If you post your problems on social media, you don’t have a problem. You have an attention seeking problem because personal problems require personal solutions.
Attention seeking problem: I was on a social media platform the other day when somebody with an attention seeking problem was airing their problem.
The person said they had received an email that they felt was inappropriate in their inbox. The person said they weren’t going to name the said individual. The reason given was, “That’s not my style.” However, the person did make a video outlining their problem with inappropriate contact and shared it with everybody on their network.
The post did receive a lot of attention. Quite a number of people were dismayed that such a message had been sent. I wasn’t one of those people who got upset with the message being sent because I don’t disassociate online behaviour with offline behaviour.
If somebody walked up to you in the street and said something that was inappropriate; you can either call the authorities, ignore the comment, or tell them that their comment was inappropriate.
You really wouldn’t run down the street shouting. Did you hear what they said to me because that’s looking for attention and not looking for a solution to a personal problem.
One day, if we’re lucky, people’s online behaviour will mirror their offline behaviour. That’ll be a good day for people, but it’s not going to be a good day for social media platforms because the only reason they exist is because people are sharing information that should be ignored. I’ll leave you with one final thought.
Asking the general public for advice on a general query is equivalent to opening a fortune cookie, thinking you will know what your future holds for you.
P.S. personal problems are too complicated to find solutions on public forums.
