Social Addiction Risk of "depression"
In today's technology Into more and more important roles in people's daily lives Sometimes a smart phone is like the fifth human factor that can be done because smartphones can give us easy and fast access to various information. This includes accessing social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other Instant messaging.
Lt. Ying Chanitpholprapai, a psychiatrist at Praram 9 Hospital, said that humans were originally a social animal which needed acceptance from the people around them. Therefore , it is much easier to access social media today. This makes the risk of social media addiction much easier. We can observe ourselves that the symptoms of this social media addiction come from a number of symptoms that are highly probable.
Social media addiction and can lead to depression , stress, anxiety, ADHD, and bipolar disorder. Less time to relax And the online world too many of themselves to cut off from the people around. Some patients live more in the fictional world than in the real world. You can start to check the symptoms as follows
- Be with social media More than intended
- The time when not using social media Often experience restlessness or irritability.
- If we try to control our own access to social media, but cannot
- Keep thinking about social media no matter what you're doing.
- When stressed out, social media is often used to relieve stress.
- Lied or hidden In order to play on social media
- Social media is the cause of work problems or relationship problems with close people.
These symptoms indicate that social media is starting to affect everyday life. Which we ourselves can prevent and solve the problem of social media addiction in the first place, such as trying to limit the time we use social media to reduce or set the time clearly You can set reminders before the specified time is over. Help too. And try to find other activities to do To distract, such as a hobby, exercise interest , meeting friends or relatives Travel Finding stress relief activities
Therefore, if you find yourself or those around you with symptoms of the above social addiction And not being able to deal with myself by the basic methods They should make an appointment to see a psychiatrist for screening, diagnosis and treatment of social addiction and other psychiatric disorders.
