{"id":38,"date":"2021-05-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinecounselling4u.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/27\/steps-to-deal-with-social-media-addiction\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T17:51:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T12:21:52","slug":"steps-to-deal-with-social-media-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinecounselling4u.com\/blog\/steps-to-deal-with-social-media-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps to deal with social media addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Neha, a sixteen-year-old girl, uploaded her photo on a social media platform a few hours ago. And since then, she had been checking the number of likes she got. She kept checking her social media accounts now and then, ditching her study time. She was anxious, nervous at the peaks, and looked heartbroken<\/a> when she did not receive the number of likes and fabulous comments that she was expecting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunita a socialite was depressed<\/a> because she was being trolled on social media for her dressing sense in a high-profile party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the latest addition that is pestering almost all age groups all over the world. As per research 5-10 percent of young and adult are ADDICTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA. On average a person is checking his\/ her phone once every twelve minutes. What a loss of productivity!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe American Society of Addiction Medicine\u2002defines addiction as behavior that becomes compulsive or continues despite negative consequences. In 2017,\u200243% of Americans reported checking social media constantly, and 20% said social media is a source of stress.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the big question is what makes people hooked up to their phones and social media??<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every time a person checks his or her SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT, for a positive response there is an instant spike in the DOPAMINE LEVELS. A pleasure hormone, that is released in abundance. These altered levels of releasing the PLEASURE HORMONE make one ADDICTED to SOCIAL MEDIA or say just any substance. The POSITIVE FEELINGS one gets from SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION is just temporary. And one gets swayed away by it in the wrong ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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