Friday, February 4, 2011
How to Stop That Facebook Addiction
Are you addicted to Facebook? I know I am. It starts of with a simple exploration of your friends on the site and suddently you are logging on 10 times a day to see if any of your friends have made updates to their profile, changed their relationship status or have posted new videos or articles. Suddnely you are glued to your computer monitor and the only thing on the screen is Facebook. So maybe your addiction isn’t that bad but apparently enough people are addicted that wikiHow has published an article entitled “How to Quit Facebook.”I suggest 6-step solution:
- Admit you have a problem – This sounds like the first step to any other addiction. WikiHow suggests that you ask yourself “What did I just accomplish by checking Facebook?” Ha! If only I had that much self-control over my Facebook addiction. Well, at least I admit to it!
- Define your goals on Facebook – Hmm … I never really had any goals with Facebook. Although maybe my goal should be to reach 5,000 friends. That surely would get me to login more frequently. WikiHow suggests just logging in to check on friends’ birthdays, keep track of old friends, etc. Once you catch yourself going off track, log off. If only it was that easy!
- Make a Facebook Schedule – Seriously? If you find yourself scheduling Facebook into your daily schedule, this should be a serious warning sign. WikiHow suggests that “after each Facebook goal, write down how much time and at what frequency you’ll need to be on Facebook to achieve that goal.” Are they serious? Based on the calculations they suggested, you end up using Facebook for 6 hours and 20 minutes a week. I think this is still a relatively significant amount of time, although I spend much more time on the site.
- Think of other things you could be doing – Duh! This is a no brainer. I could be at the gym, socializing in the real world or a million other things but there is a reason I logged on in the first place. I’m starting to think that these suggestions are totally useless!
- Leave Facebook – This should have been number one! If you are spending way too much time on Facebook, quit cold turkey. It’s like having your cell phone turned off for 24 hours. Once you do it, you will realize how dependent you have become and think twice about your usage.
- Find a substitute – This one is good. Facebook taking up too much time? Find another site that isn’t as good! WikiHow says “if you find you’re at a computer during critical relapse time, find another website to log onto and read instead of Facebook.” Facebook relapse? This is a little crazy.
'Facebook addiction causes anxiety, depression in youngsters'
AHMEDABAD: It is becoming more and more evident that social networking over the web is the new opium for today's youngsters. Apparently, social networking is everything for many of them as they spend a considerable time developing a favourable profile, complete with favourites and likes, updates and playing online games.
Meera Neelkanthan, a student of psychology from Coimbatore, presented a paper titled 'Relatedness Between Facebook Addiction and Self-Regulation' at the ongoing national meet of Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists (IACP). In her study, she observed that the greater time users spend on the site, the higher the chances that they will lose control over their urge to log in.
Practicing psychologists in the city say that studies have shown that teenagers, who are heavy users of social networking websites, are prone to depression, along with missed sleep, school and meals. Some psychologists, now ask about the online profile of the patients before a full assessment.
On why Facebook? Neelkanthan said, "Arguably, it is the most popular networking site today with the Indian youngsters, due to various applications, games and several features such as poke and like available here. Facebook syndrome can be defined with several parameters - as soon as you wake up you log in, even when offline, you think about the networking and even when you can talk face to face with the person you prefer to send across a message or comment on a post."
In her study, she studied 160 participants with 60 adolescents, 60 youngsters and 40 middle-aged adults. She found out that the ratio of those getting hooked to the site was higher in adolescents and youngsters than other users. She also pointed out that due to peer pressure, the networking sites a large number of users below 18 years of age.
Meera Neelkanthan, a student of psychology from Coimbatore, presented a paper titled 'Relatedness Between Facebook Addiction and Self-Regulation' at the ongoing national meet of Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists (IACP). In her study, she observed that the greater time users spend on the site, the higher the chances that they will lose control over their urge to log in.
Practicing psychologists in the city say that studies have shown that teenagers, who are heavy users of social networking websites, are prone to depression, along with missed sleep, school and meals. Some psychologists, now ask about the online profile of the patients before a full assessment.
On why Facebook? Neelkanthan said, "Arguably, it is the most popular networking site today with the Indian youngsters, due to various applications, games and several features such as poke and like available here. Facebook syndrome can be defined with several parameters - as soon as you wake up you log in, even when offline, you think about the networking and even when you can talk face to face with the person you prefer to send across a message or comment on a post."
In her study, she studied 160 participants with 60 adolescents, 60 youngsters and 40 middle-aged adults. She found out that the ratio of those getting hooked to the site was higher in adolescents and youngsters than other users. She also pointed out that due to peer pressure, the networking sites a large number of users below 18 years of age.
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