Situations by Patricia Mutiozabal

Situation 1

patomutiozabal — 2025-08-26 12:59:59 UTC

Lucía loves taking selfies. She always uses filters to change her face: bigger eyes, smoother skin, smaller nose. One day, she saw a photo of herself without a filter. She felt ugly and didn’t want to post pictures anymore.

Situation 2

patomutiozabal — 2025-08-26 13:00:30 UTC

Martín follows many fitness influencers on Instagram. He sees people with strong bodies, and big muscles. He starts to think his body is not good enough. He stops going to the beach with friends.

Situation 3

patomutiozabal — 2025-08-26 13:01:04 UTC

Sofía posts a photo from her school trip. Later, she reads a comment: “You look fat in that picture.” She feels very sad and deletes the post. She doesn’t want to post anything again.

Situation 4

patomutiozabal — 2025-08-26 13:01:48 UTC

Tomás watches TikToks of teens traveling, wearing expensive clothes, and always smiling. He thinks his life is boring. He feels bad and doesn’t enjoy the things he used to like.

Situation 5

patomutiozabal — 2025-08-26 13:02:09 UTC

Valentina posts a photo she really likes. She thinks she looks happy and confident. But after two hours, it only has 5 likes. She feels embarrassed and deletes the post. Later, she compares her post to her friend’s, who got 200 likes.

Situation 6

patomutiozabal — 2025-08-26 13:02:27 UTC

Camila finds an Instagram page that shares body-positive messages and shows people of all shapes and sizes. She follows it and starts to feel more comfortable with her own body. She even shares the page with her friends.

Alvaro

2025-08-26 13:24:40 UTC

Alvaro is a 15-year-old boy who started being harassed on social media because his photos were unrealistic and heavily edited, which is why he had depression. He sought help from professional psychologists and stopped uploading such edited and unrealistic photos

Julieta.R

2025-08-26 13:37:08 UTC

Maria is 15 years old. She Upload a photo and use a filter. She starts making comparisons with other girls. Your self-esteem drops and you feel sad. In the end, she talks to a friend who supports her and makes her gain more confidence.

Lucas, Pilar, Francisco, Alfonzo, Julieta, Tatiana

2025-08-26 13:39:56 UTC

Sammy has 21 year old. He watches photos of another people and want have their life. Sammy reels sad and have low self-esteem because he compare with others. He goes to therapy and learn to valorate his life.

The problem is that he compare with others.

Victor

2025-08-26 13:40:52 UTC

Victor, a 14-year-old boy, uploaded a video of himself playing the guitar on social media. At first, he felt proud and excited. Soon, he received many positive comments, but also some negative ones that hurt his self-esteem.

Victor felt embarrassed and thought about deleting the video. However, after reading words of support and compassion from his friends, he decided to keep the video online. With confidence and effort, Victor continued practicing and sharing his music. In the end, he learned that focusing on the positive helps him grow.

Gabriel

2025-08-26 13:43:54 UTC

Lucas was 13 years old, and one day he decided to post a funny video on TikTok. At first, he felt happy, but soon some classmates started leaving mean and hurtful comments.
This made him feel very sad and embarrassed.

Looking for support, Lucas talked to his best friend, who listened and encouraged him. Since he was still feeling down, he also went to the school psychologist. There, he learned that he shouldn’t give too much importance to negative comments and that it’s better to focus on the positive things and on the people who truly support him.

Over time, Lucas realized that there will always be people who criticize, but what really matters is choosing how to react and valuing the words that build you up, not the ones that hurt.