Thread by @Binti_Zia, Twitter or any other social media space might work well and help [...]

Zarqa Bint Zia

Binti_Zia

Twitter or any other social media space might work well and help a lot of us to express things we dont otherwise share with people.
But as a person who has dealt with it, I know that it can get really overwhelming at times.
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Kleine orangene Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Kleine orangene Raute">The constant need to measure one& #39;s self worth based on likes or followers, might end up messing up your head as a very dangerous and potential trigger.
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Kleine orangene Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Kleine orangene Raute">Coming across content that is strong, provocative, degrading and leaves you questioning yourself in any context is also something we& #39;ve to learn to safely navigate through.
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Kleine orangene Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Kleine orangene Raute">For Twitter especially, which is a crowded space and everyone feels entitled to have an opinion and put it out here, you& #39;ll anyway come across trolls and bullies, particularly when you do not agree with the majority.
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Kleine orangene Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Kleine orangene Raute">Social media is a virtual space at the end of the day, hence you will never know with certainty who the other person is or what their intentions are beyond their mobile screens.
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It is necessary, therefore, for us to understand that social media can be helpful, but it doesn& #39;t have to be our safe place.
We need to create better, and peaceful spaces in our own heads and treat social media as only a means to add to it.
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And while we do that, we need to learn to navigate through negative, controversial and toxic facets of it.

-Control what you want to see.
-Choose what you want to react and respond to.
-Understand which opinions are valid and deserve introspection and which are to be ignored. +

Most importantly, make this space better and kinder for those who inadvertently find you in their feeds or comments or inboxes.

The change starts with us, please dont tell me otherwise.

Peace.

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