"Coping with Reality" is the New Reality
"Coping with Reality" is the New Reality Social Media has become an escape or a coping mechanism form reality. We all have that moments(mostly late night 2/3 AM) where we feel our screen is no more filled with entertainment or purpose, it becomes a mirror that reflects back our emptiness in ourselves. We have reached a state where scrolling is not the objective anymore it has become a necessity to stop ourself from facing the reality. Reality can be anything from not reaching your daily expectations & priorities to extremely stressful thoughts(Exam Prep, Suic*dal, Parental Issues). This behavior prolonged become a very bad for our emotional regulation. We start to over depend on Social Media for each and every minor inconvenience in our life. Rather than filling the emptiness/void with mindless scrolling, Why not just sit with the boredom which gives us time to reflect on the important aspect of life. Live not Survive. "I, a slave to my boredom, running from what com...