Facebook Addiction Disorder

Catherine Lee Yan Xin

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Overview⏎ Video Clip

⏎ What is Facebook Addiction Disorder

⏎ Signs of F.A.D

⏎ The Impact caused on your life

⏎ Ways to defeat a Facebook Addiction

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What is Facebook Addition Disorder ??

Source: Boswell 2012

Sign of F.A.D- Tolerance ( Increased usage )

- Withdrawal symptoms

- Notification Excitement

- Over sharing

- Mad rush to add more friends ( Fake relationship )

- Lost relationship

Effects of Facebook Addicted Disorder

- Mental health

- Healthy problem

- Social problem

- Study problem

How to defeat facebook addiction ??

- Deactivate your facebook account for few days

- Seek professional help in dealing with problem

- Find some entertainment other than facebooking

- Step away from the computer

- Give yourself an entire Facebook-free weekend as a starting point in developing healthier habits

How addicted to facebook are

you?http://theoatmeal.com/quiz/facebook_addict

ReferencesKoester 2010; Facebook Addiction: Symptoms and Treatmenthttp://voices.yahoo.com/facebook-addiction-symptoms-treatment-6875156.html

Conrad n.d: Facebook Addiction Disorder - Twenty-One Helpful Tips; http://www.techaddiction.ca/facebook-addiction-disorder.html

Poh n.d: 7 Telltale Signs of Facebook Addiction; http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/facebook-addiction-signs/

Myer 2012; 7 Symptoms of Facebook Addiction Disorder; http://www.sociablweb.com/7-symptoms-of-facebook-addiction-disorder

Ruben 2011; Facebook addiction and its impact; http://www.avoidfacebook.com/2011/09/27/facebook-addiction-and-its-impact-on-your-life/