4 Reasons Why We Post Selfies

Did you know, that women aged 16 to 25 spend an average of five hours a week taking selfies, and posting an average of three selfies a day?

· photos by @yoremahm

When we post a selfie for the World to see, we eagerly await for the likes and comments to show up from friends and strangers. Sometimes immediately after posting, we stick around for a few minutes and rapidly refresh the page to see how quickly they start rolling in. Taking selfies has become so common that it's now uncommon if someone doesn't. Typically, people take multiple selfies and only post the best one (some post them all). So we try harder to take a better selfie (to get more likes and comments) and the cycle continues.

1. We want to be loved

Everyone of us has a deep desire to be loved. It's what we are all looking for. When we don't feel loved, we feel empty, hopeless and depressed. YOU are love. What love is, that is what YOU are. We are able to show love to one another and we deeply desire it.

2. We want to be accepted

Those same likes and comments also make us feel accepted. “I posted a picture of my face and 24 people liked it! Wow! Maybe they think I'm cool, good-looking, fun or maybe they want to date me?!” These are the types of things that go through our minds. Maybe we just want to know that someone else cares about us, that they see us or that we are accepted.

3. We want to matter

We constantly see our friends posting selfies of themselves while on vacation, hanging out with friends, doing fun activities, etc. When we see this, we subconsciously think “wow, that person has an exciting life and does all sorts of cool things…”.

4. We want connection

The reason social media are so popular is because we are social beings who desire relationships with one another. I'm not saying that selfies are “bad”. Like anything, moderation is a good thing to exercise. At the end of the day, posting selfies (or anything) on social media helps us stay connected to our friends and family and helps them stay connected to us.

Remember: You are not the Selfie._

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