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After talking to nearly 1,100 teens about social media and making a terrifying self-harm discovery, 17-year-old deleted TikTok, Instagram

The kids are not alright — and they know it.

It seems like Americans can’t agree on anything today, but if there’s one thing Gen Z is in lockstep about, it’s this: Social media has robbed them of their time, their happiness and their wellbeing.

Hallie Zilberman, a junior at Aspen High School in Aspen, Colorado, feels it. And she knew she couldn’t be the only one.

So the 17-year-old surveyed 1,084 other teenage girls from around the US, asking about their mental health, to confirm her suspicion that growing up online has devastated her generation.

About 6 in 10 agreed that they feel overwhelmed every day, have daily anxiety and feel pressure to be perfect. 

She also found that about half — 48.6% — of the surveyed girls have thought about self-harm in the past six months.

“That was really upsetting for me, because that’s basically 50% of girls in my classes, 50% of the girls at the cafeteria at lunch,” Zilberman said.

“I’ve seen self harm scars on people’s wrists,” she added. “I’ve heard friends talking........

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