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Essentially what it all boils down to is FOMO –Fear of missing out. FOMO is a form of social anxiety that’s become more and more common among people. With social media everything moves extremely fast, and that can be stressful to some people. They don’t wanna feel like they’re being shut out of the group, just because they missed something. If you’d just been on social media when that one thing happened, you wouldn’t be feeling like this right now. And since you don’t know when the next big thing will happen, there’s only one solution –to always be on 24/7.

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Number 10- you're probably thinking about it right now 

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Number 10- you're probably thinking about it right now 

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Even now, your fingers are itching for your phone. You can’t wait for this article to be over to open up twitter and continue scrolling until your thumbs ache. You're wondering what you missed out on. If something big happened, and you’ll never know because you were doing something else. And that brings us to our conclusion.

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Not even your work time is safe anymore. As soon as someone looks away you’re pulling up a hidden tap and logging on to Facebook. Even though you have work to do, your social media is more important. But you can’t help it! Facebook is just so much better than work.

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Number 8- you never leave your phone behind 

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Number 8- you never leave your phone behind 

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Seriously! You never leave your phone behind! Ever! Whether it’s just in the car, or if it’s charging, you always make sure to have it nearby. Even if you’re going somewhere you won’t use it, you bring it. Just because.

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Number 7- if you’re by yourself –you're not 

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Number 7- if you’re by yourself –you're not 

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The moment your alone, you pull out your phone. Whether it’s the bus, on the job or just at home. If you’re not doing anything important, the phone it is.

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Number 6- your image is important –your images that is 

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Number 6- your image is important –your images that is 

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You care about how your profile looks, that’s understandable, but when you spend hours contemplating and outlining, that’s when we have a problem. The first couple of weeks you get a new profile, you’re basically a chameleon, constantly changing your aesthetic and username until it’s perfect. You spend so much time worrying about how your profile picture looks, you forget to even enjoy the app at all.

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Number 5- you monitor your likes like a machine 

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Number 5- you monitor your likes like a machine 

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You take very specific notes on which posts get more likes and which don’t -very specifically! You practically keep a journal of all your likes and follows and draw more graphs than a mathematician. You know when most people are online, and you plan your postings specifically after those hours. In fact, some might believe you were doing a social study, but you’re just that invested.

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Number 4- always by your side, or more specifically –in your hand 

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Number 4- always by your side, or more specifically –in your hand 

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Do your hands feel empty without a phone in them? Do you achieve impressive highscores in minigames, even while watching your favorite show? Of course you do. You need at least one, possibly two or three devices by your side at all times –just to check your accounts.

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There's a difference between using social media to broaden your horizon and just swallowing up empty content –and you're doing the latter. Sure, you do the first thing too, but sitting all day taking online quizzes and browsing brainless content takes up the majority of your time. And sometimes those things can be fun, but like vitamins –only in small doses.

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You've switched off your lights and hopped into bed, but it’s not dark yet –your phone screen is lighting the way. You tell yourself you just wanna do a quick check-up or a sleep meditation, but you always end up falling asleep with your face pressed against your Tumblr-dash.

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The first thing you do when that alarm clock rings is roll over and grab for your phone. You update twitter before you brush your teeth. You have a routine, whether it’s checking your emails first and then Facebook, or if it’s scrolling backwards in the groupchat and reading all the conversation you missed.

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social media can be a great place, with many opportunities and endless fun. it can be a place of exploration, education and friendship. a place for you to connect with people, in ways you might never be able to elsewhere.

but the utopia can quickly turn bittersweet. and I'm not just referring to your normal everyday troll. as the trend of social media catches on, so does the addiction. in the following sheets to come, we'll explore 10 signs you might be a social media addict, and not just a fanatic.