How can I overcome my addiction to social media?

Question

I feel that I am addicted to facebook, whatsapp and imo. Every spare minute that I am getting is used for checking social media apps on my mobile phone. I can't live without it. Even in my work I am checking my phone in every 5 minute or so. How can I relieve from this habit?

Comments

You need to limit your social media activity. Allow an hour to use social media and that's it. If you exceed to one hour, then you will surely become addicted to it. 

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Whatever you do, everything should be in moderation. Too much of everything is good for nothing.

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It's simple as abc. You can be confident that you're human with willpower. And this willpower could either be strong or weak depending on how determined you are to make use of it. You can either decide to strengthen it from being weak to becoming strong or vise versa. But as for your case, I will suggest you make use of your willpower from strengthened perspective. This will help you to be decisive when to be on social media or when you don't want to be. If others can quit any other form of addiction using this method, you can too.

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I overcome mine by concentrating on my daily tasks and thinking of how to complete each task that way my mind is far away from the things that aren't really productive like being on social media. So filled your day with more productive things.

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First, you have to get rid of your gadget and internet and live for a month in forest where you cannot use internet.

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Gone are the days that i spend long hours on on social media.If you are making money on social media,then its worth it but if you are not,then its a total waste of time.

Spending too much time on social media can make you lose focus and mental health.

Some ways to build better digital habit is: turn off notifications on your phone,set alarm specifying how often you can check your phone(when your alarm sounds,spend one minute going through your messages and reset your timer),take distracting applications off your phone screen,you may delete Facebook or twitter applications and relegate to using your phone browser,don't let your phone be the last thing you check at night and first thing you check in the morning..

This few tips should help.

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Social media is a bad addiction and it's very unfortunate that most of us are hooked. Maybe is the whole world was switched off from technology it may work. But anyway i guess it's a choice that you will have to make as an individual no one can make you stop but yourself.

Answer 1

1 Turn off notifications. 

2 Don't have your phone by you whilst you sleep.

3 Remove your phone from your morning routine. 

4 Place less weight on your personal social media appearance.

5 Opt for analogue alternatives. .

6 Digital detox.

Answer 2

You can either decide to strengthen it from being weak to becoming strong or vise versa. But as for your case, I will suggest you make use of your willpower from strengthened perspective. This will help you to be decisive when to be on social media or when you don't want to be. If others can quit any other form of addiction using this method, you can too.

Answer 3

It is really possible for a person to stop social media addition you just have to do the seen things which are physical than that of the unseen thing which can be social media.