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facebook addiction
:/ i have a strange problem that i'm sure millions of other teens are facing right now but are in denial about it.
ok well i realized that i'm literally addicted to facebook. i probably spend 4-5 hours a day on the computer on an average schoolday, refreshing my facebook homepage constantly. it's pretty bad.
i sit on the computer and when there's NOBODY on, nobody updating or anything, i get so bored. some days i stay up really late talking to my friends on facebook.
in any case, my crush and i talk a lot on facebook so naturally, i'm addicted. but i'm also kind of a facebook stalker, hahah. oh goodness, newsfeed is life. but it's just like.. i know other girls facebook stalk and all but i read my crush's wall-to-walls with EVERYONE. it's sort of obsessive.
i know, i know. "get a hobby." but like i just love the internet... there's so much to do and so much to learn. it's so easy to access and it's so much fun.
what should i do? i can't set a "timer" or something on myself. i've tried that stuff; it never works. i say "i'll just go on for TWO minutes" and sit there for thirty. but when i go out and do something else, i don't think about it. i only think about facebook when it's right in front of me. i'm not obsessed with it when there's other stuff to do.
ok so like what should i do... i mean i obviously do homework, go to after-school activities, hang with friends & family, play with my pets... but on an average school day, i go to school, go to an afterschool activity, come home, homework, and non-stop facebooking until late at night when i take a shower and then go to sleep. i check my facebook when i get back from school and in the morning before i leave. like some websites say, "it's the first thing i do in the morning and the last thing i do at night" it's really quite sad -- i end up getting ready faster and faster (inadvertently) just to be able to check my facebook in the morning!
ok so i think you guys get it. -- please don't suggest deactivating. i'd die. i did it once before but i reactivated in less than a week.
i also read to try going on every other day, but that's such a stretch! should i just try to say "okay only 3 hours today" "ok only 2 hours today" everyday? how many hours / minutes do you think the average person should spend on facebook in order to remain mentally stable & physically / emotionally healthy? hahahahah
i took a whole bunch of surveys & quizzes about being addicted to facebook, and i'm hella addicted.
somebody help me?
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hey, at least you can admit it. There are alot of people that are now glued to the internet.
I would suggest to simply close the computer. If you close it then, you can't see reponses or updates or anything.
Also, maybe try not going on it as soon as you get home. Go around 9pm, after everything is done.
Go outside instead.
It will be hard, but you can do it if you try.
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Me and my Little sister were both like that for a while. Might i suggest trying to do other things on the computer like learn new things. Have you tried reading some good books. I know you said not to say "get a hobbie" but have you even tried that? Thats how I keep from being online some much. I do crafts, listen to my CD's, watch tv.
Feel free to ask me any more questions.
~Loverocks~
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