How social media COMPOUNDS our trauma instead of allowing us to work through it
The distortion of digital media, going within and finding truth beyond superficiality
The world of social media has normalised a lot of inverted things, and one of those is projecting our wounds outwards (even in well intellectually dressed formats); withholding us from accountability for how we treat others and more deeply the opportunity for us to introspect, heal ourselves and grow as individuals.
Think of social media like a pit of crabs.
Yes, there are some vortexes of energy; where people are working towards a higher purpose, working on themselves and conscious, productive personal transformation.
But the default is not that, and definately not in the field of activism. Though activism is important from it’s own stance, social media becomes like a fake persona we have taken on as ourselves; inflating our sense of importance, DULLING our sacred, natural sensitivity to life and ruining our own growth.
So, is the answer to get off social media? I hear a lot of people doing that, but for some, it is work, and it is also a positive avenue of social change too.
The answer is never actually in repression, because repression, restraint and avoidance don’t solve anything. They don’t solve karmic patterns. They just feel good from the surface without going into any depth.
And that’s the first thing we need to grasp.
Social media is a reflection of our own karmic patterns; it becomes a matrix where we fail to turn the mirror and become increasingly disconnected from the emotions crying inside of us for attention, deeper truth within.
We don’t solve karmic patterns by avoidance. Now, yes, in the case of trolls, abusive people, toxic attachments and so forth - there are ample people that need cutting off or removing entirely.
But once in a while, life will present you with reflections that need deeper introspection. Life will give you periods of time where your triggers are MORE amplified which gives you an opportunity to clean up the UNRESOLVED KARMIC MESS inside of yourself, the illusion being the screen is anything external.
The screen is not Maya, is is a distortion of Maya. Because we have projected our consciousness into things like usernames, ideology, cinema characters and so forth; it traps our consciousness in much lower dimensions. Simply meditating or being smart isn’t going to free you.
So how does social media compound your trauma and what is the solution?
Let’s understand trauma. Colonial trauma, ancestral trauma, childhood trauma, relationship trauma. The list goes on. The fact is, we come into this incarnation with certain vasanas or karmic patterns, this shouldn’t bet understood as ‘defects.’ We need to take a higher view if we are to call ourselves more advanced than primates. Trauma is something we carry from generations and indeed from the programming and assault of modern society from a young age.
There are no certificates for denying that one has a shadow; an ego, or parts of themselves that could do with healing or transmutation into healthier ways of being, speaking, living and acting. That is consciousness.
Social media compounds your trauma because it keeps you trapped into it. You get instant validation for your edgy view, or even raise a concern about a serious issue; yes - there is productivity there.
But the energetics haven’t changed
The energetics of your own being have not changed through engaging with social media. Whilst activism may be good for the world nothing good is happening for you until you actively look into your own energy.
It traps you because you want to instantly express outwards, because there is complete disconnection with expressing to ourselves. There are a thousand healthy ways to work with our emotional energy, from journalling to EFT tapping, even singing into the air;
Self healing is not for sick people. It is the only path to sanity in a world that has chained us to systems that keep us trapped and sick beyond our awareness.
And it compounds the ego, because the more validation we receive from strangers, we forget that we too deserve to look inside our own weaknesses, and at the core, deserve our own love enough to actually think about self-healing.
What is the solution?
Well that’s the path of self-healing, isn’t it. Taking regular breaks with social media is a good thing, but uncovering the carpet of all the repressed, unresolved shit you’ve kept for years in a hyper distracted state of ‘trying to save the world’ well that’s going to take time.
The solution to pretty much anything is to turn the mirror inwards.
Turn the mirror inwards to the source of the trigger inside of you. Let’s take a very mundane example. People on social media calling you names and insulting you. Where is the inwards trigger? Abandonment wounding? Our attachment to social validation?
We need not attach SO heavily to social media as a sense of identity of purpose. We are not obliged to keep saving the world whilst ignoring our own energetics.
Without taking the time to think, what is it about my own shadow that needs healing? What is the reflection telling me about myself?
When each individual becomes conscious, the world will become conscious too. Until then, people are confused, projecting themselves into a black mirror.
It’s not about not using or using social media - it’s about the neglect of our own shadow, our own being, refusal to turn the mirror into ourselves and go beyond the surface imagery and connection with life. And that’s scary (which I why I recommend doing ayahuasca with shamans in Peru, but even then there’s no magic pill).
You can start by taking a deep breath away from the screen, put your hands on your heart and say ‘I love and accept myself.’ You don't need social validation. You don’t need more edgy views, intellectual acrobatics or analysis. You need self love. You need to become conscious.
Keep healing my cosmic friends,
Stay blessed and abundant.
