Between Aspiration and Distress: A Study on Fitness Content, Weight Dissatisfaction, and Mental Health Outcomes on Social Media

Abstract

Aim of the Study: This study is about role of social media on body image and mental health. The aim of the study is to aware public about social media content that how influencers attract social media users through their filtered content and raise the standards of beauty.

Methodology: Quantitative research design is used in this research in which researcher conducted survey question from people of Rawalpindi in survey form, researchers survey from 108 people included male and female.

Findings: This research came to the result that social media affect users who follow more influencers and get influenced from that content. More of social media teenager, younger or also an adults dissatisfied with their existing appearance and start doing experiments to become thinner which lead to bad health and effect mental health. 

Conclusion: The researchers concluded that mental health affected when users influenced from filtered bodies and feel dissatisfied with their own bodies. Social media have a power full impact on society .Through social media people connect with masses. Social media shows unrealistic beauty standards to society that cause negatively to users and lead them to body dissatisfaction and mental health.  to get rid of this fake beauty standards  we need to aware society or literate people about this beauty propaganda or stop sharing or watching this content and try to be realistic and simple as we are to make a society positive.