How to deal with addiction from social networks. Dependence on SOC

Hi friends! Agree, today social networks are popular more than ever. Everyone has their own account there: whether it is a student of primary classes or one of his parents. We spend the clock in these networks, updating the pages of friends and tracking latest news. But is there always such a waste of time will be justified, and in general, whether we need social. network? Answers to these questions and today's post is dedicated.

Who is sitting in the social. networks?

Based on personal observations, I was able to divide all the inhabitants of these resources (Vkontakte, Twitter, Odnoklassniki, etc.) for three main groups:

1. Not dependent.
2. Transition type.
3. Dependent.

1. Not dependent. These people tend to appear on social networks very rarely. They can once a day, week, or even once a month. Their information is not so much if they did not hide at all. The main goal of their visit is the need: find someone's number, address, answer important post, etc. That is, there was a need - a person went to his page, there is no need, he is not shown there.

2. Transition type. A person begins to visit his account more often once a day without visible reasons: not that from boredom, it's not that wishing simply page of friends and groups scroll. Usually such people for a month or two are swinging in the third type (which is referred to below). But there are also those who keep at this stage longer, and sometimes even returns to "not dependent" (very rare cases).

3. Dependent. But this is the most common type. Such a user is guaranteed to have the VKontakte application ("Facebook", "Twitter", etc.) on its smartphone that works at least 5-7 hours per day (in order to maintain the status "online"). Every 10-15 minutes, such a person updates his page and watches: did he write anyone? If I did not write (as usual and happens), he says "Well, I don't need anyone" and lights the B-2 song out loud " nobody writes to the colonel».

If he was written, he looks forward to the discussion and moves away from the world of minutes to 10/30/60 (it all depends on the speed of the Internet). In general, such people will not be able to live without their favorite social network and two or three days.

What do you think, what type do you feel? Or are you, as usual, an exception to the rules and go 10 times on your headquarters page? (I kidding me, do not take close to heart :)).

"Dependent" - no sentence

In principle, if you appear on social networks once a day or less - then not everything is so bad. Search for answers to the question " how to get rid of dependence on social networks? "You don't need you yet. Why I wrote that everything is "not so bad", and not "everything is fine" or "everything is just super"? Yes, because you in some extent spend your time wasted, let and much less than those surrounding.

This is, by the way, and the basic minus dependence is a waste of personal time spending.

But what if you suddenly realized that you pay at least an hour or two with these most networks? (By the way, the word - "network") is successfully selected.

How to get rid of the relationship from social networks - my scheme

I will say right away that I used to sit only in VKontakte. I do not know why, but "Twitter" and Facebook passed by me. Never even had their accounts there ().

And one more important addition: the awareness of all the items below and the introduction of them went about the year. That is, I could not "just take and throw" - it's not that simple.

So, a small plan-instruction "How I tied with contact":

1. The first thing I did is deleted a dozen-other people from friends who were constantly born with their status and messages.

2. Then I left all the groups and communities, leaving only truly interesting for me (and such no more than 5-10).

3.Scured all news.

If I go to the network, I do not want to see in the news perfectly unnecessary pathos statuses. I only left the news of two or three friends and a couple of communities.

4. Put notified of new posts on the mail.

Very convenient: no need to wake and check the account for the presence of messages. If I wrote something important, I'll find out about it in 10-15 minutes, having received a notice to e-mail.

5. Just became less likely to go 🙂

At first I put the limit: do not go until 23:00. I remember, I sat and waited: 22:59:58 ... 22:59:59 ... 23:00:00 Hurray! I'm online!

But it continued not long: the less often I began to go, the more boring my visits became. I visited once a day and saw that absolutely nothing has changed - all the same people, all the same news (which are duplicated from the page to the page). In general, the mortal boredom. And this is exactly the day, day, my desire to go and check the messages to the little burned, until it did not come to no.

