How social media impacts our relationships

In the fast-paced world that we live in, we are all addicted to social media and spend hours scrolling through social media feeds, wasting our time and energy.

Social media has a huge impact on our lives and our relationships. We usually ignore the signs and the it has on us.

While social media has shrunk the world and helped us connect to others, it has also made us live in a bubble and affected our interpersonal equations.

Here we list some positive and negative impacts of how social media affects our relationships.

1. Medium to connect: social media helps us to connect; they provide us with a platform through which we can connect and even talk regularly with others. It helps improve our relationship as communication helps to strengthen bonds. Social media also provides you with unlimited content that you can resonate with and share with your partner.

2. Share moments: Sharing happy moments on social media can make you feel secure with your partner, as you know they are not hiding the relationship.

3. Long-distance relationships: Social media is a great way to be connected to your partner; it provides a medium for communication. It helps connect couples who are miles apart from each other; they can share their experiences, virtually see each other, and connect.

Negative impact

1. Invasion of privacy: Social media invades your privacy; anyone can access your location at any time, stalk your profile, misuse your profile, and create a fake account. When you are in a relationship, your partner can easily hack your location and invade your privacy for the wrong reasons.

2. Misunderstanding: Social media can create misunderstandings as sometimes text messages send you the wrong impression. For example, if you are in a fight and your partner is trying to calm you down, you may misunderstand their tone or their intention, which can cause fights.

3. Jealousy and insecurity: Social media can make users jealous and insecure. Jealousy and insecurity are a normal part of social media. Everyone nowadays is insecure and jealous. They are insecure about themselves by looking at other’s profiles and jealous of others. It can impact your relationship as you may think you are not good enough or may get jealous of your partner’s ex or group of friends.