Sadfishing - Wikipedia

Sadfishing is a term used to describe a behavioural trend where people make exaggerated claims about their emotional problems to generate sympathy. Sadfishing FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Exaggeratingemotionalproblemsforsympathy Sadfishingisatermusedtodescribeabehaviouraltrendwherepeoplemakeexaggeratedclaimsabouttheiremotionalproblemstogeneratesympathy.[1]Thenameisaplayon"catfishing."Sadfishingisacommonreactionforsomeonegoingthroughahardtime,orpretendingtobegoingthroughahardtime.Sadfishingissaidtohurtyoungerpeople,exposingthemtobullyingandchildgrooming.[2]Thisisduetopeoplesharingtheirpersonalandemotionalstoriesonline,oftengettingthemtargeted.[3] Anotherconsequenceofthisbehaviouristhatpeoplewith"realproblems"endupbeingoverlookedorevenaccusedofsadfishingthemselvesandbeingbulliedforit. Youngpeoplewhoseeksupportonlinehavestartedbeingaccusedofsadfishing,areporthassaid.Thereportsaysthattheaccusationsofsadfishingcouldfurtherharmyoungpeoplewithmentalhealthproblems.[4]Sadfishingisrelatedtocyberbullying,andisoftenlookeduponasamethodofattentionseeking.Sadfishinghasbeensaidtoattractalotofbulliesandpaedophiles.[5] Contents 1Background 2Potentialcauses 3Separatingsadfishingfromcrisis 4Seealso 5References Background[edit] ThefirstknownusageofthewordsadfishingwasinJanuary2019,inanarticlefortheMetro,writtenbyRebeccaReidinreferencetoKendallJenner'sInstagrampostsaboutheracneproblems,postingpicturesofherselfwhiletalkingaboutit.ThetermwaslaterpickedupbyGoodMorningBritain,wheretheydidaninterviewandtalkedaboutit.ItstartedtrendingonsocialmediaatthestartofOctober2019,withseveralnewschannelsandnewspaperspickingitup.[citationneeded] Potentialcauses[edit] Sadfishingcanbecausedbymanythings,themainreasonbeingthatsomeonedoesn'tgetenoughattention,and/orhaslowself-respect.Thisisprovenbythefactthatpeoplesadfishingarelookingforcompliments:veryclosetonarcissisticbehaviour,butwithdesireforcomplimentsfromotherpeopleforself-satisfaction.Sometimesadultspartakeinsadfishingbecauseofjealousy.Whensomeonefindsthemselvesthreatenedbyanotherpersonwhotakesalltheattention,theymayrespondwithsadfishingbehaviour.Lonelinesscanresultinsadfishingaswell;bypostingabouttheiremotionalproblems,peopletendtocraveattention.Postsaboutanxietyanddepressionarereallycommonwhilesadfishing,aspeopletendtoshowcareandgiveattentiontotheonesadfishing.Anotherreasonforsadfishingcanbethatsomeonefeelsuncomfortablesharingfeelingswiththeirclosefriendsorfamily,andasaresulttheyturntosocialmediatosharefeelingsforsympathyandattention.Anti-socialbehaviourcanleadtosadfishingaswell:ifsomeonehasnofriendsandnoonetotalkto,theyoftenendupsharingitonline.[6]Anotherreasonforsadfishingcanbetrolling;peoplewilltrollandseeiftheycanhookanaudienceontothemselves.Sadfishingcanalsobebecauseofactuallywantinghelp;peopletendtosadfishinordertofeelbetter,afterlettingpeopleknowthattheyneedhelp. Separatingsadfishingfromcrisis[edit] Itcanbedifficulttotellifapersonislookingforsupport,sympathy,orifthepersonisatriskforharmingthemselves.Thisisduetothefactthatsocialmediaoftenlackscontextandtheabilitytoreadnonverbalcues,saysDr.LindseyGiller,aclinicalpsychologistinNewYork.Peopleatriskforsuicidewillshowothersignsinadditiontotalkingaboutsuicide;suchasadeepeningdepression,expressionoffeelingtrapped,feelingsofworthlessness,orapreoccupationwithdeath.Theymayevenpostonlineiftheyareconsideringsuicideorself-harm;thiscanhelpstopsuicideorself-harmiftakenseriously.Takingpeopleseriouslyisamust,astalkingaboutsuicidecanbeapleaforhelp,andcanalsobealatesignintheprogressiontowardsasuicideattempt.Thereisnowaytoknowifafriendissufferingorincrisis,orisonlyseekingattention,especiallyifyou'renotamentalhealthprofessional.Assuch,eachalarmingpostshouldbetakenseriously,notesDr.JelenaKecmanovic,aclinicalpsychologistinArlington,Virginia.[7] Seealso[edit] Attentionseeking Cyberbullying References[edit] ^Coughlan,Sean(October1,2019)."'Sadfishing'warningonsocialmedia".BBCNews. ^Boyd,Milo;Gibbons,Brett(October1,2019)."KendallJenner-inspired'sadfishing'trend'putschildrenatriskofgrooming'"–viawww.mirror.co.uk. ^Bernal,Natasha(October1,2019)."Sadfishing:Thetoxicsocialmediatrendthatcouldbeharmingyourchild".TheTelegraph–viawww.telegraph.co.uk. ^correspondent,SallyWealeEducation(September30,2019)."Youngpeoplewhoseeksupportonlinebeingaccusedof'sadfishing'"–viawww.theguardian.com. ^Mahmood,Basit(October1,2019)."'Sadfishing'isplayingintohandsofpaedophilesandbullies"–viawww.metro.co.uk. ^Dorking,Marie(October1,2019)."Socialmedia'sadfishing'trendfoundtobeharmingmentalhealthofchildren,butwhatisit?"–viawww.msn.com. ^Fischer,Kristen(October10,2019)."Sadfishing101:HowtoTellifYourFriend'sSocialMediaPostIsaPleaforAttention—oraCryforHelp"–viawww.parade.com. Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sadfishing&oldid=1093330252" Categories:DigitalmediauseandmentalhealthHumanbehaviorInternetslangSlangTextingcodesHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataAllarticleswithunsourcedstatementsArticleswithunsourcedstatementsfromNovember2019 Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages Addlinks