Here you yourself think what to get to me there: if I had written something important, I would already know about it; If something was happening more than an emergency, I would have learned about it without social. network; If ... In general, you understood 🙂

Suitable

In fact, it is not necessary to underestimate dependence on social networks. Like, "nonsense is all this, I'm not so (Aya) and it's not about me." I see every day, how my friends are sitting on pairs and update their pages every 10 minutes - and sometimes they even write each other, sitting in two or three meters 🙂 a very funny sight, you know.

So, decide which category you belong to ("not dependent", "dependent" or "Transition Type") And try to improve your position (if it is certainly possible).

In general, if you just thought about the fact that you have addiction and began to look for ways to get rid of it, then everything is not so bad (or rather very well). Now the transition to the status "non-dependent" is just a matter of time, not otherwise.

That's all. Successes to you, dear readers, and all the best. Watch your health, both physical and mental, and do not forget to visit my blog pages.

9 minutes of video passed as 5 seconds - I have not watched this for a long time 🙂

14. 10.2015

Blog Catherine
Bogdanova

Good afternoon readers and guests of the "Family and Childhood" site. Today we consider the topic - the dependence of adolescents from social networks. Social networks with each minute absorb an increasing number of children and adolescents. Having discovered this amazing world, schoolchildren almost move there.

Therefore, it is interpreted in the networks all free time, six to ten hours. And not only on the pages of their own school, where you can, for example, learn about the homework, school events and parental meetings - This is, of course, useful, but not too interesting. The kids climb everywhere where they are not too lazy, and what they do there - only they know themselves.

In networks there are all: cartoons, movies, games, music, not speaking dating and live communication - with real and virtual friends. With a suggestion for the desk, it is more convenient to cross the words on his page "VKontakte" to call on the phone. And to say the girl (or a guy) "I like you" much easier in the virtual world.

And what a pleasure to find a page of your favorite (or vice versa) of the teacher and write something on the wall! The nature of the written, of course, will fully depend on the relationship to the teacher.

Parents look at such a passion for their children in different ways. Some - through your fingers. Others - with understanding and approval. Third - with irritation. Fourth - with relief. There are those who consider networks a natural disaster, to deal with which there is no point. Probably they are right. Passion for virtual communication in the modern world has acquired a pandemic character. "Network Disease" (in different stages) is subject to almost everything.

The networks communicate, find old friends, get acquainted with new ones, are preparing for exams, looking for work, buy goods, earn money, even make revolutions. This is an integral component of our life. The only question is, this delight is safe (and sometimes the dependence) is at a young age.

If we talk about the advantages and minuses of social networks, then the arguments of their supporters and opponents are approximately equal. And right and others. Indisient advantages, among which the opportunity to search and find friends, salvation from loneliness, help (albeit virtual) in difficult situations, raising your own status, etc. - Everything suggests that social networks today is the most convenient and mobile form of human communication.

What primarily impresses teenagers in social networks?

First of all, the fact that this virtual world has unlimited possibilities, is also easily accessible. That is, you can use them without costs and any volume, while not peeling from the sofa. Anyone is typical of trying to walk along the path of least resistance, and social networks just give such an opportunity. He clicked several times the mouse - and the world of your feet.

Make everything with him that he wants and get pleasure from it. Meet interesting people, listen to music, play online, ask the Council, express your opinion, communicate in interest - and you will be happy, which in this context is synonymous with self-realization. That is, what often in real life is missing.

Unlike the real, the virtual world is more structured. In social networks, it is much easier to find people of the very "blood group". For example, in the real world they are scattered at a distance of thousands of kilometers, and in virtual - combined under the roof of one community. Sometimes a person close in spirit lives in the same city, and even on a parallel street, and you would never make friends with him and not even know each other if it were not for a social network. With favorable circumstances, virtual friends become real.

But the attractiveness of social networks is not only possible to "deal with" new friends, and above all - in unlimited freedom. There no one imposes anything to anyone - you choose yourself, in what direction to go and with whom to communicate. Being yourself or to be the one who always wanted, but did not work. Or, on the contrary, to finally become the real one who actually hide from other views and ratings.

