Thursday, 10 August 2023 | Mansi Bhambri I DEHRADUN
The desperation, now discernible among women in particular, to gain popularity on multiple social media platforms through making reels on themselves may invite dangers aside from negatively affecting their mental health. This is what the experts said while talking to The Pioneer on this matter. They said that those hell bent on drawing attention through reel-making exercises may take recourse to risky stunts. This may not just endanger the life of the reel-maker but also those who are being involved in such attention-arresting adventurism. They also said that such reel-making passion among the adults may spread to the children as well and if it happens it may prove even more dangerous for them.
Asked to comment on this new trend of making reels for social media platforms, Geeta Chaubey, a resident of Dehradun, said that the reels have given the women an opportunity to showcase their talent before the people at large. “Besides, reel-making activities prove stress-buster. These also act as distraction, giving some excitement and variety to the humdrum daily routine of our lives,” she said, adding that she spends a significant amount of time in producing reels for herself for public views.
A Dehradun-based clinical psychologist Dr Pratibha Sharma said while speaking to this correspondent that the reels are becoming popular among the women, particularly the young women. “They are getting so absorbed in reel-making fun that they hardly give attention to their familial responsibilities. We are noticing with alarm that the mothers are not bothering about their children as much as they ought to due to their desperation to grab attention on social media platforms through reel-making. It is also a fact that some women, battling with frustration in life, are trying to escape from it by exhibiting what they think is something unique in themselves to the society at large through reel-making activities. But I may say that this might deepen their frustration due to their addiction to the number of ‘likes’ and followers they receive. In case they keep it under reasonable limits it is good. But, in most cases, they cross the limits and then they can hardly take a break from such attention-grabbing exercises,” she said.
While speaking on this matter, noted clinical neuropsychologist Dr Sona Kaushal Gupta echoed the same view and said that in reel-making, the women and the students have found a platform to flaunt some of their special, intrinsic qualities which generally remain hidden from public view. “And the rise in the number of likes and followers bolsters their self-confidence. But they must keep this exhibitionist passion under moderate limits,” she added.
