There is a hot search on the Internet: Do people who change their avatars frequently lack security?
Are there anyone like this in your friend list?
They change their avatars every once in a while. If you want to chat with him, you have to go through the circle to find him.
From a psychological perspective, why do some people like to change their avatars frequently?
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like to create some "ritual sense" for life
It is displayed in a set of data:
The sense of ceremony for college students at the beginning of the new semester, nearly 30% of them will choose to change their avatars.
The reason why some people frequently change their WeChat avatars is to find a sense of ritual for life.
The unchanging life will make people feel bored, tired, and even "numb" over time.
Only by constantly creating freshness and bringing a little ritual to life can people have enough energy to live every day.
Whether in life, love or career, we should learn to create a sense of ritual.
For example:
Repeat the room and adjust the location of the bookcase and the desktop.
Put two pots of flowers on the desk;
regularly leave, throwing away things that take up space but cannot use them.
In love, learn to create a sense of ritual and freshness, learn to dress yourself, change your dressing style, and get along with your partner in another form.
These are all the ritual sense of life.
We should also do this when we work.
Every day, 9 to 6, life will make people feel more and more boring.
At this time, we have to learn to create something fresh to relax our emotions.
The matter of replacing WeChat avatar is the "sense of ritual" in a person's social interaction.
After all, we use WeChat chat every day, chat with different friends, and change different avatars, which is also a fresh feeling of social interaction.
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People who frequently change their avatars have some "perfectionist tendencies"
In the hearts of perfectionist people, they cannot tolerate flaws and should try to achieve their preferences and satisfy their favorable feelings or needs.
is the case in any aspect.
either don’t do it. Since you have started doing it, you must do this well.
is just an "overperfectionist", and it is easy to become " obsessive-compulsive disorder ".
Once things go against their expectations, they will fall into a dilemma of internal mental distraction.
The behavior of changing avatars frequently shows that this person is always looking for an avatar that meets his psychological expectations.
must conform to your personality, your current mood, and your career.
Generally speaking, young people are more willing to change their avatars frequently.
On the one hand, they must keep a sense of freshness in social interaction;
On the other hand, they must create their own personality.
And for people after 30 years old, their lives are basically stable, so they don’t care whether to change their avatars.
can also be analyzed from an emotional perspective:
Change avatar by one person is also the intention of drunkard not to drink.
is like a person posting on Moments, only visible to someone, and his words are all hints to his lover.
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is a mentality that is too concerned about yourself
They hope to find out who cares about themselves the most and who has been paying attention to themselves through changing their avatars.
Analysis from the perspective of self:
They are a little over-focused on themselves, which amplifies their importance in social interactions. They always think that the people around them are staring at themselves all the time.
So, under this mentality, they will constantly create their own personality and try to make themselves perfect.
There is a concept in psychology called " spotlight effect ".
refers to: people often easily amplify their importance in the crowd and think that they are the center of the world.
In fact, others didn't notice it at all.
Walking on the road, he was embarrassed to stop and tie his shoelaces when his shoelaces were opened;
took the bus, and there was only an empty seat in front of him, but he was embarrassed to sit down.
These states are affected by the "spotlight effect".
Analysis from the perspective of social psychology:
Frequent change of avatar is a kind of behavior of "consciously expressing oneself".
For example:
In the friend list, a person he likes appears, so he will do some strange behaviors to make the other party notice him.
frequently posts on Moments and frequently changing WeChat avatars. These are all the psychology of "seeking attention".
people have different needs at different ages.
When I was young, I had a higher demand for social interaction.
I hope to find a group of like-minded friends, and I hope to meet people I like, be more brave and fearless.
As we grow older, people gradually become steady and their ideas mature, so we don’t care about these external things anymore.
Today’s topic:
Do you change your avatar frequently?
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