Apparently, it is precisely this, first of all, such a mad popularity of social networks and the desire to plunge there - because in the real world there is very often there is no such choice. You have to do wrong what you want, but what you need. In order not to be a "white crow" in the peer environment. And in the networks - dry, warm, flies do not bite. And if suddenly what a pribrous troll is to ban him and that's it.

Therefore, it is quite clear that adolescents who often suffer from complexes and lack of understanding of adults prefer virtual communication. Everything is very simple: it's more comfortable there. Especially when with Internet friends really more points of contact than with a real environment. But unfortunately, it often happens that the social network is so sucking a person, the main experiences occur in it, and life outside it is nothing more than forced loads.

I barely waking up in the morning and did not even have time to smoke your eyes, "poisoned by the network" rather includes a computer to see, there are comments on his post or status. In school or institute, he is mainly engaged in non-training, but by pressing the buttons on its iPod, from time to time interrupting to look into the network - something new did not appear.

And coming home in the evening, he again, however, rushes to the monitor - because you need to reconsider the ribbon of friends and latest updates In the Commonwealth, read comments on your posts and comment on other people, answer the comments and comment on the answers.

The person catches the buzz from his social demand, nothing else matters - neither grass on the street, nor the sun in heaven, nor learning, nor a family that is missing that it is so generously distributed to Internet friends. Against this background, there are increasingly conversations about dependence on social networks as a component at all.

So, signs of dependence on social networks in adolescents:

• Child conducts a large number of time at a computer without distracted even on food and sleep
• Because of the hobby, his successes in school deteriorate;
• Teen prefers virtual friends, almost does not go outside;
• The interests of the teenager are limited to the computer only.
• A teenager becomes very irritable, or vice versa, manifests full indifference to others.

You can get rid of dependencies if you switch the child's attention to something else. For this, first of all, it is worth paying attention to the lifestyle of your family - whether you pay enough time to your child, because often children with heads go to the Internet precisely because of the lack of parental attention and love.

Another reason - failures in the field of communicating with peers. In this case, it is necessary to help teenage to gain self-confidence, find a way to expand his circle of communication.

Like any disease, the dependence of adolescents from social networks is easier to prevent than then treat. Therefore, it is better to do prevention. Take care of your children. And today everything. So far, so far. Before new meetings on the pages of the site "Family and Childhood".

More literally ten years ago, the term "social network" did not cause us any associations. Yes, and the Internet was not so firmly included in the daily life of a person. For the necessary information, we went to the library, and communicated with friends and loved ones or personally, or by phone (home, with a wheeler). Remember this time? In fact, it is very difficult to imagine that once the communication was so "alive."

Today, no one will not surprise the names of "in contact", "classmates", "Facebook", "Twitter" or "Instagram". Surely, each is registered at least one of these social networks, and maybe in all at once. But the time and goals of staying in social networks are all different. Someone comes to her page exclusively in order to chat with friends, someone to listen to music, and someone seeks to learn as much as possible about their friends and comrades, looking through photos and news ("news feed").

Popularity Social networks began to gain approximately in 2003-2004. At about this time, the most famous sites are the most famous sites, such as Facebook, Odnoklassniki and "In Contact". Although the first such projects were launched in about the mid-90s, of course, in America.

Social networks erase the boundaries between cities, countries and continents. Thanks to them, we have the opportunity to constantly be in touch with your relatives and friends. Here we can find old friends and acquaintances, with whom we once lost the connection. In addition, social networks allow us to be aware of important events in the country, and not only. Some of them make it possible convenient search And listening to music, watching movies. In general, social networks - the thing is quite useful. However, as time has shown, useful is far from all.

Today, psychologists, along with alcoholism and drug addiction, are increasingly mentioning the dependence on social networks. Indeed, with the advent of such "benefits" as the Internet and social networks, they immediately appeared those who became these "benefits" to abuse. Moreover, each day began to become more and more. Why so many people, "hitting online", can no longer get out of them?

