Social media use has been linked to increases in mental illness than experienced by previous generations. Although social media was intended as a place for connection, it has become a place for adverse comparison that contributes to experiences of suicide ideation, body dysmorphia, eating disorders, and loneliness. Many students enter their post high school experience with various unprocessed difficulties that make their academic, family, and career demands more strenuous to manage. An expansion of counseling services, especially in high school, can mitigate the growing crisis of social comparison induced mental illness.  

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