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Today in class I read an article on CNN about a woman who was clearly addicted to the social networking site known as Facebook. She spends over 20 hours a week on Facebook, which could add up to one whole day a week. She wanted her name to remain anoymous. Her child would ask her for help with her homework, but she would decline just because she did not want to leave her "happy" world known as Facebook. A therapist and marriage counselor in North Caroline says that some of her patients also get so wrapped up in Facebook that it ruins their marriages. One client of hers 'friended' an old boyfriend on Facebook and began flirting with him and explaining how unhappy she was in her marriage. By saying this her younger cousin saw the wall posts and told her parents which then told the husband. They are now in the middle of a rough divorce.
Today in class I read an article on CNN about a woman who was clearly addicted to the social networking site known as Facebook. She spends over 20 hours a week on Facebook, which could add up to one whole day a week. She wanted her name to remain anoymous. Her child would ask her for help with her homework, but she would decline just because she did not want to leave her "happy" world known as Facebook. A therapist and marriage counselor in North Caroline says that some of her patients also get so wrapped up in Facebook that it ruins their marriages. One client of hers 'friended' an old boyfriend on Facebook and began flirting with him and explaining how unhappy she was in her marriage. By saying this her younger cousin saw the wall posts and told her parents which then told the husband. They are now in the middle of a rough divorce.
The physciatrist says you know you are obsessed when:
- you lose sleep over facebook
- you spend more than one hour a day devoting time to nothing but facebook
- you become obsessed with old loves
- you ignore work in favor of facebook
- the thought of getting off facebook leaves you in a cold sweat
Pile has her own quick test: "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."
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