“this search for approval is part of a broader phenomenon of attachment to things that provide image, status or recognition, which not only distances people from one another, but often takes over social relationships that had previously been well established
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“virtual narcissism, which arises from the desire for approval on social media and is extremely serious, taking you captive and making you dependent without you even realising it
“This void created in terms of communication had to be replaced with something. And what has replaced it in the world in which we live? Online validation, the cultivation of the ego on social media, and social media reaching the position of a god of the soul for those who are so attached to these networks.
“It makes you dependent on technology and social media, and you turn an existence that should be concrete and tangible into a virtual existence, imagining that you are liked by everyone.