They're literally torturing themselves for the approval of strangers. And I'm not being dramatic—I'm being precise. The level of anxiety and despair I see is genuinely worrying.

What bothers me most is that so many of them—and I include myself in this sometimes—have completely forgotten who we're actually accountable to. 🙏 We're not accountable to the algorithm. We're not accountable to people who don't even know us. We're accountable to God.

I'm not saying this to sound preachy. I'm saying it because it's true and it matters. ✝️ When you live your life trying to please a digital audience, you're essentially worshipping them. You're making them into your god. You're checking their approval before you check your own conscience. And that's spiritually dangerous in a way that people don't want to talk about.

The Church teaches us that we're created in God's image. That means we have inherent worth that doesn't depend on external validation. 💫 But social media tells us the opposite—that our worth is measured in numbers, in comments, in shares. That message is antithetical to everything faith teaches us.

What really troubles me is how parents allow this. How schools allow this. How society encourages young girls to broadcast themselves constantly. 😞 We're creating a generation of women who will never know what it feels like to have a private self, to have boundaries, to have things that belong only to them and God.

I made a choice not to participate in this as much as I can. It's not about being anti-technology or living in the past. It's about understanding that my relationship with God is more important than my relationship with a screen. 🌟 And when I make that choice, I feel something that most people my age seem to have lost—peace.

Can a woman truly know herself if she's constantly aware of how she appears to others?