Depression and anxiety in pop culture today -

         In modern day society, people have a tendency to glamorize depression, self harm, eating disorders, and anxiety. Pop culture has a huge impact on the way children and teenagers view life and themselves. Growing up in the era of vanity, I get this. Looks and fashion and weight have always been a huge issue in media growing up. I've never not looked up to a celebrity in my life. Also in society, we have a tendency to base our personal happiness on the amount of things we buy and how much we spend on those things. We live in a very materialistic culture. If teenagers can't afford the same things are the celebrities they look up to, they feel like less of a person. Celebrities are people just like us who just so happen to get paid ungodly amounts of money to do what they love (or, don't love. Just do.). Referring back to my post about celebrities with depression and anxiety, those celebrities struggle just like everyone else. This article is a good source to talk about how material culture is really affecting teenagers today.