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Understanding Selfies and Selfitis

The document discusses the concept of 'selfie' as a self-portrait photograph often shared on social media, tracing its history back to the first self-portrait in 1524 and the first selfie in 1839. It introduces 'selfitis', a mental disorder characterized by an obsessive compulsion to take and share selfies, and outlines its classifications: borderline, acute, and chronic selfitis. The document also highlights the negative effects of excessive selfie-taking, including mental health issues and incidents leading to death, while suggesting limiting sharing and considering cognitive behavioral therapy as potential treatments.

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Understanding Selfies and Selfitis

The document discusses the concept of 'selfie' as a self-portrait photograph often shared on social media, tracing its history back to the first self-portrait in 1524 and the first selfie in 1839. It introduces 'selfitis', a mental disorder characterized by an obsessive compulsion to take and share selfies, and outlines its classifications: borderline, acute, and chronic selfitis. The document also highlights the negative effects of excessive selfie-taking, including mental health issues and incidents leading to death, while suggesting limiting sharing and considering cognitive behavioral therapy as potential treatments.

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by

AMAN SINGH RAGHUVANSHI


असर
(ASR)
What is ‘Selfie’?
- A SELF-PORTRAIT
PHOTOGRAPH

-OFTEN SHARED ON SOCIAL


NETWORKING PLATFORM

- USUALLY FLATTERING AND


MADE TO APPEAR CASUAL
Brief History of Selfie
 The first self-portrait done
by Parmigianino (Italian
painter) in 1524.

 The first selfie in human


history was taken by an
American chemist Robert
Cornelius (an American
pioneer in photography) in
1839.

 The term “selfie” was


discussed by photographer Jim
What is Selfitis ?
According to American Psychiatric Association (APA)
(2014)

• The act of taking many selfie can be consider as


a Mental disorder

• The disorder has been labeled SELFITIS.

• It is defined as an obsessive compulsive disorder


(OCD) to take photo of oneself and publish it
onto social media like WhatsApp, Facebook,
Instagram, Twitter and others.
Negative Effectives
 Leads to Selfie disorder

 Loose self-confidence

Taking a lot of selfies may


be make you MENTALLY
ILL.
Classification of Selfie
disorder
Borderline Selfitis : Take photos at least 3
times a day but don’t necessarily to post them
on social media.

Acute Selfitis : Taking photos of oneself


atleast 3 times a day and posting each of the
photos on social media.

Chronic Selfitis : “Uncontrollable urge” to


take photos of one’s self round the clock and
posting the photos on social media more than
six times a day.
Selfie Addiction
Case A :
A teenager became so obsessed
with taking the perfect selfie that he
tried to kill himself when his efforts
failed.

Danny Bowman, 19, would spend 10


hours a day taking up to 200 photos of
himself on his iPhone.

The teenager dropped out of school,


remained housebound for six months and
lost two stone in an attempt to capture
the perfect selfie.

Danny eventually became so depressed


that he took an overdose, but he was
discovered by his mother Penny and
rushed to hospital.
On January 2016 in a socking incident Mumbai girls fall into
sea while clicking selfie. A man rescued two girls while one
died. Man who was rescuing these girls also remained un-
tracked.
 India has most selfie
deaths

 Selfie caused a
death
Cure and treatment

• Try limiting your sharing at-least for a bit.


• Instead of immediately posting, keep them on your
phone to look at later, or just send them to a best friend
or a significant other.

• At the moment there is no cure for the disorder, but


apparently Cognitive Behavioural Therapy can be
considered as a temporary therapy.
Conclusion
 Before doing something, make sure its safe and
know the limit.

 Different research have been conducted and the


results reveal that selfies are linked with different
mental disorder.
 Selfie pose a
problem for those who
develops a perception
of self on others
opinions.

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