Introduction Human beings are exceptionally complex creatures, with varieties of feelings, senses, mental abilities, physical features, and mindsets. Throughout centuries, humanity has sought to facilitate working, learning, and communicating processes that help them evolve and live decently. The Internet has become the greatest invention of the 20th century. Earlier, this technology was believed to share information and connect humans. Now, it offers an opportunity to network, avoid a feeling of loneliness, and share moments and thoughts. The intention, however, sometimes might be different from the result. At the moment, social media constitutes a highly controversial means in terms of a real connecting of people and breaking the barriers of prejudices. Social media, currently, has the capacity to facilitate networking, if used properly, as well as, if overused, to develop a negative mental state, and decrease one’s communicative abilities. Greatest Helper or Insidious Threat The Researcher’s Opinion on the Issue The researchers state that the connection between people social media provides them with is phantom. The book Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other , by Sherry Turkle, Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, exemplifies the statement. She believes that human beings seek intimacy, but are extremely afraid of showing vulnerability, so they turn to social communication for secure interaction (Turkle, p. 56). The author of the current research believes that this happens due to the satisfaction of the basic human psychological needs on behalf of social media. These needs are supposed to be satisfied by the communication in real life with the significant Other. Instead, they are satisfied through online communication on diverse platforms. The author believes, as well, if the basic human psychological needs are addressed by social media, the real efforts to learn how human interaction works, or how to manage emotions or stress, may decrease significantly. To form bonds and maintain relationships, one should involve in real in-person interaction, regardless of how stressful and painful it might be. One is solely able to feel deeply understood, protected, and respected if the real interaction is present. To deal with stress, vulnerability, happiness, pain, and loneliness, one is truly capable while cooperating with Others. Online communication only provides “instant gratification,” but scarcely can offer deep understanding and a feeling of presence. The Social Media Impact on Young Adults Social media addresses and satisfies such basic human needs as the need to be listened to and to feel the presence of the Other, which may cause the degradation of social skills. As social animals, human beings tend to socialize and form bonds with people to be recognized by the significant Other and experience the existence itself. During her TED Talk, Sherry Turkle states that people feel lonely but are fearful of intimacy (“Connected, but alone?” 00:12:18-00:12:28). This statement describes precisely what the human being is – the need for being recognized and accepted by the significant Other confronts the fear of being violated wh