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Technology is reshaping health, relationships, and identity.
Face-to-face interactions often seem to be relegated to secondary status in the hierarchy of our lives.
Selfies and social media posts mark a shift from internal identity to external expression and validation.
Being the tech wizard that I am, one morning I accidentally pressed the reverse button on my iPhone camera. The next photo I took was of me—my first selfie. This accidental moment triggered my love of satire and led me to write this post.
One thing was clear: I was not comfortable. And then it hit me—I must have Low Selfie-Esteem: the sense of inadequacy that comes from lacking the necessary digital narcissism to continually admire oneself in pixelated form.
What’s wrong with me? The warning signs were alre

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