Addiction To Facebook/Twitter/Instagram
Social networking sites such as- facebook/mySpace/twitter and the dozens of others that allows people to stay for in touch like never before. However, some of the people spend so much of the time on these types of sites that it begins to really interfere with their lives. Some of the psychological experts are referring to this is as a social networking sites compulsion or addiction.
Facebook has become- so much a part of our daily life now that it is so much prevalent across whole of the world. With close to a billion of users out of there, one can easily throw a stone here and hit a facebook user. The amount of time users are engage in facebook activities, like that- updating his/her statuses, posting of photos, commenting and liking posts here has also been increasing with using the smartphones and 3G/Wi-fi networks becoming most commonplace in recent of the years.
Given the process of accessibility and easeness of uses of facebook whenever and wherever we are, it is no wonder more and more peoples are addicted to the popular like social networking sites. We may ask, what is a wrong if we use facebook in frequently as a means of just entertainment, or as a means to just relieve our mental stress? Well, there is nothing to wrong. However, when facebook and other social networking sites activities start interfering with our everyday life and become detrimental to our daily life function such as- at the work and duties with hampered normal activities that might have a great problem.
Signs of Social Media Addiction Or Compulsion-
As with alcohol/caffeine, some of the people are able to handle the social media or networking sites revolution that is sweeping the planet earth. However, more and more people are not able to handle it. Here are some signs to look for that indicating a problem with social media/networking sites:
- Spending huge time in the daily basis at the social media/networking sites.
- Checking facebook or other social media sites whenever and wherever possible.
- Tendency to over sharing at the social media sites.
- Hearing from friends/family that he/she is spending too much time on the social media/networking sites.
- Interference with the work and duties, school/college/university/office performance or offline social life.
- Suffer from withdrawal symptoms if he/she try cut down on the time that he/she is spend on the social media/networking sites.
- Obsessive type of thoughts about his/her friends or other aspects of the social media/networking sites.
- Do reporting. There are friends- who often appear on his/her newsfeed with some of the status update, check in, posting of their photos/images and such type of the activities.
- Looking always for new type of facebook friends in an almost the process of competitive way.
- Escapism. If he/she are using our time on the social media/networking sites to always avoid conflicts or any problems that are really occurring in his/her real life. He/she can know this because, when he/she are down, he/she actually turns to on facebook or another types of social media sites to feel for better.
- Losing sleep or insomnia to go on facebook or other social networking sites. It is for bad enough if social networking sites interferes with his/her daily work, duties and studies. However, it is really out of hand if he/she stay up late at night to check for facebook, for example- he/she must wake up in very early to check it in the morning. Otherwise- staying up late is one of the characteristic of those who are overuse facebook/other social networking sites, according to some of the studies.
Addiction To Tanning, Cosmetics And Beauty Parlor
Although, many of the people enjoy the types of golden glow of a suntan and some of the person go to tanning salons and/or lay out at outdoors to achieve that look for his/her self, among them a small number will take tanning to the extreme label by visiting the tanning salons weekly or even daily basis. The risks of this types of compulsive behavior/addiction can be dire: Any amount of the indoor tanning increases/raises the risk of skin cancer such as basal cell carcinoma/squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma, it’s obviously deadliest type and we found, the greater the exposure, the greater the risk.
For some of the people, a poor self-image can translate into an unhealthy type of relationship with the beauty products. Are there multiple shampoos or shampoos like chemical substances in his/her shower caddy? Old facial creams gathering dust in his/her cabinet? Have he/she been accused of having a bathroom, that looks like a store house?
It is most important, does any of this make he/she addicted to cosmetics or a cosmoholic or addicted for goes to parlor in weekly or daily basis? Yes, there is such a thing as too much, and it is a fine line between the mildly messy makeup lover and someone are psychologically addicted to different beauty products. Some of the peoples are addicted to makeup and goes to parlor or dependency on parlor for makeup. A makeup addict is someone, who is psychologically obsessed of having or wearing makeup/cosmetics. Makeup, commercial makeup room/parlor and cosmetics are the types of products that are used for make artificial beauty, from head to toe. In other words, these cosmetics depending people can be called as- cosmoholic. Some of the expert may thought that- this addiction is not a serious problem, but it can quite be a handful. Once he/she start, there is no going back easily from here.
