Facebook Addiction. Is it really an addiction?
@snb7090 (62)
United States
May 8, 2017 7:02am CST
Psychologists have introduced a term to describe an addiction to Facebook. FAD, or Facebook Addiction Disorder, is defined by spending so many hours on Facebook that the healthy balance of the individual's life is affected.
Why does everything have to be a disorder? If you laugh at the wrong time you need treatment, and if you sleep-in too many days of the week you need treatment. Where does it stop? When do people start taking responsibility for their actions and stop blaming people's behaviors on disorders?
Technically by definition, many people do have an addiction to social media.
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@snb7090 (62)
• United States
8 May 17
I know just kind of feeling like we are spending a lot of time making things up so we can excuse certain behaviors rather than deal with it. Similar to ADHD, not a lot of kids used to have that and then one day some medical professional comes up with a term for it and all of the sudden any child with behavioral issues now needs medication because they talk too much or won't sit down when they are told.
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
8 May 17
If we spend too much of time and neglect other important things then it is harmful other wise its okay i guess.
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
9 May 17
I think life is one big disorder so there is only one cure, live the way you like to live and forget about all those pills the doctors are encouraging you to buy just because they have to promote them to earn a cut.