The causes of dependence on social networks

The first reason why social networks are so attractive to humans is that when we "ferment on the expanses" of social networks in our brain are activated by the centers of pleasure. This is perfectly promoted by positive assessments ("Likes") and pleasant comments to our photos. And what do we do, having received a pleasant emotion? Right. Return to the network to get it again. So it turns out that the more people approve in the social network, the more time he spends there.

The second reason is related to the peculiarities of the perception by the human information posted on social networks. We get it quickly and gradually. Moreover, this information is extremely diverse and is heterogeneous. For example, by entering the site "Vkontakte" we can immediately include music, in parallel looking through short news, small notes and articles, comments, and at the same time we still have time to respond to messages of friends. Our brain begins to quickly adapt and get used to this tempo. It looks like a quick and simple "shrimp" process of seeds.

It also should be focused on the heterogeneity of the information received. It distinguishes it from information in search enginesoh. To find something in the search engine, for example "Google" or "Yandex" you need at least, to know exactly what to look for. Moreover, you still need to formulate a fairly clear request. And this is definitely requires some time and effort. In turn, to find something interesting in a social network of such efforts is not required - you just need to open news feed. Thus, social networks attract people mainly their availability, simplicity and diversity.

Negative consequences of depending on social networks

So, we learned how so attractive social networks for people. Now let's figure it out what, in fact, is the danger of overly active use of social networks? Why in this case scientists are increasingly and more often use such a sharp word - "dependence"? This is due to the fact that the relationship on social networks causes a whole fan of negative consequences, both for the person himself and for its loved ones. Consider them in more detail.

First, very frequent and long stay in social networks leads to, so-called, attention deficit syndrome. This means that a person loses the ability to concentrate for a long one. To explain this, it is enough to remember how we receive information on the social network - quickly and small portions. People dependent on it are so accustomed to such a "portion" mode of obtaining information that after some time they can no longer, for example, to solve any task for a long time. After all, we often have to switch our attention from one to another: here we are listening to music, then we read a small article, but you already write a message. Over time, even reading the favorite book can be difficult, because the brain is in a habit of constantly "look for" reasons to switch to something else.

A special anxiety in this sense causes younger generations, which almost from childhood "will not get out" from the Internet and social networks. Their thinking is very plastic and very easy to influence. Therefore, the dependence on networks is a special danger for children and adolescents, to avoid which in the modern world becomes extremely difficult.

Thirdly, very often "abuse" with social networks causes constant fatigue syndrome, as well as stress. Although scientists say that the possibilities of the human brain are almost infinite, he still needs some rest. At a minimum in order to process and structure the information obtained. When a person is constantly on the network, the information flow to the brain almost does not stop. From this brain is overloaded. Therefore, a person begins to feel constant fatigue and abides in stressful state.

Fourthly, too active communication In social networks, often leads to the loss of live communication skills. Perhaps this is the most obvious of the negative consequences of this fearful addiction. Constantly communicating in social networks, we very often lose the emotional component of our communication with friends and loved ones. On emotions on the network, there is simply no time. Music, comments, "Likes", news, and only between the case - written in the message.

And finally, fifthly, as the result of all the above consequences, a person receives a general reduction in intelligence. Here, of course, the crucial role is played by the same features of "network" information. A person loses the ability to concentrate on something one, find a solution to an important problem or seriously think about the task. His brain can no longer work effectively. He gets used to just getting an endless flow of information, without analyzing it. It turns out that there is a lot of information, but it does not absorb and according to the result, the person knows nothing.

These negative consequences are enough to imagine and a little evaluate the seriousness of the situation.

"Symptoms" depending on social networks

It is well known that any addiction is also a kind of disease that has its own symptoms. Dependence on social networks here will not be an exception. She also has certain "symptoms", although not so categorical, such as influenza. So, how do we "diagnose" in themselves this ailment?

