DAY TWO - social media
In my experience, social media can be both a coping mechanism as well as a painful reminder. For example, I’ll put time and effort into taking the * perfect * picture of a tree, and surround it with the glitteriest of gifs for my story. “Nice!” I say to myself, and close the app. The reminder comes later in the day, as I’m checking my views. Everyone at my school always brags about their views. “I get 300 views on every story!” “Oh yeah? I get at least 800!” I’d sit silently, trying to ignore it, but it would always nag me. “Why do they get so many views? Do people just not like me? Am I just boring?” So now, here I am, checking the views on a story I was so proud of. I click, filled with hope... and.. 2 views. Just 2 views !? It’s been 11 hours now, how do I just have 2 views?? At first, I’d get 7 views, and they slowly began decreasing until nobody (and I mean nooobody) saw my story if they could help it. Sometimes, I’d see 3 views on the first picture of my story and when I’d clic...