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Plus, discuss the effect this could have on a generation constantly comparing themselves to completely unattainable beauty standards
Checking my Instagram after work one day, a post jumps out at me.
I stop my scrolling to examine a story from content creator Faye Dickinson, who has 75k followers. Half the screen is a normal photo of her face: she’s
sans make up and wearing a black and red hoodie with her hair in a bun. On the other side, her features are edited – albeit not dramatically – by one of the platform’s many ‘subtle’ beauty filters.
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60% of adults in the UK have reported their mental health has worsened since the start of the pandemic.
It’s probably no surprise that Google searches for ‘chronic stress symptoms’ are currently up 100%.
It’s been a stressful year for everyone, thanks to COVID-19, with many being made redundant, having to last minute homeschool, and, heartbreakingly, losing loved ones in unprecedented circumstances.
So, yep, everyone’s pretty stressed. But do you know what chronic stress is, how to identify the symptoms in yourself, and how to act to treat them? Like many mental health conditions, it often presents subtly, making it harder to identify – until you’re at breaking point.
People have given up smiling because of masks
There are worries for the mental health implications
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Bupa Dental Care, as a third (33%) of people in the UK have given up on the gesture due to mask-wearing. This figure could be set to rise even further, as even despite news of the vaccine more than three quarters (77%) of Brits believe we’ll be required to wear face masks for the majority of 2021 – particularly those in Wales (86%).