Blogpost #4: Hi! My name is Narcissus.

Vanity has been hunting the human race since the 1500s. It was then since associated with the term Narcissism based from the Greek mythology involving Narcissus. With 'Selfie' in the picture, Am I a narcissist?

In Pamela Rutledge's article "#Selfies: Narcissism or Self-Exploration?" on psychologytoday.com. She talks about how selfies can be not a form of Narcissism but a form of Self-Exploration, or study of oneself. She gives out details explaining how and even pointing concrete examples to defend her claim. She goes on to explain how selfie is just an evolved Self-portrait. 

i miss school. Star City later *_*

Rutledge says, "Humans have long demonstrated an interest in self-exploration.  From early Greeks to present day, people have used self-study and self-observation to explore identity and sense of self.  Trying to figure out who we are and what we’re about is a distinctly human pursuit for almost everyone, whether you are trying to find greater consciousness or figure out what moved you to buy the blue shoes."

As technology progresses, we find ways to learn things about ourselves. We are humans, we always have questions about anything, about ourselves. Selfies in my opinion is a way for some to connect with themselves, to learn from what other people think about them based on their selfies. Though learning oneself may lead to something good. Some people tend to over examine their selves making them think things like "If I'm not like this, maybe I need to be like this." They become co-dependent to society, which in the long run, very toxic. Let's face it, no one is physically perfect at birth and no science magic will ever change that(yet).

source: memegenerator.net

Melissa Schenker states on her article "Are You a Narcissist If You Take Selfies?" on huffingtonpost.com that our culture points out teens as being narcissistic when it's just developmentally appropriate for them to be focused on their peers and be self-oriented. She points out that, selfie is for teens is just a way for them to fit in, to grow up as an adult. She also says it's over-generalizing and is a shallow notion of narcissism. 

I look like a punk rocker with my overgrown bangs. Getting them cut soon!! My hand looks green...... #punk #rock #bangs #cut #green #handSchenker says, "Could it be that calling teens out for doing selfies may be our generation's rock-n-roll? And maybe, the older generations are being narcissistic by calling teens out for selfies -- assuming the old way of using the new technology is better than the teen's way?"

There will always be a generation gap. It happened to me, it happened to our parents. I do believe that what teens do now has something similar when I was growing up. Calling the older generations as being narcissistic may or may not be in agreement with all as some of them are just concerned for the well being of their children. its a known fact that selfies is the most contagious form of social media and too much of a good thing(for some) is bad thing, ain't it? 

source: memgenerator.net

Like it or not, people, teens will take selfies. They will get addicted and nobody can stop them but themselves. I personally really don't think selfies are bad at all. It's just some may do them excessively and to the point that it's pointless. Well, we just need to accept the facts and try to at least be there for them when shit happens.