1. The first and most obvious symptom - you spend a lot of time on social networks. In a good way, it's no longer one day a day. Although this is a very relative digit. If you are from early in the morning and until late in the evening, you do not stop hands, and before going to bed you have only an hour of free time, which you spend on the network - it's already worth thinking. This symptom also suggests that man constantly wants to be "in touch" ("online"). He does not leave the feeling that while it is not on the network, there will be something extremely interesting: there will be a unique news, someone commented on his photo, or someone from friends will lay out their photos from a recent travel.
2. The second symptom is the appearance of the most typical jokes and expressions in your conversational speech. For example, an alarming bell can serve as an expression like "ATP", instead of "thank you", "Preveav" instead of "Hello", well, and the other popular jokes-booms in social networks.
3. Symptom number three is a born photo album. If you publish photos of my loved one daily ("Selfie") in absolutely everyday life situations, or photographs of food, legs, hands, nails, eyebrows - in short, all that you see around yourself - this is also a reason for anxiety.
4. The fourth symptom is "to see" the whole day in some social network, without communicating with anyone. Remember, for what was originally created? For communication.
5. And finally, the fifth symptom - the internet disabling causes you a panic, a sense of isolation, loneliness, cutting from the world and even the state of depression. Although in fact, only when the Internet is disabled, and there is no access to social networks, we truly live and communicate. We must try not to forget about it.

If you have discovered one or more of these symptoms, it is very likely that you have some dependent on social networks. In this case, it is worth a little change your lifestyle and routine of the day.

How to "cure" dependence on social networks

As you know, in case of any dependence, the most important step towards recovery is its recognition. If social networks depending on social networks, this is extremely important, since it often happens it is even difficult to pay attention to the fact that a person spend too much time on the network. Especially difficult to recognize that this order of things is dangerous for him. So, if you studied signs, and discovered this insidious ailment, then we can assume that it has already been done. And now a little about the plan for further action.

1. Arrange a small vacation without internet. An excellent option for such a holiday is to go to the village. Stay there at least for a week.
2. On these "vacations" you will have a lot of free time. Try to spend it, communicating with people, walking in nature. Also during this time, try to find a hobby. Think about how you would like to do. You can try to draw, embroider, knit, sculpt from clay, playing the guitar, making furniture - you must be hobbled.
3. Upon returning home, entitling the Internet, try to search for information using search engines, not social networks. It is interesting for what you wonder, and not read everything, creating "information noise". It will be a little difficult, but you will handle.
4. The next step is to replace messages in social networks for live communication, at least a phone. Do not necessarily do it sharply. Start a call to a close friend. Gradually, you will realize that hearing the voice of a person with whom communicate, and even more so see it alive, extremely nice.
5. Delete the photo of your profile. This will allow breaking the Association of "I-Real" with "I-Virtual".

Try to follow these simple adviceAnd very soon you will feel that more emotions, impressions, interests have appeared in your life. And social networks will occupy in it not so much space.

Social networks have become an integral part of our life. How to largely replaced the Internet mass media, toys, traditional shops and much more, so social networks in a sense replaced the rest of the Internet: Pages, Communities, Publications are like small sites where you can find everything on other sites, and even more - information About the personal life of pages owners. This, primarily concerns such social networks as "VKontakte", in which the degree of privacy is minimal, and access to information is extremely democratic.

Undoubtedly, social networks are able to generate dependence. And, it can be said, the degree of this dependence is often much stronger than alcoholism, drug addiction or gymnia. After all, if the total immersion in the game is an "emergency" degree of hobbies, then people dependent on social networks may also be externally stable.

What is good and what's wrong with social networks?

So what can they be useful?

Expansion of the circle of dating, communication "for interests."

The opportunity to find his classmates or classmates. The rapid and unpredictable rates of modern life lead to the fact that the people with whom we held for many years of study and with whom they began to fit different points globe; And social networks allow you to overcome geographic barriers and allow classmates to meet again, albeit in virtual space.

