Social Media is making us anti-social

And yet we are unaware of it

Darshak Rana
ILLUMINATION

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Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

The web of social media has grasped our minds more firmly than the Spiderman webbing the villains in his movies.

If we compare our real image with that portrayed on the interactive media platforms, we would be shocked by the difference. Wouldn’t we?

So, have we become less socially active in our everyday lives because we try to post everything on the internet?

Has social media changed our ways of communicating with people?

Do we text or call someone instead of taking a walk across the room to talk to that same person?

Do we prefer facetime or Snapchat instead of having social gatherings at our home?

I guess many of us have answered affirmatively to most or all of these questions and that is the real cause of our mental health issues.

If we try to have a birds-eye view of the present situation, we find that people from all walks of life, spread across different age groups have been using social media, either for leisure purposes or for staying connected with their loved ones.

But, the irony is, none of the reasons to be on social media platforms are

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Darshak Rana
ILLUMINATION

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