Show The internet's version of crack cocaine Cecelia Hanson Campus Reporter enables users to find long lost friends easily upload photos and videos join social groups and many other useful or useful so applications at the click of a a mouse With so many time-consuming time options its it's hard not to get caught up in the flurry Daniel Pope a writer for wrote has as become an indispensable way to find friends schedule events play games and even send virtual gifts But if youre you're doing more living online than off it might be time timeto to reassess Many students are now seeing more as an addiction than thana a networking tool and psychologists are starting to agree Does anyone really need to know that Fredrick is making a cup of tea or thinking about buying a newspaper or is on No they don't dont quoted dont quoted from the short film What is Addiction from ITom While most dont don't admit it has become an addiction where many fall captive In some cases the addiction is nearly equivalent to that of a cocaine addict was founded by Mark a former Harvard student What first began as a hobby project quickly began to spread through the Harvard campus like wild fire and the domain com cam was eventually purchased for a reported first began ruining lives when it was launched as a social networking site in 2004 If you find yourself consistently changing your status and profile picture worrying about how many friends you have incorporating as a verb in your daily vocabulary or feeling bad because you lost in inthe inthe inthe the Compare People application then you definitely have an addiction A more severe case would be if your personal relationships are taking a backseat to thoughts about take place even when you are offline is now an excuse to escape problems or homework you have stayed on longer than intended or have ever concealed use Rising problems associated with addiction include increased procrastination among students loss of social skills and sense of reality an increased need to have havethe havethe havethe the highest number of friends susceptibility to internet predators and more recently depression among teenage girls In Ina a study conducted at Stony Brook University it was found that excessive c rumination co-rumination chatting with friends about problems by easy means of communications like texts emails and social networking can make teenage girls depressed Using the communication tools girls can easily talk for hours to their friends about their problems and continue to dwell in a sad state of mind Constant discussions make it harder for girls to move on because it keeps the problems updated What can be done Hope is not lost for current addicts Users can always commit suicide and completely delete their account or they can follow these simple steps provided by 1 I Try not to change profile picture too frequently 2 Avoid changing status more than is needed 3 Have a clean and understandable profile 4 Think of how often you use applications 5 Avoid using vocabulary I If f all else fails extreme addicts are encouraged to seek professional help |