ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM SELFITIS?

Photography has been the passion of people since 20^th century. People were habitual of clicking pictures to save the moments and used to see them as a memory. Due to this, the cameras kept modifying and then the mobile phones with cameras were introduced which became the demand of the people all over the world.

As we know that we are living in a village of social media which has trapped us in its web like an unfortunate insect. Ever since people of all age groups use social media, they upload their pictures on it. It was just a requirement for identity but later on became the activity.

There’s no social media left where people do not upload their pictures so the technologists decided to introduce some webs specially to upload pictures only. Oh yes, instagram selfies are most popular.

Now a day, we hear a commonly used word “Selfie” which may be known as the word of the year 2013.  Selfie is a picture of one taken by owns self with either the front-facing or back camera. It seems that some people simply can't stop turning the camera their way for that perfect social media photo.  In the craze of pictures, people started taking their own pictures which we call “Selfie” but this craving has been spread all over the world like an epidemic.

Researchers have approved that selfie addiction is one of the mental disorders which is commonly found in people of today specially the youngster.

This order is named as “Selfitis” which is not less than a chronic disease. Gradually, the addiction becomes worst when someone becomes captivated to it.

Being a youngster, I myself, is a selfie addict. I used to take selfies while studying, eating and lying down on bed. A new dress selfie, a woke up selfie, a pretending to be asleep selfie, van selfie, car selfie, pet selfie, a mirror selfie, and a pout selfie is must. Selfie with a laugh, with smile, before going out, after a new hairdo, with parents, with friends, meanwhile in university when preparing for an-hour left exam, after exam, during making assignments, in depression, giving expressions, a boredom selfie and a bundle of other selfies are now one of the natural components of my life. There is never a particular reason to take a selfie each day. So the signs and symptoms are all transparent that I am suffering from “Selfitis” which badly nettles my parents and sometimes the people around me. Besides this, none of my days go without taking a selfie.

This is not only me who is suffering from this serious disorder, it might be you as well. Because, the one who uses social media would definitely be enjoying the desire of taking selfies and uploading it frequently.

It could have said that a time will come when this dangerous desire would become the norm and we will find people taking selfies with the person bleeding on the road after an accident instead of taking him to the hospital. A selfie with a dead body with weepy eyes and even before going to commit suicide to leave the picture as an evident. Too much keenness is sometimes not good enough. We should be alert of the adversity. Too much addiction may lead to depression.

After reading this article, are you going to stop taking selfies? No.