Modern Disappearing Acts

      I do a lot of reading. Personally I love reading articles written by people who have been through things. Sites like  Thought Catalog or the OffBeat web series. One of my times of reading these articles I came across one that talked about losing people. It had struck a chord with me and left me thinking about it for a while.
         The article was specifically about people just disappearing from your life without a trace. Sadly I had gone through this with a very important person in my life. It was so disheartening to have someone just vanish from my life without a trace. I read the article and it resonated with me due to the fact I had gone through it. Sadly tho the article never mentioned what you would go through when the person who vanished randomly showed back up. As well in the modern age were so connected we usually have a way of finding some trace of the people who vanish but sometimes it does more harm than good.

        A few nights ago one of the people show back up. Having some one disappear you have to kind of accept the fact they are gone. That you may not know where they went or if they were okay but you had accept it and move on or it will tear you up. I had found a trace of the person who disappeared from my life and once they showed back up. I didn't know what to do, I literally had an anxiety attack. As much as I'm happy they are back something seems off. Having found traces of them it seems like there is something so different and foreign. I believe in the long run the traces we leave social media now only have some negative effects but also positive ones. The thing is that either way there's no way to end it now days.

       There was also someone else who vanished from my life years ago that interests me even more. Because all I have of them is a few photos and memories. I'm a good researcher, not anywhere near doing it for a living or getting any awards for it. So when someone vanishes usually I can find a trace of them and see where they are or what they are doing but this one I can't. The most interesting part to me is the time frame in which I lost both people. Person 1 we'll call them Alice disappeared a couple years ago, I had known them for a few years, during the real rise of social media. Person 2 we'll call them Chad; I use these names a lot. I lost touch with Chad before the rise of social media and can't find a trace of them.

       In today's world losing people has become harder in a sense. Most of us have left a trace on social media that anyone we know now will always be able to find it. I believe that the long term effects of social media and our interconnected society will have some sort of outcome in the long run. It will be a subject that will be studied and looked into for years to come.