Addiction To Over Reading And Writing
Apparently, some of the people are addicted to reading and writing. Really, they are seriously addicted. It is not a chemical addiction, obviously, but excessive reading and writing can be a psychological addiction when it is used as a way to avoid reality. We know that- Reading and writing is an addiction when it is used continuously as a mechanism to avoid circumstances of the reality. A person can avoid facing real life by reading and writing all day. A person can also avoid really facing themselves by reading and writing all day. This is the only time that reading and writing really becomes a problem. The idea of being addicted to books and writing topics is tricky, because reading and writing is generally considered to be a good thing. But we all know that too much of a good thing can be bad for our as well, if it is hampered our normal and regular daily life activities for that.
Addiction To Viewing Television/ TV Serial/ Film And Movies
In recent times, television addiction has become a normal condition for daily life, especially amount the younger/become to youth, teenage school children and most of the adults who have retired or peoples with too much in leisure time. Watching excessive Television/TVserial/Film and Movies can create a major health hazard for any individual. As a result, one accumulates calories, indulges in food binging, has a general lack of physical and mental stimulation, and there are countless other negatives attached to watching too much that. Watching Television/TV serial/Film and Movies in moderation is healthy, but too much viewing is not good for us. But, excessive viewing of that is one of the major bad habits which impact negatively on the physical and mental state of the health. It is also known as-One type of compulsive addiction. In most cases people do not realize that, they can get addicted to that. They can’t skip a day without watching that or else they will feel very bored and sickly. So, most of the time – they are not able to maintain or, abscond his/her important duties and obligations due to illness for watching that.
Addiction To Record Self History Of Life
Some of the people having a hobbies to collect and record his/her past history of self life in the process of documentary ways such as collect and record conversation voices, letters, pictures, dairy, poem, song, cloths, any type of gifts, audio or video documentation of any past events, documents for any of the happy moments that he/she passed before or special memorial events that he/she passed before etc. It is not a problematic though considered as behavioral addiction. But, It is a serious psychological problem and types of compulsive addiction when he/she suffer from state of anxiety, depression, insomnia, headache, body ache, irritability, restlessness, palpitation and hampered daily routine work for that due to memorized self history of past life. Sometime, seriously he/she affected by the consequences of the feelings of guilt for the past activities that occur of his/her self life. It is a counter act and a dangerous barrier for happy and joyful present life with seriously harmful to productivity and creativity.
Addiction To Perverse And New Relationships
Sexual perversions are a conditions in which sexual excitement/orgasm is associated with the acts or imagery that are considered with unusual within the culture. To avoid the problems associated with the stigmatization of the labels, the neutral term is paraphilia. A paraphilia is a condition in which a person’s sexual arousal and gratification depends on a fantasy type of theme of an unusual situation/object that becomes to principal focusing of sexual behaviors. For these reasons, the perverse person express to compulsive behaviors and trend to make new and new relationships that are seriously make a risk for strictly maintain social rules and regulations in the sense of religious corner or law of the state.
Addiction To Express Nostalgic Attitude
We know that nostalgia or nostalgic attitude is a condition where feelings of pleasure and sadness that is united caused by remembering something from the past and wishing that our experience it again as example – a wave of nostalgia swept over us when we saw my childhood home or we filled with nostalgia for our college days or seeing pictures of our old friends made we feel very nostalgic. Some of the people remained nostalgic about the good old days or nostalgic about his/her childhood on the farm. It is not a problematic though considered as a behavioral addiction. But, it is a serious psychological problem or, compulsive addiction when he/she suffer from state of anxiety, depression, insomnia, headache, body ache, irritability, restlessness, palpitation and hampered daily routine work for that due to memorization of the past life. Sometime seriously he/she affected by the consequences of feelings of the guilt for the past activities. It is a counter act and makes a dangerous barrier for success, happy and joyful present life, which are seriously harmful to productivity and creativity.
Addiction To Get Pleasures By Cruel And Sadistic Attitude With Others
It is compulsive types of behavioral disorder known as Sadistic Personality Disorder (SPD), in which an affected individual always inflicts sadistic, cruel, manipulative, aggressive and demeaning behavior on others. Violence and abusiveness are the hallmarks of the social relationships of a sadist. Such people lack empathy and concern for other individuals and derive pleasure by hurting or humiliating to others.
It is involves experiencing pleasure from watching others undergo discomfort or pain. The opponent-process theory illustrates the way by which these individuals not only act sadistically, but also take great satisfaction in performing sadistic acts. Individuals having sadistic personalities can display recurrent episodes of aggression and cruel behavior. Sadism can also involve using emotional cruelty, intentionally manipulating to other people through the tactical use of fear as well as a long-standing preoccupation with violence. Now this time- it is a great social problem in our country where we suffer in general.
