“Hey what’s up?”
“Nothing much you?”“Nothing, how are you?”
“I’m good.”
But
in reality some people are going through a lot and want to talk about it but,
are too scared to. We spend more time on Facebook than interacting with people.
People express their emotions on Facebook but others don’t take it serious and
try and talk to them in person. Without human connection people have more
problems like depression, they get lonely because they feel like they have no
one. they spend more time on the internet than socializing. Facebook is
supposed to help you connect with people in your life, but it pushes those
people away to connect with people half way across the world. Yes Facebook can
be handy to connect with relatives from far away but what happened to writing
letters there a lot longer and you have better conversations and more things to
say. Kids rather hide in their rooms and go on Facebook than socialize with
friends or family that are close. Social media and
the other networks isolate kids, and also their families… it provides
opportunities for people to think they’re connecting with the world and staying
up to date with events when really they’re not, they are behind in every
possible way, behind in connections friends and with their families.
“Today, yet another
study emerged that proves Facebook causes depression, and the more someone uses
it, the more depressed he or she becomes. This new study comes from the
University of Michigan, where researchers observed 82 Facebook users during a
two week period. They found that the more time a person spends on Facebook, the
more his or her feelings of well-being decrease and feelings of depression
increase.”
“Recent research has shown that using social
networking sites, mainly Facebook, can increase people’s stress levels, produce
anxiety and negatively affect a person’s sense of self. Using these sites might
even cause a person to develop a mental health disorder or exacerbate an
existing one. Social media even has the power to quickly spread moods around
the world.”
There is a lot more cyber bullying going on
and it’s harder to control, no one reports it and when it is reported it gets
worse especially if the kid tells their parents. They get made fun of more and
hurt more and they get pushed till there at their braking point. Bullying on
social networks happen a lot more than in person, I personally have been
bullied before on Facebook, even threatened. I’ve been called many things and
even been told to kill myself and it cuts deep, you try so hard not to listen
to them. Some people say it’s not a big deal to get picked on and stuff on
Facebook but to the people it happens too hurts a lot. Bulling on social networking
and in person can cause someone to get depression which can lead to cutting and
possible suicide. Parents don’t know what people are saying to their kids
because they can’t see it and the kids will not talk to them because there not
close like when there was no social medias. Parents rather give their kids
their phones to play on than have to deal with them.
Since I have got a phone and Facebook and all
the jazz I haven’t been very connected with people. I never really hang out
with people anymore. I used to be the most sociable girl and make friends so
fast than everything changed. I texted all the time but I realize now I never
really had conversations and I used to be on Facebook 24/7. I lost connection
with my friends and family. I can’t talk in front of people anymore and I freak
out when I’m around people I don’t know. I even went for my drivers and got way
to nervous and scared because I can’t socialize with someone I just met let
alone drive with them. My feet were shaking and my hands too. I messed up so
much that I failed and I’m so scared to go back but my parents keep pushing me
but they weren’t there when I took it they were not me and felt how I felt.
Social networking and technology has ruined my human connection and im fighting
so hard to get it back, but you know what I will never be the same person I was
and feel the same way I used to because it killed that side of me. I will
always be scared of people and always have the past I do. I will always feel
like I don’t belong and feel like people are talking about me, my life will
never be the same. But I will ALWAYS keep fighting.
-Amanda Scherger
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