Selfie
addiction reveals extreme self-love
And women photograph themselves more than men, psychiatrists say. As the
selfie craze grows, some patterns are emerging. Women take more ‘oomph’ selfies
than men. But when it comes to adventurous selfies, men are way ahead,
according to a Bengaluru psychiatrist.
No extensive studies have been done on the psychology of constantly taking one’s own pictures, but Bengaluru psychiatrists are getting anxious calls from parents about children and teenagers suffering from selfie addiction. Psychiatrist Dr Ajit Bhide says taking selfies all the time is a variation on the theme of narcissism, or the condition of being in excessive love with oneself. It indicates a preoccupation with the self, among people who say they have little time for other things in life.
People take photographs at extreme locations to show their sense of adventure. “More men than women do this,” he says. “But women take more selfies than men.”
Excess is bad
Some selfie-takers put their lives at risk at extreme locations, says Dr Prathima Murthy, psychiatrist at Nimhans. No cases of selfie addiction have been reported yet at the institute, but an excess of anything is bad, she says, comparing selfie addiction to excessive gaming and phone use.
Deaths highest in India
A recent
study found that India has recorded the highest number of selfie deaths.
Researchers found that 127 people had died so far while taking selfies, and 76
of them were from India.
In the dictionary
in 2013
‘selfie’ became the word of the year and found a place in the Oxford Dictionary
where it is defined as ‘photograph taken of oneself and uploaded to a social
media website’
07.12.2016
Light
tomorrow with today
Elizabeth
Barrett
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