There are a lot of articles and even books about the dangers and benefits of the Internet as a whole and social networks in particular. Many see in the transition to the “virtual side” an unambiguous evil and the threat of real life and the warmth of living human communication. However, for some people, the Internet remains the only way to maintain at least some social contacts.
The Internet has discovered opportunities for communication (and changed its shape) even for the most shy of us. Some psychologists recommend online dating as the most secure and provoking minimum anxiety
way to establish social ties. Indeed, hiding behind the pseudonym, we seem to get more freedom, we are more relaxed, we flirt, get acquainted and even curse with our same virtual interlocutors.
Moreover: such a safe way to interact with others is often the only acceptable for people with sociophobia. Social anxiety disorder is expressed in constant fear of one or more social situations in which a person is exposed to strangers or possible control by others.
Professor of Boston University, psychologist Stefan G. Hofmann writes: “The use of Facebook (an extremist organization prohibited in Russia) is motivated by two basic needs: the need to belong and the need for self -presentation. The first is due to demographic and cultural factors, while neuroticism, narcissism, shyness, low self -esteem and self -esteem contribute to the need for self -presentation ”.
The problem arises when we cease to live a real life, because we spend too much time on social networks