Iligan Youth Social Issues Circle

SOCIAL MEDIA

If the youth had one thing in common, it’s social media. Surveys show that ninety percent of teens ages 13-17 have used social media. According to surveys, 90% of youths between the ages of 13 and 17 have used social media. 51% of respondents say they visit a social media site at least once each day, and 75% say they have at least one active social media presence. (American academy of child and adolescent psychiatry, 2018) While it serves as a useful tool for communication and socializing, it often leads to several issues such as insecurity, social anxiety, and depression. Iligan Youth Social Issues Circle offers seminars and free sources to help solve the issue of the negative effects from Social Media.

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DEPRESSION

Depression is one of the most common issues that the Youth face. According to discoverymood.com, “About 20 percent of all teens experience depression before they reach adulthood.” Depression can be described as a persistent feeling of sadness and one who faces depression may lose interest in the things they used to enjoy. This mood disorder causes a loss of motivation and leads to a decrease in activity. It is normal for anyone to experience depression in reacting to life’s challenges. However, if left unaddressed it may lead to obesity, pain or physical illness, and the most serious, su***de. Most individuals who suffer from Depression lack someone to open up to, to share their challenges with. Here at Iligan Youth Social Issues Circle, we provide not only an open ear but a supporting hand.

Contact us and participate in one of our circles if you are facing Depression.
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SOCIAL ANXIETY

Is a disorder that causes high stress and overwhelmness in social situations. Social Anxiety is more than just shyness, it not only lowers one’s self confidence when in a social setting but also makes one fear social interaction. This issue concerns the youth, in fact, 1 out of 3 adolescents from the ages 13 to 18 years old suffer from Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) (Center, 2019). It negatively affects school life, relationships, and work. If not addressed, the youth can miss out on many opportunities in life because of poor communication and social skills. The members of Iligan Youth Social Issues Circle provides a welcoming community that wishes only to comfort and help one another. Through encouraging interested individuals to participate in our face to face support group sessions, they may build their social confidence and improve communication skills.

Contact us and participate in one of our circles if you are facing Social Anxiety.
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UNCERTAINTY

The global COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone's lives in a variety of ways especially the youth being they have serious concerns about their future. They may want to ask adults for advice on how to present themselves in such unprecedented times, but if all of those adults are on social media, who is to say what real-world assistance they are receiving? And in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are willing and able to work remotely to help parents, careers, guardians, and teachers recognize when the youth may be vulnerable to risk-taking behavior and build confidence in caregivers to help and intervene appropriately.

Contact us and participate in one of our circles if you are facing Uncertainty.
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BODY IMAGE ANXIETIES

Body image anxiety refers to the persistent and intrusive obsession with an imagined or slight defect in one's appearance. Many of youth are affected by body image anxieties during puberty. As social media platforms like Instagram and Snapchat have grown in popularity, photographs of bodies are shared frequently. Some pictures are allegedly used in the hashtag Body Positivity campaign to illustrate the reality of bodies. However, some simply display the edited and filtered representations of bodies that users of social media have come to expect. The youth may receive conflicting messages from this regarding how they should look. According to YMCA research, 52% of young people frequently worry about their appearance. Iligan Youth Social Issues Circle aims to build a community that embraces one another. Through this, they may build more confidence by helping one another. This exchange of support is healthy for the Youth because it radiates positivity and diminishes any negativity.

Contact us and participate in one of our circles if you are facing Body Image Anxieties.
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PEER PRESSURE

Peer pressure refers to the ability of others to affect a person's behavior. Many of the youth believe that if they don't follow the crowd or the loudest voice in that crowd, they are missing out or don't fit in. As a result, this might encourage the youth to engage in risky activities like excessive drinking, drug use, or exposure to gang crime, particularly online via social media. However, there are benefits to peer pressure as well such as someone's peers encouraging them to do something positive or pushing them to grow in a beneficial way like pushing a friend to study harder so they can get better grades or get an after-school job and convincing friends to get a job too. If you are unsure or uncomfortable with the peer pressure you are facing. you are most welcome to participate in our seminars. The seminars provide useful information and advice that will help guide the Youth in addressing peer pressure and other social issues. Free sources will also be provide for those interested in further research.

Contact us and participate in one of our circles if you are facing Peer Pressure.
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