Could I be addicted to social media? I do check it once I wake up, I am always on my phone liking statuses, pics, and watching snapchat stories constantly. In my mind at the time I assumed it was just social media and all I had to do was delete the apps. If I could just delete all the apps I wouldn’t care is what I told myself. I deleted facebook first. Literally once I deleted facebook I added the app right back on my phone by the end of the day. So obviously I could not go cold turkey so, I decided to just hide the social media apps on my phone. FAIL!!! That did not work at all. I started making peace with this addiction. I will be that person that will be addicted. I was fine in this addiction because I could manage it. Its not like I am not doing anything the whole day. I am pretty productive. Thats what I told myself. Then I was listening to Myleik Teele latest podcastand it was a Q&A and one of the questions was someone finding out that they are using drama from her friends to not deal with her own life and that she could even be suffering from depression. Thats when it hit me like a ton of bricks. Am I that woman? Am I using social media to not deal with my own life? Those questions made me think of other instances where I waste my time and not deal with life. I am also one of those people that watch all of the reality TV shows and I had to ponder why was I really watching these shows. Could I be watching these shows to see people doing worse than me? …show more content…
Once I woke up and after I brushed my teeth. It felt good to just check something off my to do list. Like “oh I didn’t check social media let me do that” Done! Liking statuses, retweeting, or posting was like a little job I did and had to get done. I was even using people as my life avoiders. I realized that the people around me madee me feel like I was more accomplished than what I really was. I seeked those people out thinking I was better than them. Who do I think I
I also disagree with this statement because I believe that social media is actually addicting, and provokes a feeling of sadness which is also mentally unhealthy. In Walton's research article she addresses a study found a few years ago from Swansea University, and interprets how they found that people experienced the psychological symptoms of withdrawal when they stopped using social media. To get more into depth, what she implies is that the more we consume social media, the more it reduces our happiness when we stop using it leaving us in a state of social isolation. According to an information, resource and solution center for veterans called Make the Connection social, withdrawal and isolation can cause victims difficulty in accomplishing regular tasks. The effects of this symptom include relationship problems, loneliness, drug or alcohol abuse and trouble sleeping. Which are all either psychological or physical affects. This is another way social media not only psychologically but physically affects us, and why we should spend less time on
Individuals are constantly reprimanded for time spent on social media and time spent on their cellphones. Rather than uploading pictures of themselves on Instagram or tweeting about what they are doing and thinking, time could be spent engaging with the people around them. Such actions are considered narcissistic and viewed as antisocial because they appear apathetic to their surroundings. In “Note to Selfie” John Dickerson argues that social media has improved life by allowing one to share moments with each other. However, Dickerson also states that people who spend an excessive amount of time on social media are the ones who distance themselves from others.
Many people are connected to each other through social networking sites and applications. News feeds and notifications plague the average user’s everyday life. Users log on to view posts about what’s happening in other peoples’ lives. The comparison between someone else’s life and one’s own is a popular trend that has become as addictive as drugs. As one person may fear the withdrawal of their attention from their news feed, others choose to enjoy it. If I allow myself to feel distressed over missing out on social media, then I’d never be able to get through the day. Every minute away from social media is a blessing. The joy of missing out is when a user can feel free from the suffocation of social media. This mindset will massively improve their mental health and relieve them of the stress from social media. A person who fears missing out on social media will crave their news
Annotated Bibliography Research question: Should YouTube be more aware and restrictive of the content being uploaded on the site? Balakrishnan, Janarthanan, and Mark D. Griffiths. "Social Media Addiction: What is the Role of Content in YouTube?" Journal of Behavioral Addictions, vol. 6, no. 3, 2017, p. 364+. Academic OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com.proxy.chemeketa.edu:2048/apps/doc/A509894501/AONE?u=oregon_chemeke&sid=AONE&xid=87501f0c.
When I envision living life without Social Networking, I envision more time to think about important things, not status updates or how many likes I may get on a certain post. I see myself being satisfied with what I have, where I am, and who I am. After experiencing a fast from social media I became aware of the negative and dangerous effects it had on myself and relationships I had with others. Social networking occupied and numbed me from reality, it was a treacherous resting place. Life is more than getting a certain amount of likes or having a certain amount of followers. As defined: social networking is the use of dedicated websites and applications to communicate informally with users, or to find people with similar interests to oneself. The definition sounds innocent, but what it doesn’t include is the addiction it brings that holds you captive without being aware.
In reality, what they are going through is called the “obsessive factor” (“Are SNS Good for our Society?”). The obsessive factor is a condition where a person who is logged in to a social networking site cannot seem to log off, even though they claimed they would just update their status, or upload a few pictures. A great number of people on social networking sites today display this symptom. Spending an excessive amount of time online comes with other problems. Face-to-face interaction with other people decreases significantly, possibly leading into a state of isolation, which has been proved to happen to some people. It has also been found that teens now spend an average of nine hours per week on social networking sites, which is a considerably large amount of time to be sitting in front of a computer (“Are SNS Good for our Society?”). Not only is a large amount of time spent on the computer, but healthy eating habits, exercise and overall health are thrown out the window since people spend so much time sitting in front of a computer. They become too lazy to go exercise or would rather go out to get some fast food, as opposed to a nice healthy homemade meal. Although some people may still find time to do so, others do not. Those problems, however, are not the only ones that come with social networking addiction.
