{"id":94497,"date":"2016-07-08T12:34:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T04:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=94497"},"modified":"2016-07-08T14:08:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T06:08:27","slug":"3-a-steps-to-get-rid-of-facebook-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/3-a-steps-to-get-rid-of-facebook-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"3 A+ Steps to get rid of Facebook addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While &#8220;Facebook addiction&#8221; is not a medically approved term, the reality of Facebook addiction is certainly creating problems for many of us. Therefore, I am here to help you to get rid of such reckless addictive behaviours via three constructive steps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1\/ Admit<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 477px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/84859476\" target=\"_blank\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 75.052411% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/84859476?et=GM5fQPPSRpxKfw1O68l_Kw&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=N01Mez4RlvGUaqAV1GhM6w3O31w8Tjgn2XR8gKC74-4=\" width=\"477\" height=\"358\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can never fix a problem unless you recognize it. Don\u2019t beat yourself up, but be honest enough to admit that you are a Facebook addict. Telling your family or friends will even help you to stay accountable and contingent, you don\u2019t have to feel bad about it at all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFace your problem, don\u2019t Facebook it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2\/ Aware<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 387px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/90851786\" target=\"_blank\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 113.695090% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/90851786?et=b7FbrT8hSqRWxXbGR5WjBQ&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=Yt5bdk8-BRF1dw4_7dIUwsDW78WG7m15fqwkCeuCGsU=\" width=\"387\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every psychological trigger we discussed last time (See: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/3-psychological-reasons-why-you-are-addicted-to-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\">3 Psychological Reasons why you are addicted to Facebook<\/a>\u00a0) won\u2019t necessarily be 100% relevant to you, just focus on the ones that are. Be mindful of whatever actions that might provoke the addictive habit is always crucial. If you\u2019re not sure what makes you hooked to Facebook, try to record the following details in a journal until you identify a common trend:<\/p>\n<p>What do I Facebook? (Scrolling, sharing, creeping, notification checking\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>When do I Facebook? (As soon as you wake up, right before you go to bed, on a gathering, in-between meals&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>What happened right before you Facebook? (Something stressful, happy upsetting\u2026 \u2026 whatever you believed to be significant)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3\/ Alternate<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 488px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/481492473\" target=\"_blank\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 71.926230% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/481492473?et=JNG6FSKZQSdutJXoy_g54Q&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=7XhpPmpaqgL-4T1r3b-6iigXKliOkN4mj9XVDGrtXco=\" width=\"488\" height=\"351\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After understanding why you are so into Facebook, replace it with a positive alternative that you can track or measure in some way. Trust me, it\u2019s a very easy to eliminate a bad habit once you decided to pick up a good one. For me, I applied this idea by choosing to dance every time I was tempted to check my Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Exercise sparks dopamine production, which exert a number of health benefits that promote positive well-being and even counter negative mental states.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fighting against Facebook addiction can be tough, but trust me and most importantly trust yourself, YOU WILL PREVAIL! Stay encouraged and don\u2019t forget to share and pass it along on Facebook! #sarcasm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While &#8220;Facebook addiction&#8221; is not a medically approved term, the reality of Facebook addiction is certainly creating problems for many of us. This article will help you to get rid of such reckless addictive behaviours via three constructive steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":620,"featured_media":94498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14436],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-column"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/3GetRidAddiction-752x440.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-oA9","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}