 So my name is Maureen. My YouTube channel is Cosmo for Confidence. You can see my information below to find my own videos. But today I'm doing a video for psych2go.net. To find out more about the discussion I'm going to have today, go to the selfie chronicles. It's not that bad, is it? You can find the link below. The author is Risha May Ordas. So I'm sure many people have heard about why selfies are bad. I know a lot of people say why are younger people taking selfies because it's terrible for you. But then you have people who are younger who say I love selfies because I love taking a picture of myself posting online and seeing people compliment me, basically. So what are the actual problems with taking selfies? According to Dr. Pamela Redledge, she did a study for the psychology in taking selfies. And she stated that taking selfies is detrimental to a person's mental health in narcissism, low self-esteem, and attention-seeking behavior. When I read this article at first, I completely understood that because the main reason why people take selfies is to get that attention, to get people to like their photo, to give them a compliment. And taking too many selfies isn't a mental disorder, but it does have characteristics of body dysmorphic disorder. Body dysmorphic disorder basically is the mental illness that involves that one's own appearance is defective and that it has a flaw and that other people can see that flaw. And I know many people spend sometimes hours trying to get that perfect selfie. A lot of people have this whole thing about them that they want a certain angle and what's the perfect smile? What's the look you want? And you end up taking a million selfies and you always try to find the perfect one. So what's the whole thing with this is you are trying to find the perfect selfie and most of the time say you have a pimple on your face. You will do anything to hide that pimple and you can do that with selfies. You can angle it differently. You can edit the selfie if you wanted. And it completely makes you look at your own flaws and make sure that you don't show them. There are good things about taking selfies. I know sometimes I like to take a selfie. I think I look nice and sometimes I like seeing that people compliment me. So you know, it's it's human. I think it's human. What do you think? I want to hear what you think. So make sure you write below. What do you think are the pros and cons about taking selfies? And check out the article itself so you can read more about it. Make sure you visit psych2go.net. There's a Tumblr, a Twitter, a Facebook and Instagram. So make sure you go and find them. Go to my channel Cosmo for Confidence and subscribe to me. So I want to hear your opinions so comment below. Like this video and subscribe to the channel. Have a fabulous day.