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Facebook Can Be Just As Addicting As Alcohol Or Video Games
No, this isn’t one of those quizzes that will test your personality and determine your whole existence based on a short series of questions. Instead, this is just a small wake-up call to see if perhaps you are spending just a little too much time on Facebook.
Keeping in touch with friends and family and coworkers is fine, if you do it in moderation, and it doesn’t detract from other Real-Life ™ activities. So, if you log in to your Facebook account in the morning for a few minutes, or you sign in at night, after work when the kids have all gone to bed, you are probably not a Facebook addict.
But, if you are a person who constantly needs to know what all your friends are doing, and you are sitting in front of your computer refreshing the page waiting for new updates, then perhaps you are hooked on Facebook.
When you go to work, is it necessary for you to log in to Facebook on your breaks? Are you letting Facebook interfere with your work, putting aside tasks and assignments to see if you have any new messages or friend requests?
Are you using the Facebook application on your phone? Do you commute to and from work every day with your mobile Facebook in your face the entire time? Are you avoiding interaction with other real people because you’re more interested in what people typed in what they had for breakfast? Maybe you are addicted to Facebook!
Like any other addiction, you have to understand if Facebook is changing the way you think, interact, or organize your schedule. If you find that you are compromising activities, such as household chores, personal hygiene, shopping, or eating, then you might be a Facebook addict.
If you think you are just a little bit too attached to Facebook, then think about talking to a medical professional to see what can be done to curb your interests in this online social network, and focus your will on other normal pursuits.
Facebook in moderation is the key. It doesn’t need to become an obsession.
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