Exchange of professional information, training. Here social networks allow us to overcome the difficulties associated with the economic system, a hostile political regime. Thus, the absence of official archaeological activities in our country does not prevent the local leaders, the archaeologists of lovers and young scientists, whose activities are not funded by the state, communicate with each other in social networks.

In unfamiliar area. People who had to change the place of residence (often moved to another region or abroad), painfully tolerate the separation from the former friends, neighbors, friends, it is difficult for them in an unfamiliar environment. And here social networks come to the rescue, allowing you to quickly establish contact with old families; In this case, the move is transferred much easier.

Promotion on the "social staircase". Often, talented musicians, artists, scientists for one reason or another are in a deaf province, where their activities are not needed by anyone. The absence of creativity and self-realization is very painfully affecting the spiritual component of the body, and physical. Social networks and in this case are the savory: For example, a musician can introduce the world with his work and subsequently to be invited to speech in a big city, can make a group if it is possible, even sometimes gather at rehearsals. There is a lot of "virtual groups" - these are full groups whose participants are located in different cities and even countries. Clearly, live performances such a group does not give, but can record songs and albums. The interaction of participants is also carried out through the social network. In addition, a specialist in the province can find work and recognition in this way big city and move there.

Overcoming complexes and other psychological disorders.

The loneliness of a person can be imaginary, contrived or false. Having fucked by life in social networks, he can forget that he is surrounded in real life, in particular - he will turn away from his relatives and friends.

Making the skills of virtual communication, a person can do to communicate in reality. And it happens that having met with virtual friend In reality, he cannot begin communication. After all, communication is virtual and real - not exactly the same thing.

The "democraticity" of interaction in the social network user can regard as "permissiveness." It is fraught with the fact that he seeks to keep track of the entire personal life of his virtual friend, becomes obsessive, forgets about the borders of the personal space. This face actors, musicians, politicians and other well-known people, start-up pages in social networks and communicating with ordinary people: Communication of these "ordinary people" develops into familiarity. If in response the interlocutor blocked them and removes from friends, then most often they do not understand what they did it. As a result, they are disappointed in social interaction at all.

The absence of the Internet (breaking the connection, turning off the electricity, etc.) for people dependent on social networks, turns around the unprecedented tragedy. Forced "return to reality," they look empty, as if we lost everything that had. Socially dependent on social networks is more worried about the fact that he could not see an interesting photo on a virtual friend page than for what happened to his close in reality. Often the dependent is not aware that an interesting or sadness occurred at the neighbors or even family members: a neighbor married a mother, Mom got sick, etc.

The page in the social network often reflects not the real personality of its owner, but the "ideal" is his dreams, aspirations. As a result, communicating with a virtual friend, we are not interested in themselves, but by the image created with the help of photos, information posts, music tracks, etc. In reality, our interlocutor may be in many respects. The dependent on the social network does not understand this, and a collision with its virtual idol in reality also turns into a tragedy and disappointment. However, this is characteristic not only for social networks: In the same way, fans perceive their idols - pop stars, actors, TV presenters - when they are watching them in everyday life.

It happens that the user of the social network understands it. And then he begins to avoid personal meetings, so as not to destroy the image created by him and do not spoil the impression of himself. But it is also found outside of the Internet - with the same actors and pop stars: many of them do not really want fans to see what they are in reality.

How to get rid of social network dependence?

Relief from dependence should be started with the definition of a time framework in the social network. It is best to go to the page approximately at the same time - for example, in the evening after work. Experts are also advised to disable notifications coming by mail - so there will be no temptation to visit the social network in an unplanned time.

It should be more often met with real people - Friends familiar. Virtual communication needs to be replaced as much as possible. You can also find interesting classes that distract from the social network will also allow, so to speak, to feel the real world.

It is important to remember that real life proceeds in reality, and not in the virtual world, which at the best case is only a weak reflection of the real life. Therefore, the social network should be more recreation and entertainment in free time, and not some important component of being.

