{"id":26481,"date":"2017-08-31T21:02:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T18:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/?p=26481"},"modified":"2017-08-31T21:02:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T18:02:18","slug":"social-media-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/social-media-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Warning Signs That You Have a Social Media Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"
Do you constantly reach for your phone? Do you get that sense of panic when you can\u2019t find it? Are your friends and family constantly competing for your attention? These are some of the signs of social media addiction.<\/p>\n
Social media has integrated itself into every aspect of our lives, and Instagram has found to be one of the worst platforms for addictive behavior and anxieties associated with a lack of social validation.<\/p>\n
It has developed such an importance in our lives that we have developed additions to it and the validation we feel when a picture or post is successful<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Here are seven addictive behaviors associated with social media. If you have all seven, then maybe you should put the phone down!<\/p>\n It\u2019s not uncommon to snap a quick picture of a fancy meal at a restaurant to share with friends and family, and social media is a quick and easy way to do that.<\/p>\n However, if you have posted pictures of everything that you have ever eaten, then you may have an issue with how much you think people are really interested in what you\u2019re digesting right now.<\/p>\n Take a break from the food pics and just enjoy your meal. Maybe talk to the people you are eating with, too.<\/p>\n If you wake up and reach for your phone before even kissing your partner, then you may have a serious issue here. When you can\u2019t even spend a few minutes between waking and scrolling then this is a definite sign of social media addiction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n If you find yourself checking social media late at night when people aren\u2019t even awake, then this is another sign. Try and give yourself a break and get some headspace for a while so that you don\u2019t feel so reliant on what other people are doing and saying.<\/p>\n Hashtags are a great tool to help expand the scope of your readers and reach more people with tweets and pictures, and it can be funny to ironically stick a hashtag before a word, and a lot of people do it to satirize just how much we use them.<\/p>\n But, if you use it seriously then you have a #problem. This is a clear sign that your boundaries are a little bit too blurry and you need to take some time off Twitter and Instagram and let your communication skills<\/a> recover<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Mindlessly scrolling is something we are all guilty of, whether it\u2019s because we\u2019re bored or we\u2019re looking for something in particular, but it can be a bit more than that<\/strong>.<\/p>\n If you frequently find yourself months deep into Facebook and years deep into an Instagram profile, then you may be a little more addicted<\/a> than your average social media user.<\/p>\n Try occupying yourself with something a bit more constructive and give your thumbs a rest.<\/p>\n Not having Wi-Fi can be an inconvenience to most people because a large part of our lives is focused on the internet, whether it be for work, school, or communication.<\/p>\n If your whole world feels like it\u2019s falling apart with a lack of bars, however, then maybe you need to rethink your priorities.<\/p>\n Take some time away from the internet<\/a> and communicate with real people, they do exist.<\/p>\n This is probably one of the more problematic signs of a social media addiction because it can have a real effect on our self-esteem and confidence if a picture doesn\u2019t perform as well as we would like it to.<\/p>\n1. Your food is frequently published\u2026 every course.<\/h4>\n
2. You wake up and the first thing you do is reach for your phone.<\/h4>\n
3. Hashtags have integrated themselves into your language.<\/h4>\n
4. You don\u2019t know how many miles you\u2019ve scrolled.<\/h4>\n
5. No Wi-Fi feels like a disaster.<\/h4>\n
6. You anxiously wait to see how many likes your photos get.<\/h4>\n