As a psychologist I am here to discuss issues which are unheard
of, “The unspoken truth in the current scenario”. You might be wondering, why
am I even discussing the advantages and explaining about social media,
everybody knows that right?, but I wanted to share it because I didn’t want my
readers to think that my viewpoint and approach is prejudiced and altogether
towards the negative side. In fact I wholeheartedly support the use of
networking and how it has helped in shaping our attitude, interest, aptitude,
mind, work, recreation and of course revolutionized our freedom of speech. I
don’t beg to differ from, but I use this, my voice, to make sure that you
understand from the psychological point, regardless of it’s being great
invention.
Now the time for some reality check. Social media is undoubtedly a
huge distraction. Most of the students suffer from this. Getting distracted is
very easy unlike gaining focus. Whether a new video going viral or a text from
a friend, or just random scrolling your mobile screen creates loss of focus and
one can lose track of time. It diverts your mind from doing whatever you were doing.
Slowly with course of time, it becomes an addiction. You feel the need to be
busy with your phone. It’s all a beautiful illusion for you. Your mind responds
to the beep or vibration, acting as stimuli, of your device. A spectrum of
another dimension originates. What are you missing? The current time in your
hands wasted & going down the drain thus missing your work. Your very
existence is merely subjected to what’s happening in your social media. The
gadget in your hands becomes your partner and making your mind blank without
informing. Students tend to forget their task at hand and thus facing constant
nagging from parents. We see extremity when you don’t want to reflect on what
you’re doing. There is no right or wrong for you, just pure leisure in ignoring
the real world.
Imagine a family of four and everybody is just busy with their
cell phones, would you call that a family? These types of families forget the
real meaning of bonding and spending valuable time together, they forget what
togetherness is. It creates barriers for love, belongingness, compassion,
empathy. I’m sure no one would like that unless you think otherwise.
to be contd.....
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