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Depression and Social Media


Depression and Social Media       
               Selena Gomez has taken a break from social media due to a mental breakdown.  People are assuming she had the breakdown because her ex-boyfriend, Justin Bieber became engaged to Hailey Baldwin.  A small number of people have considered the fact she recently had a kidney transplant and is battling Lupus.  She has also admitted to the media she has battled with depression.  The girl is only 27 or 28 years old!  Plus she is a famous singer among other things.  Miss Gomez has a lot more to deal with other than thinking about Mr. Bieber getting engaged.  Yes, it may be on her mind but more than likely, one of the last things.

               Depression is real!  More than 18 million people suffer from depression, according to Hope for Depression Research Foundation.  If you are not experiencing some form of depression, you know someone who is.  Medication, therapy and other forms of treatment are out there to help people deal with depression.  The thing is can people other than celebrities or the upper class afford these treatments on a consistent basis?  Transportation has to be considered as well.  Who are we kidding?  The epidemic of depression in America needs to be addressed as far up as the White House!  Yet, we are entertaining the likes of Mr. West and Mrs. Kardashian-West.  Did I miss something?  Or maybe I’m just too depressed to see the reality of what’s going on. 

                Not having a man or a woman does not have anything to do with why someone may be depressed. There are many people who have a significant other standing right by their side through the whole ordeal.  They may be depressed for health reasons, due to a death of a loved one, a change in life, a career change, anything that affects them drastically.  Instead of placing the blame of where the depression came from on something thought up, let’s have a listening ear for our friend or friends in need.  Take a look outside of ourselves, if we are doing fine.  Check on our neighbor to see if we can help with something.  What happened to just caring about our fellow man/woman?  Our mission as human beings should not be to make a person feel worse who is already feeling bad, exploit a person with a mental illness and/or use a person weakness for our own gain.  Ms. Gomez has left social media for her own personal reasons and people should give her space to heal.  This is the same respect any of us would want if we were in her shoes.


                                      Peace & Love
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