I find chatting really interesting and fun expecially when I'm chatting with someone I find interesting and Fun, however I find it more interesting when I get quick response to my message......the chat can just go on and on.
Getting quick response will make me to be so clue to my phone that not even a bang on the door can get me off my phone untill I'm done. I became so carried away by my phone that I no longer pay attention to both my siblings and parents I don't even want to listen to understand what they are say or feeling I just want them to be done with what they are saying and let me return back to my phone..these was affecting my relationship.
Another amazing thing about social media that I enjoy is that it allows me share my pictures, memes and video clips that are funny....and when you have contact who can relate to these post, it just keep and make the chat more fun.
Wait......what I'm even driving at... chatting is fun.
What's the benefits
it's immediate: by these I mean as long as you have data on your phone and the other person is online and there is network just send the message immediately the person sees it and reply...not like phone call the person might not be in the mood to talk.
it help you stay in touch: some of my family and friends stay far away from me so I use whatsap and Facebook to stay in touch with them and it feels like I'm still close to them.
Although the disadvantages of chatting out ways the advantages for me because chatting makes me so attached to my mobile phone that almost reach the point of addiction. Viewing my mobile phone as part of my body and I may even start to panic if I get separated from my phone.
The fear of being cut off from others makes me keep my phone on all the time, everyday and everywhere.
If I don't receive any message on my phone , I feel uneasy and irritated, and that made me to start to feel that I'm not needed by my friends.
This uneasiness start to impel me to answer all incoming messages immediately, which is often not necessary.
I adopted the standard of thinking of some of my online friends, I was using shorthand writing which affected me at some point in time.....
As time goes by I realized that I wasn't using my time wisely and that all my online friends really don't care about me and how I feel they hardly even check in on me if I'm not online so I had to cut down on time spent there.
I had to delete my Facebook from my phone and my whatsap for some time (up to 6month) I was using just a bottom phone to receive calls I never believe I could stay that long with out being online and guess what????? Those online friends I was making and feeling like I had friends never even bother to check in in me whether I was still alive the only people around me then where my family and friend that I had offline.
Yes keeping in touch with family and friends is cool but one needs to set time to do these so that you don't become an addict.
Chatting can put a starin on your relationship if not properly managed, it can be time consuming, it can make you become lonely and sad.
Don’t ignore the comments of your friends or the direction of your parents if they say that you’re spending too much time online just watch it and adjust.
Because I’ve learned not to allow technology (social media) to become a wedge that separates me from my family and friends.
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