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Speaker 1: When it's extremely difficult to make up your mind. Having

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that power of choice can actually weaken a person's heart.

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On this episode, we're going to explore why we've made

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venting acceptable on social media? Is the Big Internet Monster

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really the place to make the voice to dump your

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personal observations? My name is Errol. Life is a series

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of choices. Who decides when you're not making the right choice?

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Is it a fear of going wrong? The greatest lessons

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in life are often lost inside hidden away attempts and concepts. Well,

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it's time to open up your heart. Having a real

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choice is your daily gift. On this highway, we learn

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to trust mirages, good or bad. Why are people making

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the choice to vent on social media? Well, according to

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mental health experts, a person's actions in such a public

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place determine their intentions, their audience, and how they handle

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the response. Social media is the instant outlet, people releasing

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their frustrations without needing to make a call or meeting

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up with someone they I know. Sadly, though, this is

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good and bad because it may allude to you losing

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your position at work. I get it. You want validation

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and support. You're creating attention and connection. In many cases

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it can be community building. It feels a very important

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void when it comes to not having a list of

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close friends, family, and or therapy. It has been written

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that social media has become what they call a default journal,

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a place to clean out your mental closets, a stage

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to be seen as well as heard a brief moment

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of emotions. But what is the total cost to having

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such openness? Are the right people reading your posts? The

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choice is up to the right as well as the

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left side. Coming up next, posting personal observations on social media,

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ay Yi yai, yai yi, Hey, thanks for coming back

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to the choice. Posting personal observations and experiences on social

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media has its fair share of pros and cons. Knowing

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both sides of the picket fence, will it change the

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course of how we make choices in front of the

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social media world. Let's begin with why it's good to

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post your thoughts and expressions. It reduces stress. Number two,

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you're able to get emotional support from others. Making the

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choice to post normalizes a person's struggles, showing others that

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they aren't alone. More importantly, it could spark up a

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great conversation about mental health. A bad job or social issues.

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So what are the downsides of making the choice to

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vent on social media? Number one, oversharing can backfire. Once

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out there, that's it, you can't pull it back. Number two,

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people are really good at misinterpreting other people's thoughts. You're

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opening yourself up for criticism. You really can damage your reputation.

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As hard as you try to make everything better, your

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past can actually come back and fuel a serious negative

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in your present. Making that choice to post on social

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media is very risky. Be aware of what you're doing.

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It is a choice. I'm Eryl, and that's what I

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was writing while the sun was waking up on a

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brilliant new day.