There is no of this disease in the official register of the World Health Organization. Nevertheless, hundreds of millions of people around the world suffer from this ailment, which only at first glance seems safe hobbies, and in fact leads to stress and serious psyche disorders. We are talking to you about the dependence on social networks.

More recently, the global global network was considered a real blessing for humanity. The Internet was positioned as a world library as the richest pantry, thanks to which you can easily find work, learn the news, read an interesting book, prepare an essay or find other necessary information. And even scientists have expressed that, thanks to the Internet, humanity will come to a new level of knowledge.

Since then, no more than 20 years have passed and what do we see? Social networks have become not just popular. They caused a massive dependence of the population, which today simply does not represent life without visiting their account, without constant viewing of the news feed, without studying photos and "posts" of virtual friends. Moreover, if initially, social networks were created to find real people with which life was reduced in the past, today in most owners of pages in a social network 90% of virtual friends with whom they never met earlier and hardly ever meet.

Such an unhealthy attraction to the Internet and communicating with virtual interlocutors led to a whole ball of problems that modern psychologists call the dependence on social networks. What is fraught with such a dependence and can it be resistant? Tell about this in this article.

Who is subject to dependence on social networks

It cannot be said that absolutely all people are subject to depending on the Internet and social networks. Some individuals attend their page no more than one or twice a week and only to answer an important message, find out the desired address, phone or transfer the information. Such faces have other priorities in life and are not subject to dependence.

There is a transitional type of personality, i.e. People who do not experience thrust to communicate on the Internet, but 3-4 times a week enter their page to view the news of friends and thereby dispel boredom. Such behavior can be considered the norm, however, according to psychologists, such an attempt to take his free time ends in deplorable. Already after 4-5 months, the person "sits" on social networks and the present dependence begins to develop.

The third group of personalities is the most numerous and it is it that is the subject of discussion in this article, because people are part of it, attend their account at least once in 20 minutes! They are in constant waiting for messages, and a correspondence that does not bear absolutely no useful information, stretch for several hours, forgetting about work, homely troubles and other responsibilities.

As a rule, alone and shy people are subject to single and shy people who experience a shortage of communication with real interlocutors. This can also include adolescents who do not find mutual understanding with peers and young mammies who sit in the network all their free time while the baby is sleeping. All of them do not even notice when they turn the face behind which the passion for social networks ends and addiction begins.

What does the dependence on social networks

1. Social degradation

First of all, the enthusiastic communication with virtual interlocutors leads to the fact that a person has been doing "online" more and more and less communicating with real people. Many justify it with loneliness, although psychologists have long been noticed that for the most part this loneliness is false, because these people live in society, visit educational institutions and go to work, which means that they could make friends. IN virtual life They are pushing precisely addiction. Moreover, communication and flirting in social networks are delayed so much that a person sacrifices to all - work, family and other duties, just a little longer to remain in his fictional Mirka.

People who have fallen dependent on such communication are risking to lose work, although large companies have long blocked access to the Internet to their employees and intently track visits to employees of specific sites. However, it does not save this. Houses from the thrust to virtual communication and viewing news of virtual friends will even more comprehend. That is why today 70% of family pairs are bred due to hobbies with one of the partners with social networks.

All this invariably leads to the degradation of the person. The dependent person is so enjoys this quasi-coming, which is completely "disconnected" from the outside world, not noticing how interesting, living and colorful life occurs around it. All of what this person craves is to get to the Internet and go to the favorite page. Such a state refers to behavioral disorders and is treated exclusively by specialists, since an independently sick person help himself unable.

2. Memory problems and attention

With long-term communication on the Internet, the human brain begins to assimilate information quickly, small, dosage portions. Because of this, a person is simply learned to concentrate its attention to anything. Moreover, against the background of a deep immersion in the social network, a person develops hyperactivity syndrome, in which a traction appears to make several cases at the same time (communicate, to outline, assign meetings, study documents).

