Obsession with Facebook

Are you obsessed with Facebook? I have clients who wonder if they are. Certain people definitely are, which makes me wonder how we survived the times when Facebook wasn’t on everyone’s daily show yet. Let’s take a look at the obsession with Facebook and its advantages and disadvantages.

Are you obsessed with Facebook?

There are a couple of good signs that you are obsessed:

• I’m checking Facebook every day and basically logging in as soon as the computer is on.
• I spend at least 30 minutes each day reviewing what has been going on, browsing other people’s pages, etc. Most days it would be more like 1-2 hours.
• I’ve been visiting (stalking) ex-boyfriends pages to find out what they’re up to.
• I am trying to find friends by all means possible to get as many friends as I can.
• I keep in touch with my friends through Facebook.
• I rarely use emails and instead message friends on Facebook.
• I check Facebook before checking my emails.
• When my company banned Facebook, I went out to buy an iPhone just so I could check Facebook. I probably used other justifications to buy it, but that was my main reason.
• I wonder how I can survive a vacation in a country without Facebook.
• I can’t believe if I know someone and they tell me they are not on Facebook and I will definitely try to convince them or at least send them an invitation.

If you answered yes to more than three but less than five of the previous statements, it is very likely that you have focused a lot on Facebook; If you answered yes to more than five statements, you will fall into the category of obsession.

Your brain on computers

Scientists say juggling email, phone calls, and other incoming information (like on Facebook) can change the way people think and behave. They say our ability to concentrate is undermined by bursts of information.

These activities, and Facebook is one of them, play on a primal drive to respond to immediate opportunities and threats. This stimulus triggers arousal, a rush of dopamine, which researchers say can be addictive. In his absence, people get bored.

Connections

Whether users hide behind justifications, it is a fact that the use of social media and Facebook, being one of them, has brought people together and supported them to keep in touch with old friends who otherwise it would not happen. Facebook users have reconnected with old school friends, long-lost family members, or friends they lost contact with over time and this network allows them to keep up-to-date without having to write long letters, emails, or do one phone. calls.

conclusion

If you have observed a pattern of obsession in your use of Facebook or indeed any other activity you want, honestly consider the costs you pay and what the effect is on your general health, social interactions and emotional state.