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before I started writing this I asked a few of my Muslim sisters how they think social media affect them and I just wanted to include different women to show whoever reads this that you’re not the only one thinking going through or thinking how you think it’s more sisters who feel like this. Here are the sister's responses:

It makes me feel ungrateful and fixated on "oh I wish I..." Also, it makes me feel insignificant because I am not getting much attention as those influencers May Allah help us~ Miso

I think it affects my mental health because It tends to suck me in for hours on the day and can prevent me from actually putting my day to use. This ends up affecting my mental health as I feel lazy and sometimes staring at my phone screen for so long can make me feel sick for a day. I too also agree that it makes me wish I had something someone else does. We forget that people only show the good part of their lives and not the bad. ~Cara

social media doesn't impact my body image. I feel that I'm enough, regardless of my weight, height, fat-muscle ratio, etc. Of that doesn't mean I'm gonna stop eating and working out, but yk I don't stress over it. At one point though, I did borderline suffer from anorexia(Eating disorder).~ Ruhma

As the days go by I come to see how this Dunya is changing for the worst And in my opinion, the main reason for that is social media. A lot of us don’t pay attention to this because our noses are way too deep into social media but believe it or not social media has some power over us that contributes to our outlook on the way we view ourselves, and even the way we view others. Social media contribute to our anxiety and even our depression. let’s start by talking about how social media affect our mental health and the way we view ourselves. social media contributes to our mental health because it leads us to compare ourselves to others and that’s a very harmful thing to do to ourselves because comparison causes Self-doubt, low self-esteem, depression, and anxiety. We have to realize that majority of things we see on social media are fake, these people that we so desperately want to be like also have their insecurities, so many of these people who we look up to don’t have their priorities straight. believe it or not, what people post on social media is an edited version of their reality things aren’t the way it seems, and we only know what we see, and trust me they only show the good to make it seem like they are “living the life“. These apps are here to make us think we’re not good enough to be accepted and we have to change ourselves to be accepted because we aren’t rocking the designer purses, revealing clothing and we aren’t walking around in the newest fashion or looking like these celebrities or Instagram models and I also was a victim to that until I realized that it doesn’t have to be like that and no human should dictate how I choose to live my life. I realized that self-love is the best love, I realized that likes don’t determine beauty, I realized that followers don’t matter. I’m telling you it’s ok to be different, it’s ok to not get 100+ likes on your post, it’s ok to not have mad followers, it’s ok to be different stop giving yourself unnecessary depression and anxiety, you are exactly where Allah wants you to be. Social media makes you think you are behind and that’s not true. Move at your own pace, have صبر, have تَوَ كُّل and let’s try to make Jannah the main place that we are striving for not this Dunya. Habibti Allah created you and that alone should tell you that you are beautiful and worthy because you weren’t created by fulan.Be you, be great, love yourself, for yourself and only yourself and remember to have تَوَ كُّل calm down because what’s yours will not pass by you. Don’t compare yourself to anybody, and focus on being the best you you can be. You don’t have to wear designer to look beautiful, you don’t have to be upset because you’re not set at a certain age, or because you are not married at a certain age, don’t be upset at others achievement’s because your time will come and Allah has greatness written for you if not in this life then the Akhira. Please we are the future generation of mothers And fathers let’s break this cycle of submitting to these unrealistic beauty standards so our baby’s don’t have to suffer from this disease also. lastly, I would like to say Finding self-love is not easy, it takes time, you’ll have your days where you just don’t feel beautiful and that’s ok because we all have days like those and anybody that tell you otherwise is lying!! When you have days like that don’t compare yourself to others, don’t look down on yourself because that’s not fair to your brain and not fair to your heart. The brain is like a sponge whatever you feed it is what it absorb so speak positively! Words are soooo powerful I don’t think we actually deep how powerful words can be if you speak positivity that’s what starts you start to believe. The self-love journey is never-ending so be kind to yourself during this journey, be patient with yourself. You are worthy, you are deserving, you are beautiful, you deserve to radiate confidence, you are important, you deserve to love yourself, you are unique, you are yours so be the best you can be for you, and your best will always be enough.