AS Your Voice

 That Empty Feeling After Scrolling You are Not Imagining It  Have you ever closed a social media app after an hour of scrolling, only to feel a strange sense of insulation? You've just" connected" with hundreds of people, yet you feel more disconnected than ever. I flash back hosting a regale party where half the guests were quietly absorbed by their phones' gleam, the quiet valve- valve of thumbs replacing the lively chatter I'd anticipated. That is when it clicked — we are in the age of a profound new social issue digital loneliness .  It’s the incongruity of feeling alone while being more digitally" connected" than any generation in history. This is not just a vague sense of malaise; exploration from the American Psychological Association shows a significant correlation between heavy social media use and increased passions of loneliness and depression. We have optimized our world for digital effectiveness, but at what cost to our abecedarian mortal...