{"id":13584,"date":"2019-11-13T16:42:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T16:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/?p=13584"},"modified":"2021-07-16T09:57:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T09:57:18","slug":"how-social-media-is-affecting-womens-religious-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/society\/how-social-media-is-affecting-womens-religious-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"How social media is affecting women\u2019s religious & mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/amp-jwplayer>

Keeping up with the Joneses – How social media is affecting women<\/span><\/h1>\nThere are <\/span>3 Billion<\/span><\/a>\u00a0people logging in to social media daily.<\/span>\n\nYes, 3 Billion! To put that into perspective that makes up 40% of the world population, so nearly half of the world is on social \u201cDAILY\u201d.<\/span>\n\nAccording to <\/span>recent statistics<\/span><\/a>, women are more active on social media when it comes to platforms such as Snapchat, Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook.<\/span>\n\nSo as women, we are bombarded with content everyday and we don\u2019t know how our mind is processing this information.<\/span>\n\nAdd the \u201cinfluencer\u201d culture to mix and you get the perfect recipe for a disaster.<\/span>\n\n“Have you seen where she was on holidays? Was that a Fendi bag her husband got her? Omg her house is stunning, I definitely need an upgrade to my lounge now! Oh I\u2019m just so fat, look how skinny she is!”<\/span><\/em>\n\nThese are some of the thoughts that might pop in your head while innocently scrolling through your feed.\u00a0<\/span>\n\nMost of us follow influencers on social media, but do we really know what effects these influencers\u2019 stories are having on our religious and mental health?<\/span>\n\nSure you can get defensive about it and say, \u201cI know this is all filtered images and it\u2019s not real, and that these harmless stories aren\u2019t affecting me?\u201d<\/em><\/span>\n\nWell, scientific evidence says otherwise. Studies have shown that social media has a <\/span>negative impact on <\/span>body image<\/span><\/a> in younger women, and it often leads to a sense of inadequacy in <\/span>older women<\/span><\/a>, around their lifestyle when compared to the \u201cinstaready\u201d social lives and careers of others on social media.<\/span>\n\nTo solve this issue psychologists advise that you \u201c<\/span>unfollow<\/span><\/a>\u201d those who makes you feel bad about yourself.<\/span>\n\nBut is there more to this?<\/span>\n\nWe need to remember that we all only post snapshots of our greatest moments while we hide away all the problematic ones behind the scenes.<\/span>\n\nSome couples portray their lives as though they are living amazingly well, yet most often they are troubled.<\/span>\n\nThe idea of comparing yourself to others has been mentioned many times in the Hadith and Quran.\u00a0<\/span>\n
\u201cAnd do not wish for that, by which Allah has made some of you exceed others.\u201d\n<\/span>(<\/span>Quran 4:32<\/span><\/a>)\u00a0<\/span>\n\nAllah’s Messenger \ufdfa said, \u201cThere should be no envy but only in case of two persons: one having been endowed with wealth and power to spend it in the cause of Truth, and (the other) who has been endowed with wisdom and he decides cases with the help of it and teaches it (to others).”<\/span><\/blockquote>\nThen, comes the quality of our feed.<\/span>\n\nDo we really need to follow those 50 house renovation accounts? Are we really benefiting from seeing that influencer\u2019s summer clothing haul? Do you really need to know how her house, husband and children look like, when you don\u2019t really know this person in real life?<\/span>\n
The Messenger of Allah <\/span>\ufdfa<\/span> said, \u201cPart of the perfection of one\u2019s Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him.\u201d<\/span><\/blockquote>\nWhat\u2019s more troubling about the world of social media is the attachment to worldly matters that seeps through our hearts while watching these extravagant, over the top stories the constant FOMO we all feel if we\u2019re not connected!<\/span>\n
But you prefer the worldly life, While the Hereafter is better and more enduring. (Quran 87:16-17)<\/blockquote>\nSo before you follow, or become “friends” with someone on social media, you should be asking yourself, \u201cHow is this person making me feel about myself? And is this person going to benefit my religious status?\u201d<\/strong>\n
\u201cOh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.\u201d (Quran 25:28)\n\nThe Prophet \ufdfa said, “Man follows his friend’s religion, you should be careful who you take for friends”. (Hasan)<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keeping up with the Joneses – How social media is affecting women There are 3 Billion\u00a0people logging in to social media daily. Yes, 3 Billion! To put that into perspective that makes up 40% of the world population, so nearly half of the world is on social \u201cDAILY\u201d. According to recent statistics, women are more […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow4-bBDA:productID":"","content-type":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/f1402f44-8994-4c23-83de-48d0d766f08f"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"series":[],"speaker":[],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-13584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","post_format-post-format-video","entry"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Social_Media_thumbnail.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mums-on-the-RunV3.jpg?fit=2160%2C2160&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/feed\/podcast\/mums-on-the-run","embedCode":"

How social media is affecting women\u2019s religious & mental health<\/a><\/blockquote>