The internet is a weird place. I don't think this is said enough. It's definitely been a boon for me, because I am self employed and I work from home. Hadn't been the internet, I would have been slogging my entire day in the clinic. However I also feel that if I didn't have this social media job, maybe I would be having less depression? No matter how much you try, FOMO and comparison keeps cropping up. 

The internet pays you for being vulnerable. It's said that earlier (read before the era of 30 years) people used to get mad if someone read their diary. Enter the era of blogging, people started putting out their thoughts out to the world, they got mad when people didn't read the confessions/feelings.

Now with the explosion of Instagram, oversharing has become the norm. When people were writing blogs, it just used to be words with the occasional pictures. Now everything is video. People sharing their live updates, all the time. 

Many influencers have built their entire career on divorces and death. Books, podcasts, merchandise and what not. Read Amanda Kloots, Leslie Stephens, Chriselle Lim et al. Are they really "helping" others or they are monetizing their situation and making it a gimmick? 

Things are however different in India. When a celeb refrains from social media, speculations crop up and when they share something, then the media goes frenzy, trying to extract abnormalities from the minutest of things. 

How much is too much and where should we draw the line? 

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