Hania Amir opens up about how hurtful mean social media comments can be

"Words are powerful. They can create and destroy. Why use them to knock people down when you can use them to lift each other up?"

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08 Dec, 2020

Celebrities and influencers, when putting up their lives for public consumption, garner a whole lot of unnecessary hate, personal attacks on their appearances and judgement about their life choices from people on social media who feel entitled to, more often than not, unproductive criticism.

Having had enough from cyber bullies, Hania Amir opened up on Instagram about the terrible repercussions distasteful online comments have had her on mental health, to the extent that she literally shed tears reading them.

"This was me trying to get myself together after shedding two tears over three mean comments," she revealed, posting a rather gloomy picture of herself on her feed.

A photo posted by Instagram (@instagram) on Mar 22, 2015 at 11:21am PDT

"Words are powerful. They can create and destroy. Why use them to knock people down when you can use them to lift each other up?" she questioned her followers.

The Dil Ruba actor went on to comment how being rude was in fact weak and a projection of your own fears and insecurities.

"Being kind is beautiful; it is strength; let’s be beautiful and strong together," she encouraged, asking people to use their words wisely.

Previously, other popular names such as Iqra Aziz have also spoken about the lasting effects online hate can have on one's mental well-being.

A public figure tearing their walls down and opting to talk about something as sensitive as bullying that everyone has faced at one point or another, may lay the foundation to foster dialogue and send out the much-needed message that nothing is cooler than kindness.

Sending support and love to all those standing steadfast in the face of hate. Don't let them dim your shine!

Comments

well-wisher Dec 08, 2020 07:03pm

Speak up all celebs. against cyber bullying and non-cyber ones both are harmful. If you can't say something good, just shut up. Expose the bully everywhere so society and the law can deal with them.

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Imtiaz Ali Khan Dec 09, 2020 06:25am

Hania you are good soul thank you for sharing your experience so it help other heal, but never forget and always remember for each negative words we have many prayers and good people and their words for you always. Stay blessed. Love from Pakistan. IndoPakBangla Blood Brothers 4 Life!

Laila Dec 11, 2020 06:59pm

We live in an awful awful world. People have lost all sense of filter and common basic mannerism. It's easy for such people to hide behind a screen and put women down, because guys usually get a free pass. But females are the subject of brutal bullying, body shaming, character assassination and abuse. No filter. And don't think, only guys are capable of this repugnant and disgusting behaviour and vile degrading language. Girls are doing it too. To other girls. Such people could be exposed/confronted in front of their families and their digital comments read out in front of their parents. Shame. Where is your humanity? People, if you don't like Hania, then don't follow or watch her or have the guts to run your mouth in front of her. Think before you speak. Is that how you would want others to speak of you? Parents need to be more active in their kids online activities. It's irresponsible to just give them smartphones/tablets/omputers but not monitor them or teach them right from wrong.