Psychologists have warned about the dangers of trending public confessions on social networks
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- Psychologists have warned about the dangers of trending public confessions on social networks
Publicly speaking out about insults and injuries can trigger an emotional release mechanism in the brain, but when personal experiences are transferred to the public space, there is a risk of increasing psychological vulnerability and dependence on the external reaction of the audience. All the details are in the Izvestia article.
The psychological effect of publicity
Dmitry Yagudin, Doctor of Psychology, founder and ideologist of the D.R. Yagudin Neurouniversity, explained that saying resentment out loud activates the prefrontal cortex of the brain, which is responsible for regulating emotions. This process completes the neural cycle and relieves tension, turning suffering into an understandable story. However, when recording a video, a person receives two types of dopamine: for an act of courage and for social approval in the form of likes.
According to the expert, if video becomes a regular format, the brain learns not to let go of pain, but to reproduce it for the sake of effect. When a closed wound does not provide content, a person begins to subconsciously look for new reasons for resentment, turning suffering into a resource. Real therapy needs honesty, not the audience.
"The pain told in the camera has been heard by the world. The pain you have lived in silence has been heard by you. This is not the same thing," Dmitry Yagudin said.
Implications for self-esteem
Ekaterina Boronkina, a business psychologist and head of the online school PUZZLE Academy of Psychological Excellence, stressed that a person in a state of public confession is extremely vulnerable and expects sympathy. However, social media algorithms are focused on reach and drama, not healing. The lack of an expected response or receiving aggressive comments can cause a new wound and destroy self-esteem.
Instead of a real study of the injury, it is being packaged into a format that will "fit" the audience, Boronkina noted.
"A person gets an incentive not to live through the trauma, but to package it in a format that fits. He begins to edit his story for the audience, what to add to make them regret, what to remove so as not to condemn. And at that moment there is a substitution," Boronkina added.
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Boronkina recalls that professional support in a private format ensures the necessary confidentiality. True mental recovery requires focusing on internal processes, rather than on the reach and comments of outsiders in the digital space.
"The psychologist's office has a safe space, privacy, professional support, and a professional—led process," Boronkina said.
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