Georgia May Foote thinks social media is bad for people\'s mental health.
The former \'Coronation Street\' actress has revealed her belief that apps such as Facebook and Twitter can be dangerous and often display a perfect version of someone\'s reality, just days after opening up on Instagram about her battles with anxiety.
Referencing model Gigi Hadid\'s phone case, which reads "social media seriously harms your mental health", Georgia, 27, told her 527k followers: "I just want to say thank you once again for the most incredible response to the post I put on about anxiety. I\'ve never had a response like that.
"It got me thinking again about something this morning. So did anybody see the picture that went round about Gigi Hadid with the phone case that said, \'Social media seriously harms your mental health\'?
"Yes, Gigi for being honest. Think about it: She has everything, everything that most people want. Loads of people aspire to be like her, they wanna look like her, dress like her, have her ex-boyfriend.
"It\'s mental. It just shows that no matter how happy someone can look on social media, how rich they can be, how famous they are, how successful they are, when you open your phone and you see other people looking the way they looking and acting the way they act, it will for ever not make you feel good enough. (sic)"
The former \'Strictly Come Dancing\' runner-up previously used the platform to talk about her battles with anxiety, admitting some days she cries over the smallest things.
Georgia confessed: "Some days i\'m distracted and fine, other days it takes me dropping a sock on the way to do a wash, which means i won\'t have a pair when the washed ones come out to literally have a break down and cry ? so silly. But the thing with anxiety is it\'s not always the heartbreak, the pain, the loss, the argument with a friend that makes it bad. It can be anything and everything...
"But just tell yourself. It\'s ok. It\'s going to be ok. And it\'s ok not to be ok! (sic)"
Georgia recently split from her boyfriend of 18 months, George Alsford, and admitted she has had a difficult start to the year.
The actress told her followers: "My goodness the rug was pulled from under my feet this year and i felt so thrown off. So confused as my life was now in a position i hadn\'t planned. And for me no control over where i was going made me spiral. I learnt that life is out of your control. Other peoples thoughts and opinions of you are also out of your control. But as long as you stay true to yourself it doesn\'t matter right?! I\'ve tackled some of my biggest fears already and i\'m proud of that...
"Time to smash MY life. For ME. Because it\'s ok to do things for YOU. You come into this world alone and you actually leave alone. So do what makes you happy (sic)"
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