The Hidden Horror of Social Media

If I had to describe how much I use my phone, before this assignment I would’ve said that I didn’t use it that much but after actively looking at my screen usage I’ve come to realize I’m more connected to my phone than probably ever before. Any chance I get I’m on just about anything from social media to even just entertainment in general. The more I’m on my phone the less interested I am in other forms of media like Television and even video games. Lately I’ve been trying to watch more television because of the NBA playoffs happening at the current moment. I will watch the game and every and all commercials I pick up my phone and pick up where I left off on social media. I’ll go from Tik Tok to Snapchat to answer messages and even to Instagram to keep up with some of my friends I don’t get to see as much since I’ve moved to Mount Pleasant. I thought it would be easy to be separated from my phone so one week I let my cousin keep my phone and I didn’t even make it to the end of the week and by the second day I was knocking at her door trying to get my phone back. This makes me realize how bad being connected to your screen is and how hard it can be to disconnect from the artificial world we all live in online. The communities online are stronger than most communities we make in real life and that’s sad as we are a social species and to show that one of the greatest inventions is making us strangers to real life conversation is bad for us. If this situation doesn’t get better and if we don’t get out there the next generations won’t understand what it was like to connect on a physical level anymore. We need to see change so were not confined to your home to get social interaction, we need to get out there show the later generations that connecting on a physical basis is just better.