New Years Resolutions
It may seem like the everyone around you is having a great time declaring their New Year’s Resolutions all over the internet. No matter where you look someone is posting about making it to...
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Blur Your Face and Change Your Voice With This New App
The innovation of apps and social media tools to improve mental healthcare and bring it to more people has benefited many users in the past few years. One new app called Huddle came out of the...
Digital Self Harm
Trigger Warning: Self Harm Earlier this week we wrote about traditional forms of self-injury behaviors that occur such as burning and cutting. These traditional behaviors usually leave a visible mark on a person’s body. However,...
A Polished Image
This TED talk can make us all think about how what we see on social media, in the news, in magazines, and online can be “entirely manufactured.” Cameron Russell, in her talk, points out that...
Advocacy through Social Media
Social media is a tool that has great potential. Social media has the potential to connect people from all over the world to create communities of like-minded people. One of the most positive ways...
Why Instagram is Changing Reality’s Perception
Have you ever experienced that thing where your thoughts gnaw at you over and over again? My Mom calls it ruminating. I do it a lot, so I’m sure you’ll see me talk about it...
That’s not cool
Have you ever seen a social media post that you found to be hurtful, offensive, or just… not cool? Here are ready-to-use images that you can post as a reply from thatsnotcool.com. There are...
What to do if you are cyberbullied?
Adults are not the only ones who can take action against cyberbullying or communicating false, embarrassing, or hostile information online. Together, adolescents with adults can do something. However, first it is important to note ssome...
SOVA Ambassador Feature: I’m a Better Person Without Social Media
In this day and age, social media is the norm. Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook—we spend so much time on these sites and apps that we don’t always realize the negative effects they can have on...
Social Media No-Nos
Most likely you have heard about being responsible when posting on social media. It is a topic that can seem easy to accomplish, but often the line between what is and what is not...
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