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5 Signs of Facebook Addiction

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(Newser) – If you're ignoring your kid or getting divorced because of Facebook—it's happened—you might have a problem. CNN outlines five telltale signs of Facebook addiction.

  • Losing sleep: If you're tired every morning because of late-night-friending, take a break, a UCLA psychologist advises: "You shouldn't be neglecting yourself because of Facebook."
  • You spend more than an hour a day on Facebook: "Probably no one needs more than 30 minutes," one therapist said.

  • Reigniting old flames: Here's where the divorce comes in. "Facebook is a fun, pleasant, happy, beautiful world," a psychologist said. But it's not real, and people are watching.
  • You're not working: Obviously, "if you're not doing your job in order to sneak time on Facebook, you could have a real problem."
  • Withdrawal: "Try going a day without Facebook. If you find it causes you a lot of stress and anxiety, you really need to get some help."

The clean-cut purveyor of an addicting menace to family life.
The clean-cut purveyor of an addicting menace to family life.   (AP Photo)
If you can't go a day without checking your profile, you might have a problem.
If you can't go a day without checking your profile, you might have a problem.   (AP Photo)
Sometimes, the whole family can enable its own addiction.
Sometimes, the whole family can enable its own addiction.   (AP Photo)
This man might be addicted to Facebook.
This man might be addicted to Facebook.   (Shutter Stock)
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DarkFrancis
Apr 23, 09 4:56 PM CDT
What was the fifth one? I got a friend request and missed it. Reply
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Robert_Dada
Apr 23, 09 5:38 PM CDT
More Internet trash...symbolizing how insipid we've become. Reply
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drlarrymitchell
Apr 23, 09 10:05 PM CDT
I get shaky if I miss a day on Newser... Reply
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Mad
Apr 24, 09 1:53 AM CDT
Well, Newser is different, I'm not here to be anyone's friend, I'm here to glean the days news, and, of course, bash republicans. Wholly different than that Facebook, MySpace or Twitter nonsense Reply
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