WhatsApp status speaks a lot about you.

I have a confession to make. Guess what! I am one man who idle a lot in people’s WhatsApp status. I idle a lot there than the whole time I have allocated myself for idling. Sounds weird! Yes I do have idling time. #Therealitiesoflife. We all idle at some point only that it takes some courage to exhibit. Enough of digressing. Despite the idling, I’ve been able to learn and fathom some meanings as far as WhatsApp status are concerned.

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Take for instance my friend, Jane, not her real name, when she shared with me her predicament. She couldn’t understand why her parents, whom she describes as financially somewhere though not there, wouldn’t appreciate her consistent stellar performance unlike her friends’ parents, who’ll acknowledge every single achievements of their daughters. She’s been raised not to demand for anything but to just appreciate what’s brought on-shore. Consequently, even after I have tried to give her a piece of my mind on the same, she still went forward and in a faint red font posted, “I am inadequate with all that life has shoved in me…”  At the end was several broken love emojis. You know what I mean? Having the above information, you’ll definitely link the WhatsApp status with what she’s going through.

Just like Jane, many of us express through WhatsApp status our deeper feelings, thoughts and experiences. Though differently, it will still somehow betray our subconscious feelings and thoughts. The following are five WhatsApp status and their meanings;

1. …#FearoftheLordandnotman; You probably must have come across a whatsApp status similar to this. Actually the bible proposes in the book of Proverbs 14:27; The fear of the Lord is the fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death [sic]. I therefore not intent to criticize such posts in their entirety. Nevertheless, a majority of such posts have no any bearing on anything to do with God. A lot are instigated by human to human normal setbacks. Such a post should appear to you as an encouragement. However, that is not always the case with such authors.  Mostly, they are exhibitions of a defense mechanism efforts to guard their own internal fears or fear from others.
2. I am more than you can think; This would still imply, what you are thinking about me is right but since I don’t want you to read more about me, I should distract your thoughts of me with this statement. We are thinking objects. We extract a lot of wood from the timber. If I am to quote Friedrich Nietzsche, “There are no facts, only interpretations.” I am therefore entitled to my own interpretation just as the owner of the statement is. And we could both be wrong altogether.
3. All I care about now is self love; Normally accompanied with exaggerated number of emojis of the joyous swinging lady in a red pouf-like dress. With this kind of posts, there’s more than meets the eye. Mostly, heartbreaks and disappointments from meeting expectations propel such sentiments.
4. I am my own me; This is mostly associated with fellows who struggle with self-esteem. It portrays an individual who has been plunged in trying to please other people by living a phantom-like life. By the time they reach this point, they have matured to realize the facts of the statement and they are in the process of trying to live it. That’s basically idealization defense mechanism.
5. Give me a break, I have a life to live; This will come from an individual who is blind to criticism but gives every reason to be criticized. They can’t hold their horses and every time they will be acting in a way that will draw your attention and still expect you not to express your freedom of speech and opinion. In brief, they are attention-seekers.