I am not a regular instagram user but I do have one to be on the same page that my friends and classmates are and also to not feel left out. This thing of feeling "left  out" leads me to the topic I want to inform about some negative aspects to our health of using this social media app too much.

Instagram is a social media plataform that all of us use right now. Even at school you can tell that if you don't have an instagram you are the weird one in the class and in your own friend group.

According to the BBC "instagram is rated as the worst social media platform when it comes to its impact on young people's mental health, a UK snapshot survey suggests". This means that in the UK a survey was made to come to this conclution. People who took the survey was obviously mostly young, kind of our age and another huge part of young adults.

The harm Instagram might be causing us is more about mental health than physical, i'ts been said that social media may be fuelling a mental health crisis in young people. It affects us with problems like anxiety, depression, loneliness, bullying and body image.

I think that at the end of the day we are the ones who need to control the excessive use of it, by engaging on real life social activities with our friends, get involved in after class activities that our school offer like sports or any instrument and also turning off our phones sometimes. 

By Diego Quiñones.