
You may have hundreds of friends on Facebook, but with how many do you really share the bond of friendship? In my previous column on April 8, we tried to understand why addiction to social media can leave us feeling lonely. To recap, social media can cause pressure to lead an ‘Instagrammable’ lifestyle, can take you away from loved ones if you’re obsessed with your phone, and become the major cause of your unhappiness if you don’t get the amount of online attention by others. While one might dismiss this as a ‘phase that will pass’, social media loneliness is a big deal, and can lead to bigger problems if gone unchecked.
The first step is to acknowledge that you have a problem, only then can you work towards fixing it.
How to cope with Social Loneliness?
We all feel lonely at times, but the good news is that this isn’t a permanent feeling. Here are some easy yet effective ways to cope with social media loneliness:
(The writer is a clinical psychologist and the founder of Woman TV)