Dove Cameron BLASTS Social Media In Instagram Story Rant: ‘I Just Hate The Whole Thing’
June 1, 2018Social media has its pros and cons. Just ask Dove Cameron!
On Thursday night, the Descendants star went on Instagram Story to voice her opinion about the dangers of such platforms.
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The Disney star even compared the phenomenon to "walking around with a mirror up to yourself all day long" and a "group depression."
The 22-year-old remarked:
"I really hate how Instagram makes me feel, I think, and I hate how Twitter and any kind of social media makes me feel… Whether I'm looking at other people's lives or how I portray my life, I just hate the whole thing. I hate it. I think that they're something super wrong with staring at other people that much and I think there's something really wrong with staring at yourself that much. It's like walking around with a mirror up to yourself all day long. You don't even look at people's eyes. You look at how you come off to them, like you're watching yourself in a dream."
Despite her rant, the actress — who has used Insta to promote products in the past — says social media can be a "really beautiful thing."
"I'm not, like, condemning social media… I think that there are loads of you know, examples of when it's been used for good and when it's brought people together and blah blah blah and I know all of that… But I don't think that that's- that's not exclusively what it is."
The thespian — who in 2016 revealed on Twitter that she has battled anxiety her whole life — is concerned with how technology can affect one's mental health.
"It's just like, way too much information… Humans are not meant to have that much information put into their brains. We're meant to have simpler means of communication, we're meant to think about simpler things. Happiness is a simple emotion. Anxiety is super real and it's because of how complicated we're making everything. But then it's weird, because in our society now, it's like, if you feel like participating at all and feeling connected to what's going on around you and the people around you, that means you stay connected on this kind of stuff."
And yes, she realizes the irony of her anti-social media rant on social media.
"And I supposed it's all about defining, 'cause like, why am I even making this video right now, if I'm talking about social media in this kind of light… And I guess it's all about kind of finding your way of positively using something that can be super insidious. But then, how do you keep the insidious thing at the door?"
Ultimately, she believes that what you post on Insta or Twitter has absolutely nothing to do with your "soul" or "self-worth."
"If there's a way that I can say this without sounding like I'm telling you what to do, don't put any stake on any of this… This doesn't mean anything, doesn't define you, doesn't have any bearing on our soul or your worth or your self-worth. You have to find that for yourself. It's not here. It's not on here."
There you have it…
[Image via Dove Cameron/Instagram.]