Technology plays an essential role in our lives or we can say that it has become a part of our life. From waking up from our bed to going to sleep we are all the time surrounded by technology. Technology makes our lives simpler, better and more manageable.
Technology has many positive sides, but many times it creates FOMO in the minds of the people. FOMO is the abbreviation of Fear Of Missing Out, as the line expresses from itself that it means having a fear of not being present or not having something at a particular moment. It is a fear of regret that may lead to concerns that one might miss an opportunity for social interaction, a novel experience, a memorable event, or a profitable investment. It is connected with the things that others are doing and you are not. FOMO is never a good thing; it will create stress, tension, anxiety and many more mental sickness.
When we talk about technology, social media has a large contribution in creating this FOMO. In today’s time, many people spend most of their free time on social media to refresh their minds but sadly this does not always happen. We often see people get jealous by seeing the photos and videos of their friends or family enjoying themselves. In contrast, they do not get the opportunity to enjoy it, maybe because of their study or job or something else and it creates FOMO inside their mind, they start blaming themselves for this, which was not a scene when social media is not very popular. People also create FOMO by seeing the dressing sense of other people or some influencers on social media platforms, they try to find out why they do not have all these things.
Technology has reached such an extent that every day we see a new gadget launched or a new technology being introduced. Smartphone companies launch their phones so frequently with new features that make the old one obsolete. All these products are launched to target young people because they get influenced very easily. Due to which, the people who do not have that product feel the FOMO of not having it and try to buy it. But here the main agenda of the company comes into play that’s to create FOMO among the people as their market strategy so that they can sell their products as it becomes easy for them to do so.
I thought that many readers must be able to connect everything with themselves. I just want to tell all of them that if you do not have something then accept it because there must be something that you have that others do not, and always remember that people put all their happy moments on social media and not the bad ones. So, we can’t remove this FOMO from our minds but it is our responsibility to reduce it to such a low level that it does not get the authoritative right to affect our mental peace.