Social media can be a powerful tool, and a great way to stay in touch with friends, but it can also be a dark place full of cruelty — and Hailey Bieber has had enough of the negative energy.
On Saturday, December 8, the model posted several messages on Instagram Stories to address the way that the social media platform — and the mean people on it — affect her mental health. “Being off of Instagram is the best thing ever,” Hailey wrote. “Whenever I take breaks from it, I feel so much better, so much happy as a person. The second I come back on I get immediate anxiety, I get sad and I get worked up.”
Hailey went on to explain that, despite the fact that Instagram can be “incredible,” the app also comes with a negativity that “screams so loud.” She added that it’s sometimes hard for her to focus on her well-being and mental health when “someone is tearing apart your job, or your relationship, or essentially any of the things in your life that are positive.”
And Hailey isn’t alone; celebrities are often unfairly the recipients of hateful comments on social media. Just a few days prior, Pete Davidson posted a note on his own Instagram account, telling his followers that he’s been bullied for months. Selena Gomez once said that she deletes the app on a regular basis, due to the hurtful things people say that “cut to your soul.” Paris Jackson has also opened up about being cyber-bullied, commenting that she doesn’t understand “how there can be so much hatred in the world.”
Hailey expressed a similar sentiment in her Instagram Story. “We need to take a step back and realize we need to express more love and encouragement to one another instead of constantly tearing people down and judging,” the model wrote, adding a powerful conclusion to her message: “And I won't let people make me feel like I'm doing something wrong by enjoying my life and being happy.”
It’s important to remember that bullying other people online is never OK, regardless of their celebrity status. The internet does not make you anonymous, and words carry an impact, whether they’re communicated in-person or through a screen. Fortunately, it seems as though Hailey has a positive attitude about it all — seems like the haters could learn a thing or two from her.
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