Tuesday, June 1, 2010

What teenagers do to avoid being alienated and lonely

Today, many teenagers feel alienated and lonely. To improve their social life, teenagers, especially girls, change themselves to become more popular. They change their personality and appearance to attract others and make friends. Girls are constantly pressured to wear makeup, become much more skinny, and to become as attractive as possible. To become skinny, they abuse their bodies and become very unhealthy. For boys, they're pressured to stick to the code of "masculinity". They have to follow to the code or else they will be insulted and isolated. This code includes to be violent, to never cry, to be athletic, and to be focused only on women. Teenagers change themselves to avoid being lonely.

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Candy's Loneliness

Candy's loneliness is represented by this documentary.

Loneliness Short Film

Scripture Collection - Loneliness

Gorchitza - Kiss me loneliness

Loneliness of celebrities


Who said celebrities can't be lonely too? The rich and the famous are human just like us and can feel lonely and alienated. Celebrities do not lead private lives. They are constantly followed by the paparazzi. Their lives are broadcasted to the world and they have little privacy. They are constantly bombarded with both positive and negative comments which hurts their self-esteem. They may feel like the world is out to get them. They feel they don't have a true friend and because they're celebrities, they're treated differently. The rich can also feel lonely because their friends might not be their true friends. They could be friends only for the benefits. A famous celebrity who suffered from loneliness is the late and the great Michael Jackson. Throughout his life, he was ridiculed and insulted even though he has accomplished much. Unfortunately, he had suffered cardiac arrest and died because of the drugs in his body. He had taken anti-depressants and anti-anxiety pills probably because he was lonely and alienated.

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"It's a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It's not the truth I'm here to say. You know, don't judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one. I don't care what the story is, do not judge them because it is a lie. " - Michael Jackson