endless scrolling, search for digital acceptance, portrayal of perfect life that is making away with creativity of more youths.

Nevertheless, as far as self-esteem goes one clear disadvantage. It causes an unfair assessment of appearances, accomplishments, and happiness with phony internet characters. The feeling among the youth is an endless competition trying to be placed somewhere above what other people are displaying. Consequently, their self-image becomes distorted, and they follow mirage-like aims.

Moreover, addiction to social media leads to another issue; the fact is that teenagers are not experiencing life but rather search for an endless stream of information including posts, notices, and FOMO. This also results in lower performance that generates additional pressures and tension.

Another troubling consequence of the situation is cyberbullying, which happens secretly. The fact that many adolescents are concerned with social judgment and experience severe mental distress is a major issue.

However, what is frequently overlooked is that the decision on information in social media blurs the line between reality and illusion. However, while looking for that perfect image of oneself, one doesn’t bother realizing his true self.

Cyberloafing also has effects on interpersonal communication where social networks were thought to create unity, actually they cause solitariness. Therefore, it leaves way for genuine people contact between individuals resulting into replacing real talks with likes, reactions, and emoticons. In addition, these situations cause more distress in relations where everyone is measuring himself or herself against other people and wants to have a clear image about his own lifestyle.

Social media functions as a really mild poison that gradually ruins the mindset, identity, and genuine connections with individuals among the generation. This paradox forms the first step towards freedom and acceptance. One should give a push towards digital detox movement, have love which goes ahead of the virtual recognition of your self, and commence conversation frankly about its reality.