Social media

Anmol Singh-Psychologist & Counselor, Chandigarh

Social media

Empty syndrome experienced by individuals due to lack of personal interaction in absence of close and trusted company drives one to be obsessed with engagement on digital social media platforms. The comparisons indulged in on social platforms by the individual, invites built up of unwarranted depression, leading to set in of anxiety & sadness. The unhappiness so cropped in makes an individual a very negative person. One should be aware that it is human nature to be always selective, projecting only positives and favourable rather than the negative experiences about self. Comparing self with other’s having better placements & career, earning well, having great holidays, buying expensive things etc. generates jealousy and anxiety.  The self esteem of an individual takes a hit when he/she starts feeling everyone is better off than him/her leading to depressive phase.