From Social Media to Social Anxiety Disorder
Social media has brought us a lot of things. Some of those are great things like sharing. We share our joys, we share our sorrows. We share our highs, we share our lows. We share our opinions, we share our concerns. We share our successes, we share our failures. If you ask yourself a question, have I become a more open and forthcoming person because of using social media, the answer for most of us is going to be a YES. However the counter question 'why' could be a tricky one. Why were you not so open, free and forthcoming before you started using social media? What is/are the factor(s) which make you a different person on social media? The answer may vary a little bit in the way you put it in words, however, the crux is going to be DISTANCE. We make so many new contacts, connections and friends over internet whereas we fail to find even a few friends in real life. Distance brings in a lot of ignorance and secrecy. This gives us the space which acts as cushion to be able to