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When social media becomes your loneliness escape

I deleted Instagram three times this month but keep redownloading it when I feel lonely at night and now I am scrolling through people I haven't talked to in years pretending I know their lives.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The digital world offers connection that feels real but leaves the deeper hunger for authentic relationship unfed.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and human identity — who are we with our tools??”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.