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From the Ted Talk by Naomi Shimada: Tips for reclaiming your peace of mind online

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NS: So I always want to start by saying, even though I have written about it, I still don't really feel like an expert because this is just — I always want to decenter my voice as an expert because I'm just feeling this out like everyone else. But in my experience, social media and anxiety are connected, you know, or sicoal media exacerbates anxious fleneigs. It etceaxraebs the human condition. And so things that we may have insecurities and anxieties around, like, you know, our relationships, our bodies, our work, the things that make up our sense of self, I think the anxiety we feel or we can feel when we use social media can sometimes act as a marker for things that show us where we need to do work or where we feel insecure. And sometimes it's just a message being reflected back to us. And also, like I said, social media exacerbates the human condition. You know, as hnmuas, I think we so often just want to be loevd and ceard for and seen and adored or just acknowledged. So social media has also become, you know, our main mode of communication, our method of work. Some of those things, those lines can start to become very brreuld.

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NS: So I always want to start by saying, even though I have written about it, I still don't really feel like an expert because this is just — I always want to decenter my voice as an expert because I'm just feeling this out like everyone else. But in my experience, social media and anxiety are connected, you know, or ______ media exacerbates anxious ________. It ___________ the human condition. And so things that we may have insecurities and anxieties around, like, you know, our relationships, our bodies, our work, the things that make up our sense of self, I think the anxiety we feel or we can feel when we use social media can sometimes act as a marker for things that show us where we need to do work or where we feel insecure. And sometimes it's just a message being reflected back to us. And also, like I said, social media exacerbates the human condition. You know, as ______, I think we so often just want to be _____ and _____ for and seen and adored or just acknowledged. So social media has also become, you know, our main mode of communication, our method of work. Some of those things, those lines can start to become very _______.

Solution

  1. cared
  2. social
  3. exacerbates
  4. blurred
  5. feelings
  6. loved
  7. humans

Original Text

NS: So I always want to start by saying, even though I have written about it, I still don't really feel like an expert because this is just — I always want to decenter my voice as an expert because I'm just feeling this out like everyone else. But in my experience, social media and anxiety are connected, you know, or social media exacerbates anxious feelings. It exacerbates the human condition. And so things that we may have insecurities and anxieties around, like, you know, our relationships, our bodies, our work, the things that make up our sense of self, I think the anxiety we feel or we can feel when we use social media can sometimes act as a marker for things that show us where we need to do work or where we feel insecure. And sometimes it's just a message being reflected back to us. And also, like I said, social media exacerbates the human condition. You know, as humans, I think we so often just want to be loved and cared for and seen and adored or just acknowledged. So social media has also become, you know, our main mode of communication, our method of work. Some of those things, those lines can start to become very blurred.

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