I’m angry and impatient all the time: Has social media changed me forever?

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines atIt’s 2 a.m. and I’m lying on a hospital cot. The hall is crowded with patients waiting for attention. I’m one of the lucky ones. I got here early enough to claim my own space. I’m hooked up to a heart monitor. I’ve already had 2 EKGs. I’ve swallowed down clot-busting drugs and aspirin.

My muscles tense up when I look at my Twitter feed. My teeth clench when I look at Facebook. As a writer, I’ve been told to show, not tell and right now I’m overwhelmed in the telling. The multitude of voices telling me things that I really don’t want or need to know. I crave approval, the need for others to know what I’m doing and like it. I feel let down when I don’t get enough of this virtual attention.

How has excitement and anticipation turned to rage? How has eagerly pressing redial as a teenager to buy concert tickets turned into the intense frustration of repeatedly hitting the refresh button? Life has turned into a race and the other runners are disappearing over a hill in front of me. I’m at the bottom about to hurl myself down on the pavement.

TatoskyD For sure and is not for the best.

Some of us have been angry and impatient since Eternal September, long before social media. The internet used to be cool.

================================ Yes, the wonderful modern age where those that have the gall to say no are called racists, misogynist or homophobic where it is really that we all should learn or realize that we just simply cannot have everything. ================================

Yes 😞 I haven’t logged on to FB since the election. The divisiveness and hate that keyboard warriors spew is too much. Gone are the days we can agree to disagree, it seems that now people are evil if they’re not towing the line of your beliefs 🤷🏼‍♀️😖🤷🏼‍♀️ Aren’t we all Canadian? 🇨🇦

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