Camille Leblanc-Bazinetさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Camille Leblanc-BazinetInstagram)「#Repost @elainewelteroth ・・・ When someone I follow posted this on #WorldMentalHealthDay, I stopped scrolling. It made me think. More importantly, it made me feel—a lot of things. How many times a day do we make assumptions about people and their lives based on what we see from the outside? How often do we feel like we can be honest about what’s actually on our heart? I once felt very close to a person who sort of disappeared from my life without explanation. And when I eventually addressed it (which felt very scary—vulnerability is hard!), they pretended not to notice the distance and said, “oh, I guess I should call more but I just feel like I already know what’s going on with you because I’m always watching your IG stories.” It was hurtful, confusing, and particularly bewildering because despite what it looked like online, I was actually going through one of the loneliest, most isolating times of my life. It hurt when it happened to me but I’m almost positive I’ve been unintentionally guilty of the same thing at different points in my own relationships. (Also: I’m admittedly a very tardy texter-backer! I have 831 unread texts in my phone as I type...🙈) So, during this period of forced physical isolation, to counteract the natural impulse to feel satiated by a “seeing” someone online, at least once a week I make it a point to do a FaceTime check-in with people I love. To actually SEE their faces. To HEAR their voices. And to ask: how are you—like, REALLY? I hope this is a reminder to stop scrolling and check in—in real life—with someone you care about. And to make the space to truly LISTEN. Because we never know what the people in our lives are struggling with. Especially during these times. And we certainly won’t know by watching their lives play out online. Please remember: Knowing someone’s highlight reel is not the same as knowing someone. Even as 💯real as I try to always keep it on here, the internet was never intended to replace intimacy. Cultivating human connection in the age of the Internet requires us to be intentional about how we show up for each other in REAL LIFE. And the truth is we need each other - @thealiciacook」10月14日 0時22分