The consequence of these processes becomes a banal inability to concentrate on the plot of the book or the task, because the brain constantly focuses on foreign things. Doctors in this case talk about "floating" attention. This is especially dangerous for children and adolescents, whose thinking is plastic and is not enough formed, and therefore risks absorbing the harmful standards.

3. Reducing intelligence

It is impossible not to say that setting up for 8-10 hours "Vkontakte", "Twitter" and other social networks, our brain is engaged only by aimless and completely meaningless digestion of information. But to maintain brain activity in a tone, it is important to constantly put intellectual tasks in front of the brain - read literature, solve crosswords, engage in scientific activities, that is, to enrich knowledge.

But what is even more dangerous, the flow of meaningless information not only does not contribute to the training of intellect, it leads to the fact that the dependent person disappears the interest and passion for the surrounding people, empathy and compassion disappears. Such a person begins to experience the alienation to others, which in the future will definitely affect his mental condition.

4. Information dependence

This addiction is the most real dependence, not much different from nicotine, alcohol or narcotic ones. Communicating with virtual interlocutors or browsing other people's photos, a person gets his dose of pleasure, and after would have lost this communication for at least a day, begins to test the real "breaking". He becomes irritated, aggressive, can not relax and fall asleep, in general, is experiencing all the "charms" of the abstinence syndrome.

5. Fatigue and stress

A series of constantly changing monotonous impressions that a person experienced dependent on social networks, inevitably leads to the development of stress. But this is the most dangerous - invisible, sluggish chronic stress, which is accompanied by apatine, constant fatigue without visible reasons, and problems with sleep. If you do not detect and not treated it in time, you can fall into deep depression, sausage from which the patient will have already in the hospital.

We will add here and the fact that, under the guise of understanding and sympathetic interlocutors, scammers and all sorts of sectarians often hide, the purpose of which is to break the psyche dependent on the virtual communication of the person and impose their ideals to him to recruit into a terrorist group or to force prostitution. And every person who is experiencing a craving for social networks should understand that it is in the risk area.

How to deal with the dependence on social networks

First of all, it should be understood that it is possible to get rid of dependence and start living a real, full-fledged life, you can only realize the fullness of your predilection. If you are morally ready to struggle with addiction, you need:

Fully refuse to visit social networks

If it is difficult to immediately abandon the Internet, you can come to this step by step, starting to limit the visit to your account for 1 hour, and then 30 minutes per day. If you do not have enough excerpt, you can use special programswhich after a certain time on the network simply block the selected site.

Be prepared for the fact that for some time you will be unbearable to pull to go to your own page

To deal with such a desire to find yourself a lesson that will help you to distract from the Internet. Any work or hobbies will be useful: drawing, designing, knitting or reading books. These monotonous classes are akin to meditation, as they allow you to get rid of oppressive thoughts, feeling peace and peace.

Clean your own social networking page

Remove from it unnecessary groups that do not bear any actual benefit, but only take a precious time. Less groups - less meaningless news in the ribbon. You can leave only cognitive groups that really carry knowledge.

Thoroughly switches a list of friends

Remove from it unnecessary people who have never seen in life, and which just take your time chatter.

Spend more time in the company of real friends and acquaintances

Go to visit, leave with friends for picnics, arrange joint shopping hiking or just walking around the city. Literally after a week of real communication, your brain will be cleared, and you will see that the real world is full of bright colors and real emotions.

Take care of sports

Exercise are an excellent tool toning the body and improving the mood, which is important in terms of dealing with stress. In addition, sports helps with benefit to spend the free time that you have previously spent on communication in social networks. And if you play sports together with friends, you will not only strengthen health, but also get a dose good mood from live communication.

Contact psychologist

If all the above methods do not help you deal with the existing addiction, contact a specialist who will definitely find a way to return you to real life! The main thing is to want to get rid of dependence, because it suffer from this not only you, but your loved ones. Health to you!