Selfies have become a part of our everyday life, and the one who doesn't have it ... In fact, we think that such a person does not exist. See what people are doing to have an original selfie.

The Chinese cafe humorously combined the fashion of taking selfies noticeable with favorite customers with milk foam.

All you have to do is take a selfie and send it to the printer of the coffee machine and in a few moments you will enjoy the picture floating in your cup of coffee. A brilliant manifestation of creativity.

Iiu Susiraja is a photographer from Finland.

Well she did this bizarre series of selfies. Which are so crazy they will make you laugh. And she didn't want to turn out unbelievably cool. On the contrary.

She actually made fun of this whole funny world on Facebook and people full of complexes who think it matters where they are and that others are really interested in it. Empress!

Freud and selfies: What would the creator of psychoanalysis think about our obsession?

If he were alive, what would Freud think of our obsession with selfies? Psychologist and writer Thomas Camoro-Premusic answers this question.

Go to the most beautiful place in the world and they will see people taking photos ... of themselves!

Today, we look at selfies as a new phenomenon - the term "selfie" entered the Oxford dictionary in 2013 and soon became the word of the year.

However, selfies are as old as photos. The first selfie was taken in 1839 by the American Robert Cornelius.

But why would we take a selfie, when we can simply admire ourselves every night in the mirror?

It's a little weird, isn't it?

Who better to explain our unique human behavior than Freud?

If I love myself, you will love me too

Freud is the creator of psychoanalysis, and he also popularized various concepts such as ego, subconsciousness and going to therapy.

One of these ideas is excessive self-love, better known as narcissism.

In Greek mythology, a young man named Narcissus once walked by the river and decided to drink some water. He saw his reflection in the water and spent so much time admiring his own beauty that he lost sight of what was going on around him.

Eventually he drowned trying to hug his reflection.

Freud says that self-love is natural.

However, it can turn into a psychological disorder when someone loves himself to the extent that he excludes everyone else.

TESTS

Psychologists have developed a test to measure personality traits such as narcissism.

Here are some results:

Daffodils are usually more active on social media

Taking a selfie is associated with excessive self-love

… But only when it comes to men.

Women are usually less prone to narcissism than men, although they take more selfies.

On the other hand, the American psychologist Jean Twenge showed that narcissism is on the rise: in the past few decades, it has reached the same rate as obesity.

On the couch at the therapist

Most of Freud’s ideas arose from his everyday observations, and the amount of information we have access to today would be very interesting to someone like him.

Freud would like to analyze the phenomenon of selfies.

He would notice that people take selfies not because they are in love with themselves, but because they want everyone else to be in love with them.

Seeking attention

Let's not forget that Freud began his research at the end of the 19th century, at a time of far greater sexual repression.

Women and men were kept separate and taught to be ashamed of expressing their sexuality, or worse, of enjoying it.

Many of Freud's patients from Vienna's high society suffered from "hysterical paralysis", that is, they were unable to walk, without any physical cause.

Freud believed that the reason these women did not walk was the way they sought attention.

If we need other people's attention so much, isn't it better to share a few shameless selfies?

Maybe it is, but that does not mean that there is nothing unhealthy in this obsession, not only for those who take selfies, but also in relation to how selfies affect others.

Average unhappy

Selfies show people who live the best lives, and are carefully selected and arranged.

We are surrounded by images of people with perfect lives and bodies.

Recent studies have shown that they make us feel more envious, isolated, insecure and inadequate.

In Freud's words, other people's selfies make us neurotic.

Freud said, "The goal of psychoanalysis is to replace neurotic suffering with normal human misery."

The next time you want to take a selfie, remember Narcissus and focus on your friends instead of selfies.

You may not get as many likes as you would like, but you will get Freud's approval and that should be enough for you.