>> If you answered yes, congratulations and all the best to your speedy recovery.If you answered no, that’s okay because the first step to most addictions is denial.
>> The good news is, there are ways to find out if you have this sickness. Here are top ten signs that you are a Facebook addict.
#1 Facebook is the first website that you check in the morning (Note: There’s a chance that your addiction is severe if you use a mobile phone that has internet access and you literally check out the site within two minutes of waking up. If that’s the case, seek medical attention immediately.)
#2 You have more than 500 friends, and at least half of them are people that you don’t really talk to on a regular basis.
#3 Mafia Wars? Farmville? You are quite an expert when it comes to social media games, and the apps are the only interaction you have with some of your friends (e.g. Your wall messages to friends include something like, “Tabitha found a lonely Black Sheep on their farm. Oh no!“
#4 You love Facebook so much that you take it with you even in the bathroom while doing a number 2 (mostly mobile users only). I must admit that’s probably a good use of ten or fifteen minutes of your time, so kudos for doing a good job with time management!
#5 You have abandoned the whole “printing photos and creating real albums” altogether, since all your pictures are now uploaded on Facebook.
#6 At some point in your online life, you have updated your status about what you’ve cooked for dinner, shows you’ve watched on TV, and places you’ve been to recently.
#7 You have shared a link about a news article or a YouTube video that either you really enjoyed or you just wanted people to know about it because it will increase your chances of scoring cool points and getting a friendship bracelet from your super cool friends.
#8 You also downloaded FourSquare to check-in at cool places in the city, so your friends will think you’re not just super cool but also super smart and super tech-savvy.
#9 You have made a comment on someone else’s wall. Or if you don’t know the person that well, you’ve just “liked” his or her status, which is a Facebook equivalent of a real-world “hello.”
#10 Finally, you have made your relationship status Facebook-official by changing from “Single” to “In a Relationship” or vice versa. However, you have also updated your status to “It’s Complicated” because you think it is way cooler than all the other statuses.
As in most addictions, Facebook’s come in different severity. If you have at least 3 symptoms, then your addiction is light. 4-7 symptoms, your case is moderate, but if you have 8 or more, you seriously need to call Dr. Online for help because your addiction is severe. Remember, your family loves you whether they are on Facebook or not.
