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The Psychological Toll of Becoming an Instagram Influencer

Instagram may be the worst social media platform for our mental health

Jenni Gritters
Elemental
Published in
7 min readDec 3, 2018

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Photo by Phil Desforges on Unsplash

LLike many 24-year-olds, Alexandra Mondalek, a fashion reporter in New York, found herself obsessing over social media. Her rapidly growing fashion-focused Instagram account, @hautetakes, was gaining…

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Jenni Gritters
Elemental

I’m a writer and business coach for freelance creatives based in Central Oregon. I write about the psychology of small business ownership.