The mysterious whereabouts of our identity

Sharing.

Several platforms have become the perfect scenario to share our story, our personal lives in a context of public-acceptance, thoughts sharing and an attention claim that sometimes push the limits of sick behaviours.

Why has this happened? Which was the main trigger?

The social networks have contributed to the creation of this saturated and collapsed context. The disposal of having such an accessible tool, makes it an easy addition to our stressful lives, and in a certain way, that becomes an important role of our daily routines. Does this mean that the social networks are bad? No, they can be extremely useful in lots of aspects. Therefore, in coordination with information, news or events, the social networks are a practical device that simplify the process of exchanging ideas or thoughts. Definitely, it helps the communication to flow in a bidirectional way, and being shared with people that have similar preferences and ideologies with the spokesperson, satisfying it by finding someone that agrees with it.

Then, where is the problem? The problem resides in that moment when the limit is surpassed. Like the fact of sharing ideas and interests, the excess is also personified; in that moment in which we share our daily experiences, or to publish intimately personal material about ourselves, is the moment when the our self identity dies.

There are millions of unique and unrepeatable feelings that we let happen in front of our eyes, letting them flee, ignoring them impassively. While we dedicate time to make photos with a special person by our side or tweeting what do we think about the momentary trending topic, we are slowly killing our identity, letting it in the hands of people that will never truly know ourselves. 

Let's think about it for a while and try to relax having a cup of coffee with an old friend, or  enjoying a family meal without taking any picture of the menu. It may still keep something about that identity that we left abandoned or we believed dead in some corner of the web.