If you require mental health crisis support, please contact your local mental health services, your GP, or telephone 111 or the emergency services.

The perfect profile

If it looks too good to be true it might be

Social profiles are a description of individuals’ social characteristics that identify them on social media sites and most sites expect you to create an account before you can access them. 

Warning

Be cautious about meeting new people online. Some people may create fake social media profiles to gain your trust and appear interested romantically, before asking you for money, claiming that they need it for an emergency. These kind of profiles often use photos stolen from the internet. If you are unsure whether the person you are talking to is genuine, you can do a reverse image search of their profile photo at Google or another reputable search engine.

Consider more:

  1. What things would you be comfortable sharing on social media?
  2. What will your boundaries be when using social media?