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When personal trauma becomes content for social media success

I posted a vulnerable piece about my depression and it got more engagement than anything I have ever shared and now I feel like I have to perform my pain for an audience

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The commodification of authentic vulnerability creates a perverse incentive to exploit one's own suffering for artistic visibility

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Social media and the creative voice?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.