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Know what is ‘Selfitis’

‘Selfitis’ is a term coined by medical experts to describe the habit of  taking an overabundance of photos of oneself and posting them on social media sites. According to psychologists, ‘Selfitis’ is a genuine mental condition and people who feel compelled to continually post pictures of themselves on the social media may need help.

Selfitis is a condition described as the obsessive taking of selfies. At present,  it is currently not listed as a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).Researchers in the Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom first detected the new psychic disorder. As per them, if a person takes more than three selfies in a day and posts them on social media, then he or she is suffering from Selfitis. People suffering from this stage can be cured by counseling in the early stages.

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Selfitis is a kind of OCD(Obsessive Compulsive Syndrome) and advanced stages lead to insomnia and acute depression followed by suicidal tendencies.

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