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Is the Internet making you ill?

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Updated on: 29 May,2022 07:27 AM IST  |  Mumbai
Mitali Parekh | smdmail@mid-day.com

Free-flowing mental health disorders discussion is chipping away at societal stigma, but also confusing serious illness with life’s challenges. Are we headed towards an epidemic of normalising and overmedication?

Is the Internet making you ill?

Experts say that a true self-care process means you acknowledge the problem, identify it and reduce your exposure to triggers. The plan should include rest, a therapeutic activity and stress-reduction techniques such as breathing exercises. Pic/Getty Images

It's a valid concern in the attention economy we live in—Who is drawing this attention? What emotions are they evoking? What product are we being warmed up to buy? Essentially, who is capitalsing our attention?

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