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4 Apr

Could dumbphones be the answer to our self-esteem crisis?

Could dumbphones be the answer to our self-esteem crisis?
When Jenna decided to ditch her smartphone last summer, she wasn’t expecting it to make her feel more beautiful. Like many, she was simply fed up with the mindless scrolling that left her with the lingering feeling that she was missing out on her real life. So, she purchased a ‘dumbphone’ with no social media apps and limited functionality; a phone that could make calls and send texts, but does little else. Six months on, the choice has transformed how she feels about her appearance. Now, when Jenna looks within the mirror she seems like she looks younger and more attractive than she did this time last 12 months. Meanwhile, she has stopped wearing make-up almost entirely. Everyone knows by now...
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8 Feb

The way to stop social media ruining your self-esteem

The way to stop social media ruining your self-esteem
Social media platforms are failing us and protective laws is struggling to maintain up – so how are you going to look after yourself? “She first began saying her face was asymmetrical. She tried to chop her mole off on the side of her nose to amend this. Her teeth had gaps, she hated this, she didn’t have perfect teeth like other people.” Rachel* is the mother of 16-year-old Megan*, who has been in a specialist hospital for anorexia for ten months now. Rachel believes that her daughter’s use of social media platforms like TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram was answerable for her developing anorexia. “She thought she had certain syndromes, as when she felt...
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27 Jan

The right way to stop social media ruining your

The way to stop social media ruining your self-esteem
Social media platforms are failing us and protective laws is struggling to maintain up – so how are you going to look after yourself? “She first began saying her face was asymmetrical. She tried to chop her mole off on the side of her nose to amend this. Her teeth had gaps, she hated this, she didn’t have perfect teeth like other people.” Rachel* is the mother of 16-year-old Megan*, who has been in a specialist hospital for anorexia for ten months now. Rachel believes that her daughter’s use of social media platforms like TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram was accountable for her developing anorexia. “She thought she had certain syndromes, as when she felt...
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