Facebook is a winner. Just ask the billionaire who created it. It’s easy, it’s fun and all your friends are there. There are game apps, sentimental apps, quiz apps and much more to keep you entertained and occupied. But, how do you know when fun and convenience have crossed over the line to all out addiction? Below are 10 indications that facebook is beginning to take control of your life.
- When you converse across the room with your spouse via facebook. This would be an indication that the addiction has taken over the entire household and not just one individual. Time to check and see if you both still recognize each other’s voices.
- All your friends know what you’re having for dinner (every night). You have spaghetti every Thursday; Monday is pizza night; Tuesday is new recipe night. If your friends know your weekly menu plan and they’ve never been to your house for dinner…probably an indication.
- You never send emails anymore. If you’ve changed from saying, “I’ll email you.” to “I’ll facebook you,” you may be heading down that path to facebook-itis.
- You have over 5,000 facebook friends (and you’re nobody famous). Ok, maybe you’re really insecure and this just makes you feel like you’re a popular person. It’s time to get out into the real world and face your fears.
- You respond ‘Like’ or ‘Unlike’ to random statements. If you’ve started doing this…out loud…publicly…um, seriously, YOU have a problem!
- Mere acquaintances know way more about your child’s birth than they want to know. Male or female, weight, length, name, time of birth and a cute newborn picture, those are all great. A blow by blow of each contraction and each push? Save that for the new mommy get together, please.
- You hugged 50 people today without touching them. Have you sent 50 ‘virtual’ hugs over facebook today but not wrapped your arms around anyone in your immediate family? Virtual means: not real, honey. Don’t become satisfied with artificial embracement.
- You list facebook as your main news source. Did you ever stop to consider where all your facebook friends are getting their news from? And, did you ever play ‘Telephone’ when you were a kid? Not quite the same, I know, but still the same capacity for messages getting garbled.
- You take the results to facebook quizzes seriously. Is your ego soaring because you answered five questions on facebook and it told you that you were a super stud? Are you planning to move to Seattle because the facebook quiz said that’s the city you belong in? Who do you think writes those quizzes any ways, the Wizard of Oz?
- When you change your profile picture more often than your clothes. Has your profile picture changed several times today? Do you have a different profile picture to go with your mood or the time of day? Do you give more thought about which profile picture to post today than what you are actually going to wear on your body? Definitely a problem here.
After reading this article, you feel that you truly are addicted to facebook, there is a solution, Facebook Anonymous. Yes, these 12 step programs to help you deal with your addition have already begun to spring up. Of course, you can find them…(where else?) on facebook!
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