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Paavo Mäkinen's alcoholism is hard on the whole family. His wife Terttu falls into depression and is hospitalized. Thei | dHNfQlI2QUY1M1ZHb0E

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00:01Social media is kind of like the only way to communicate.
00:03It's the only way to feel connected to anyone.
00:05I could be myself.
00:06I need a perfect body.
00:07I can't get rid of it.
00:08She was bullied.
00:09That makes you want to beat up somebody.
00:10It doesn't really end.
00:11It becomes everything.
00:16I always wanted to do this.
00:23I hoped to document the first generation
00:25that had grown up with social media their entire lives.
00:31Teenagers from Los Angeles agreed to share their private accounts
00:35and their digital experiences.
00:37School is starting.
00:39How many of you were asked to send a nude of yourself?
00:43If you put out content like Kim Kardashian did,
00:46maybe you'll get famous.
00:48My social media consumption is 12 hours a day.
00:53You edit your body to be something it's not.
00:56One of the major beauty standards is you kind of have to be Caucasian.
01:00People would just call you the n-word.
01:02So I took action and they took my whole account down.
01:05It's frightening to see how sexualized some of these images are.
01:10I sort of don't want to look at my kids' TikTok.
01:13Gorgeous!
01:15The more time I spend on social media, the more anxious I feel.
01:19It is so scary that we are allowed to actually do this.
01:24Social media has a role in everything, doesn't it?
01:26It's hard to figure out what you want, but you know what social media is telling you to want.
01:31There was so much hate. It did affect me a lot.
01:34Social media took a toll on me, but I'm not alone in this.
01:36It's up to us to figure out how we can still be people.
01:43To be people.
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