Pornography is becoming the most popular secret in all of America. Only 13.9% of young men don’t view pornography, and of those who do, 51% of male students and 32% of female students first viewed pornography before age 13 (Gilkerson). 21.3% of college males watch it daily or multiple times a day (Gilkerson).
It shouldn’t be so easily influenced but comparing yourself to others is on the rise. You wouldn’t think that comparisons would correlate with narcissistic behavior, but it does. When people scroll through their news feeds, they are envious and full of jealousy most of the time. She’s prettier, she’s more physically fit, she’s more successful. All those things go around and come right back to you. Ultimately how you feel about yourself, which makes you want to change. “I can’t wait to start working out and posting progress pics.”. Things such as that should be for yourself, not to compete with others on social networking sites. Don’t get me wrong, a little friendly competition is good; but you should want to do these things for yourself and not the approval of others. Constantly seeing the positive side of things and not the negative is not only making us more focused on making our lives better or at least seem that way but its also making us pessimists. We see others post their “perfect bodies” or “perfect relationship” and wonder why we can’t have that. Meanwhile, there’s so much more to it. It’s no where near perfect, but why would someone share that openly. Us seeing only these perfect instances, is doing so much harm mentally and
Internet is a big problem in our society today. Many people use internet without knowing it, even I use internet without knowing that I am using too much I consider myself as an addict because I check my Facebook at least 3 times a day and text every time while I eat too. In high school, I used to use my phone in the class because it was allowed in class and teacher didn’t mind but in college I have to tell myself to not use phone in class since it is very important to achieve my goals and get a degree.
To begin with, social media has been proven to be a dangerous addiction due to the many negative side effects like: sleep deprivation, and self-esteem problems. Most of the adult American population is connected to some sort of social media site, and they have joined the banned wagon of people whom check their social media accounts at least five times a day. Using social media to often can be time consuming and essentially causes sleep deprivation because the user stays up late on social media. Since social media has grown in popularity many have began to believe that social media is a life necessity. It is viewed by many as a daily necessity like brushing our teeth, or yet as important as eating. People whom are constantly on social media have been linked to develop self-esteem problems because they are so consumed on pretending and portraying this image of a person they are not. Social media has became such an addiction that many people wake up and the first thing they do is...
Social media although a great tool can become an addiction ultimately affecting our lives and state of mind. That is why we need to limit the amount of time and information we share on social networks. Although the internet is a tool full of good and bad available to everyone, teenagers and young adults are more prone to falling into the traps of the internet. People also abuse social media and overuse it every day because they are concerned with what is happening every hour. Social media is a tool not a necessity and should never be abused or used as a diary because it could result in unwanted consequences that can hurt us in the future.
Social media has become an extremely powerful and useful tool that enables people in a modern society to effortlessly interact and socialize with each other via the internet; however, there is an extremely dark and little known side of social media: addiction. Social media has the potential to become extremely addictive to its users. The addictive nature of social media may intensely interfere with users daily obligations in the real world, which may make a recovery process necessary in order to quell the powerful addiction.
...have found that this is particularly helpful, and when it comes to me in particular, I find that social media is the most stress-inducing. In my life, I try already to avoid violence or distressful pictures/noises/media, which can be difficult, but manageable. However, what I decided to do was avoid social media for a couple of days. Every once in a while I delete Facebook (the only real social media that I use consistently), and I find that the clarity from this to extremely satisfying. Not only do I get a break from the bombardment of other people’s lives, but I also follow many news sources that can be distressing. Weirdly, I get a lot of my news from social media based sites. I found that I was a lot more relaxed and happier the last time I deleted Facebook for a period of over two weeks, and it makes me think it might be worth it to get rid of it altogether.
Internet addiction is a growing problem with more and more people. The internet is much more accessible to people now than it was just a few years ago. The internet provides people with entertainment, loads of information, and an escape from everyday life, but like anything else, too much a good thing can be addictive. This paper will cover what internet addiction is, warning signs of internet addiction, problems caused by internet addiction, who develops internet addiction, preventing and treating internet addiction, and safety guidelines for internet users.
Have you ever thought how much time do you spend using on a computer in a day/week? Computers are as common in numerous households around the world. People from all age groups are learning to operate computers and anyone who has worked with computers for long periods of time knows that computers can be just as addicting as drinking every night of the week. Take further, Computer addiction can have a number of physical, social, and psychological effects on a person, and it is to be taken as seriously as any other addiction that a person is against, but what are those possible effects of spending too much time on the computer, and what are the causes.