Yay technology! A British male teenager tried to commit suicide after he failed to take the perfect selfie. Danny Bowman became so obsessed with capturing the perfect shot that he spent 10 hours a day taking up to 200 selfies. The 19-year-old lost nearly 30 pounds, dropped out of school and did not leave the house for six months in his quest to get the right picture. He would take 10 pictures immediately after waking up. Frustrated at his attempts to take the one image he wanted, Bowman eventually tried to take his own life by overdosing, but was saved by his mom. I was constantly in search of taking the perfect selfie and when I realized I couldnt, I wanted to die. I lost my friends, my education, my health and almost my life. The teenager is believed to be the UKs first selfie addict and has had therapy to treat his technology addiction as well as OCD and Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Part of his treatment...included taking away his iPhone for intervals of 10 minutes, which increased to 30 minutes and then an hour. It was excruciating to begin with but I knew I had to do it if I wanted to go on living, he told the Sunday Mirror. Read more: disclose.tv/news/Selfies_Linked_to_Narcissism_Addiction_and_Mental_Illness/101410#ixzz2xNjnuUWX
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 19:35:19 +0000
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