I watch lots of YouTube Shorts and people say some very unhelpful things. I wonder why they feel the need to do this?
Earlier articles have shared that you have to be careful with social media/internet for therapy. ChatGPT while interesting, is not any kind of real therapist. They don’t have the intelligence for that, and using it is more like reading a romance novel. They are designed to make you feel good, not help you discover truth.
Too often I see YouTube videos of people who are trying to use these things as a way to deal with their feelings. While sharing with your friends is nice, I would humbly suggest that probably 99% of this would have a more helpful outcome if you shared with a therapist or privately with friends.
No I am not telling people what to do. The problem is that when people have a mental health moment, we don’t need to capture that for eternity and it doesn’t help that person long term. We all have struggles and grow, but the judgment from others doesn’t help that person or their relationships that are affected.
Is there a benefit to others to see this? I don’t think so. Its fine to see others process their emotions and let them know they aren’t alone, but perhaps this is better done after the fact and written rather than the raw outpouring of feelings. Am I uncomfortable with feelings? No. I am just suggesting that because we have a tool like Social media that allows us to record everything, it may be helpful if we don’t record everything.
One of the things that I feel bad for are people who have had their entire lives documented on video/pictures Everyone who was born in the 90s and up are constantly recorded, and it is hard to be forgotten. I like the European “right to be forgotten” that is helpful and necessary as a human being.
We all make mistakes, and those of us who were born before the 90’s, had the wonderful gift of being forgotten. Of not being constantly recorded. I have to admit that I don’t like being recorded or photographed. I want to keep a low profile, just because privacy is an essential part to being human.
Don’t misunderstand. I will never say that things were better in the past. They weren’t. However we as a society need to remember that not everything needs to be documented and that part of the reason why I regularly delete things here and articles I write. This is a place to share, but also a place that once I have fully understood something, I am ready to move onto something new.
Don’t get stuck in documenting your life for others. Turn off the electronics and live it!