Is the Internet making you ill?
Updated On: 29 May, 2022 07:27 AM IST | Mitali Parekh
Free-flowing mental health disorders discussion is chipping away at societal stigma, but also confusing serious illness with life’s challenges. Are we headed towards an epidemic of normalising and overmedication?
Experts say that a true self-care process means you acknowledge the problem, identify it and reduce your exposure to triggers. The plan should include rest, a therapeutic activity and stress-reduction techniques such as breathing exercises. Pic/Getty Images
It's a valid concern in the attention economy we live in—Who is drawing this attention? What emotions are they evoking? What product are we being warmed up to buy? Essentially, who is capitalsing our attention?
Consider the frequency with which mental illness terms are hurled at us as we scroll Instagram or the social media platform of the minute. Most of us are likely to identify with at least three out of the five symptoms listed. We are constantly vigilant for “triggers” and have decided we are ‘ADHD’ on Thursday and ‘Borderline’ by Sunday. Mondays are for anxiety attacks.
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