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Another important phenomenon is disinhibition. We do not entirely know why people often feel disinhibited or freer to express thoughts and feelings online. Sometimes that can be a good thing, but at times you can say things that might be better left unsaid. When on social media or other communication apps, it’s important to remember that the act of communicating online via text seems to bypass some neurological processing that might act as a buffer in verbal interactions; this may be due to differences in processing and less use of the frontal part of the brain that manages impulsivity, although this has not been formally established.

The disinhibition you feel when communicating online can also impact your perception of intimacy; we found that when users communicate online, they can feel more connected and intimate with those they communicate with. However, this level of intimacy does not seem to reflect the same types of intimacy that occur through other modes of communication and connection. Although online communication is useful for work and social connection, it can lack some of the cues, boundaries, depth, nuance, and markers that allow real-time connection to establish deeper aspects of relatedness. The ironic fact is that people often feel more intimate more rapidly online, even though it is questionable whether this is analogous to real-time social connection. I have many patients who reported feeling almost instant closeness online only to find it didn’t cross over well in person.