Tonight's picture was taken in March of 2005. Mattie was lying between Peter's feet and clearly did not want his photo taken. I recognize that pose VERY well. Ironically, Mattie was fascinated by Peter's camera and its flash very early in life. I would say the camera intrigued Mattie even as a baby and clearly as a toddler Mattie wanted to know where that bright flash was coming from. He would track it, follow it, and reach his hand out to grab the actual flash attached to the camera.
Quote of the day: They call them kidney stones. Imagine trying to swallow and digest a running chainsaw everyday, for a couple of weeks. ~ Unknown
I was listening to the radio the other day and they spoke about a phenomenon I never heard of before... Selfie Related Trauma! Just so we are on the same page, a Selfie is now defined in the Oxford dictionary as 'a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and shared via social media.' Selfies have been linked to a large number of mortalities and significant morbidity worldwide. These serious injuries and deaths occur during or after having taken a photo of one's self, with the accident at least in part attributed to the taking of the photo.
The United States Department of Transportation estimated that during 2014, the so-called "year of the selfie," 33,000 people were injured while driving and using a cell-phone in some fashion, which can include talking, listening, and taking, uploading, downloading, editing, or opening of selfies. A 2015 survey by Erie Insurance Group found that 4% of all drivers admitted to taking selfies while driving.
A study was done on this phenomenon, and I attached a link below to the study, in case you want to read it for yourself. When I think of a trauma, I think about a psychological issue, that results from an event. But with Selfie Related Trauma, there seems to be the reverse...... there is a psychological component FIRST that leads to an event (accident or death). Heavy selfie-taking and sharing selfies on social media sites and smartphone addiction are closely associated with narcissism and psychopathology. So what does this all mean? Do some people have a certain personality type that makes them more susceptible to cell phone usage and taking selfies? Therefore, are these individuals more likely to be involved in accidents? I don't know, but it seems like one can draw all sorts of conclusions from these studies.
What I do know is as a city driver, I see more and more distracted drivers all around me. Glued to their phones while driving, which is scary to see, as vehicles can be a weapon if not properly used! But the bottom line is cell phones cause great distraction, which isn't good if you are by the edge of a cliff. Which apparently is the preferred site to take a selfie (according the study below). What did we do before the cell phone? Before our minds were distracted and hyper alert to the bings, noises, and sounds?
Media-based clinical research on selfie-related injuries and deaths:
https://www.journalagent.com/travma/pdfs/UTD-83103-CLINICAL_ARTICLE-DOKUR.pdf
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