Face book has recently turned up as one of the most used social networking site these days. Almost everyone is talking about face book whether to connect and reconnect with friends, to promote or enhance business or to just meet / know new people around and fill up their day with new and old updates. But within this entire have you realised that how intricately it has intruded over lives taking almost quite a bit from everyday 24 hours. Talking medically face book has registered boldly on the list on technology addiction though no one would ever realise the slavery but it is very much there.

How to know that you are a face book addict?

The following questionnaire is a simple way to assess your rating and realise in depth intrusion of social networking in our arena:

• Do you login your account for more than twice a day?
• Do you sit on face book for more than 2 hours a day?
• Always your mind keeps thinking of the latest updates / comments and photos on your account?
• Do you neglect family affairs just to keep up with face book?
• Do you keep looking for face book credits?
• Do you meet your friends regularly only on face book?
• You feel agitated when you are not able to access your face book account?
• Do you miss your homework sessions or friends for face book?
• Do you feel guilty after face book session?
• Do you want to give up on the social networking thing?
• Have you ever deleted your account in frustration and then again developed it again with more curiosity?

If most of your answers are towards a yes then you surely are an addict or are heading towards the type and need desperate help.

What to do?

The primary step here lies to first acknowledge your weakness. Till you come up and take responsibility nothing can be done. As in when you know your weakness and strengths then only something fruitful can be drained.

Try replace the time with some physical activities, hobbies etc. Further schedule and divide your time, strike a balance and make time for all i.e. for face book and other activities too. If after a month too you feel no detachment and still feel glued to the monitor then its time to seek some help. A counselling expert opinion becomes necessary to keep the addiction and it related complications at bay and feel free. Everything done in moderation is the key and excess always turns things havoc one way or the other.

Complications with face book addiction

• Poor academic performance
• Weak eye sight
• Weight gain / obesity with lack of physical activity
• Backaches with prolonged sitting in awkward postures
• Stiff neck
• Social isolation, at times a person gets so involved with the virtual world that he  / she has absolutely no time for the real one and limits life within a room only.
• Shy personalities, especially with children shyness and social inhibition may surface.