Share if you smiled. It often brings a smile on your face when you see young teenagers make funny poses in front of their mobile cameras. The exercise finishes only after endless angles and emotions.
You are right, they are mastering the art of SELFIE.
But, how good these are to your self-esteem?
When you take dozens of pic and choose the best for posting on social site, you are presenting what others will admire, not what you actually are. You manipulate and adjust according to the world at large. This harms your self esteem in the long run.
And, of course your are vulnerable to mis-use of your selfies by unwanted elements.
Enjoy the selfies but keep as a fun/hobby not as an obsession or addiction. It should not overshadow your other positive personality traits.
I would be keen to hear your side of the opinion. Waiting .......
You are right, they are mastering the art of SELFIE.
But, how good these are to your self-esteem?
1) A selfie is actually not YOU
When you take dozens of pic and choose the best for posting on social site, you are presenting what others will admire, not what you actually are. You manipulate and adjust according to the world at large. This harms your self esteem in the long run.
2) You present only a part-self to the world
You take tremendous pain to crop the perceived unwanted areas of your body or surroundings to have a rosy-rosy feeling. You become a presentable FAKE. In an overt zeal to please others, you are destroying a part of you. If you do not love yourself, how would others do ?
3) You remain self-obsessed
You must enjoy the event, dinner, function or picnic. However, if you continually focus on taking selfies, you will miss the pleasure. You are not enjoying the present since you are constantly thinking about posting the selfie as soon as you can. You will have a pic to post without a story to tell.
4) Do you have a selfie-mania
Psychologists believe selfie-mania temporarily paralyses you. you become oblivious of the occasion or people around you. Selfies at cremations or accident spots raises serious questions about this addiction.
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has officially confirmed what many people thought all along: taking ‘selfies’ is a mental disorder. The disorder is called selfitis, and is defined as the obsessive compulsive desire to take photos of one’s self and post them on social media as a way to make up for the lack of self-esteem and to fill a gap in intimacy.
5) I, me, myself attitude
You project a self image of "I am OK, you are not OK". After your posting your regularly and persistently check the comments and like for your selfie. This leads to inflated self image. Also, if you do not responses, you get desperate, ask people to respond or even get upset. All this inhibits your relationships with world at large.
And, of course your are vulnerable to mis-use of your selfies by unwanted elements.
Enjoy the selfies but keep as a fun/hobby not as an obsession or addiction. It should not overshadow your other positive personality traits.
I would be keen to hear your side of the opinion. Waiting .......
4 comments:
people might not taking these things seriously but its actually harming their self image well written sir
Ananya, they will start noticing it once personally disorder visible to others.
Too much of everything is not good.
Take selfie but simply don't loose yourself.
Sonia, It this addiction is taking preference over normal behaviour, it could lead to dent in confidence.
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