How to cope up with Social media Addiction?

Social media addiction is a real phenomenon. As more people carry around smartphones and other devices wherever they go, it becomes harder to escape the internet. and people increasingly spend their online time on social media sites such as Facebook, twitter and Instagram.

For people who are addicted to these sites, it can have a harmful effect on their lives and even their health. any addiction is potentially harmful if it saps your energy away from other activities, such as work , physical activity and offline relationships. there are some ways to cope up with social media.

Limit the number of social networks you use to only those most relevant to your work and personal life, in this way an individual can focus in their lives.

If you really don’t know someone well or at all, don’t feel obligated to friend or follow them, in this way an individual can cull their network.

Sometimes there’s are pressing reasons for being connected to someone (i.e., not unfriending them), though you might want a temporary way to filter for a specific group of people without permanently “hiding” the status updates of other people. Both Twitter and Facebook offer friend list features that, if implemented properly, let you quickly view the status updates of a specific group of people. This way, you can view just the updates that are most relevant to you at any given moment.

Schedule your use of social media. Unless there’s an overwhelming reason otherwise, don’t leave Facebook or other social media sites open in a web browser tab all the time.

if you’re still having difficulty keeping track of time when you use social networking sites, try setting a timer of some sort, with an alarm.