Addiction To Excessive Curiosity For Know Mysterious Events
The world is full of unexplained events, strange mysteries, and mysterious legends. Some of the people are always try to heart and soul for find out the unexplained and hidden mysterious events that are strange or unknown till now. They always try to investigate by the process of huge research to disclose any mystery in the sense of scientific logics and background. It is very important for changing the world and our development. They always try to gather and achieve knowledge from the curiosity to know disclosing mysterious events. They always fight against the mystery and achieve knowledge that are used and dedicated for save the species of human. But, it is a problematic when researcher life remains in a risky state and become to threatening and facing very dangerous situations for that act. Some of the people having excessive curiosity for knowing mystery and discover something in scientific logics. For these reasons, the desire of curiosity are directly impact over his/her daily other normal activities, familial, personal and social life, that known as compulsive addiction, with express compulsive behavior.
Addiction To Jewelry Or, Ornaments
It is one type of shopping addiction like as substance abuse. It is also known as compulsive-buying disorder or compulsive shopping. Many of the people particularly more in lady persons enjoy shopping or treat it as a recreational activity, compulsive shopping is a mental health disorder and can cause severe consequences for the addict. Shopping addiction is the compulsion to spend money, regardless of need or financial means. Some of the addict may be addicted to a particular product, such as jewelry or ornaments, cloths etc, but he/she may also buy anything from food and beauty products to stocks or real estate. Experts believe that, a compulsive shopper gets the same rush or high from making purchases as a drug addict gets from using. Once the brain associates shopping with this pleasure or high, the addict tries to re-create it again and again. We show the following behavioral signs at the compulsive addicted shopper who are particularly addicted to jewelry or ornaments:
- Show an obsession with making purchases on a daily/weekly basis.
- Shop to cope with mental stress.
- Max out credit cards/opening new ones without pay off previous balances.
- Feel intense euphoria/excitement after making purchases.
- Buy unnecessary things/purchase items that go unused.
- Steal/lie in order to continue the habit.
- Feel regret/remorse over purchases but continue to shop.
- Be unable to pay off debt/manage money.
- Fail in attempts to stop compulsively shopping/purchasing.
Addiction To Dance, Music And Song
We know the term addiction is a state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior/despite negative consequences. Many of the people love dance, music and song, and many people make it part of their daily routine. But some of the people take it overboard.
Dance, music and song are unquestionably affects emotional state of our health. We tend to listen to musical song and see to dance that reflects our mood. When we’re happy we may listen to upbeat musical song and dancing show; when we’re sad we may listen to slower, moving musical songs; when we’re angry we may listen to darker musical songs with heavy guitar, drums, and vocals that reflect our level of anger. From the perspective of neuroscience, listening to musical songs and dancing show is one of the most complex things for us. Because many of the parts of our brain have to work together to comprehend even the simplest tune, Some experts says – it is act as a pleasurable, enjoyable and mood switching, and refreshing agent of our mind. But, it is called problematic and compulsive addiction when it’s used as a irritating and discomfort state in all day and night or, cross the capable/audition able limit or, addict engaged a headphone in his/her ear for longer period of time, that hampered his/her daily normal life activities such as eating, bathing, reading, writing, playing, exercising, clothing, sleeping or others daily routine work or that are negatively impact over the surrounding peoples.
Addiction To Hidden Treasure Or, Hidden Wealth
Simply we know that- Treasure means something valuable such as money, jewels, gold, diamond or silver or precious metals or any types of other valuable wealth that is hidden or kept in a safe place, or something that is very special, important, or valuable, that we greatly loved or that have valued especially because of being very helpful. It is not a problematic. But, if he/she have massive desire for try to collect, accumulate or store of the hidden treasure in safe place or searching that in everywhere in spending every time and always stressfully think that, which negatively impact his/her real life then, it is called psychologically compulsion due to showing addictive behavior.
Addiction To Stinginess And Theft
Criminal psychology is a subject that has been covered in thousands of books/ articles/studies and media publications. The subject itself is so large, that it is nearly impossible to cover it in its entirety. However, in the relation to home security or understanding some of the aspects of criminal psychology can help us to protect our home and family against the criminals. The motivating factors in many of the crimes are more or less fairly basic, relying on a certain mindset, or specific circumstances. Some experts say that- Opportunity, poverty and anonymity are the key factor which always aggravate and make the persons for commit tendency to stinginess or theft. But, some of the people who have nothing poverty or who are member of rich society in all aspects and whose identity label is very high in the sense of social stander and measurement , in spite of- that peoples are engaged as a behavioral addiction or they are psychologically compulsive for stinginess and theft. In here- poverty are not play any role for stinginess and theft. It is just only psychological compulsion due to showing addictive behavior, that make a person thief or abductor.