Social Interaction is Not Social Media!

Some of you may agree some will disagree however, I feel this is true. 

Over time we have become dependent on talking/writing to others on various platforms and posting odd videos on holidays or special occasions.

I have been around tech for a majority of my life and have adopted a lot and skipped many, don't get me wrong I love it so why the title.

One thing I have learned going about my mental health journey it was easy to hide behind DM's, texts and Facebook posts. I also learned that people don't use the medium to its fullest. 

So let's run through a few examples and this is where you might find the controversy or is it just my perception? This is from a mental health point of view. 

Let us look at the obvious hiding behind the platforms. It's easy for someone to say I am fine or no problem even to the point I am great how are you? is quite common I know I did it. 

As a photographer I was taught the skill of seeing, some in part is a gift you have, when you are photographing people it is all about emotion as the saying goes the eyes are the window to the soul.

So the ok I am great you cant see the person, this is where the social interaction comes into it, I am not saying to drive around and check out the person you are talking with and that all people have a mental health issue, what I am saying is society has lost its way in the art of communication.