social media addiction by https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw Lavet med en aura af mystik en-us 2018-09-05 06:13:03 UTC 2018-09-12 06:40:20 UTC hello@padlet.com intro gckcaqw6cl https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277847357 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.  
]]> 2018-09-05 06:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277847357 Number 1- it's the first thing you do gckcaqw6cl https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860002 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.  ]]> 2018-09-05 07:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860002 Number 2- it's the last thing you do gckcaqw6cl https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860196 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.  ]]> 2018-09-05 07:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860196 Number 3- you consume and consume gckcaqw6cl https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860308 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.  ]]> 2018-09-05 07:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860308 Number 4- always by your side, or more specifically –in your hand gckcaqw6cl https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860442 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. ]]> 2018-09-05 07:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860442 Number 5- you monitor your likes like a machine gckcaqw6cl https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860586 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.  ]]> 2018-09-05 07:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860586 Number 6- your image is important –your images that is gckcaqw6cl https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860714 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.   ]]> 2018-09-05 07:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860714 Number 7- if you’re by yourself –you're not gckcaqw6cl https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860800 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.  ]]> 2018-09-05 07:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860800 Number 8- you never leave your phone behind gckcaqw6cl https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860940 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.  ]]> 2018-09-05 07:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277860940 Number 9- you do it when you shouldn’t gckcaqw6cl https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277861024 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. ]]> 2018-09-05 07:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277861024 Number 10- you're probably thinking about it right now gckcaqw6cl https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277861144 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.  ]]> 2018-09-05 07:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277861144 Conclusion- FOMO gckcaqw6cl https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277861234 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.  ]]> 2018-09-05 07:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gckcaqw6cl/v76qee6f1vaw/wish/277861234