Online Addiction Is Now 'Digital Cocaine'!

Online Addiction Is Now 'Digital Cocaine'!

Many people are now spending a lot of time in social media as a result of online expanding.And the spread of social  media communication has 

transformed into a kind of addiction.

Psychologists  have given the name of the addiction to online as the  digital cocaine.



According to one study, the feeling that is created in the brain due to unlimited business with facebook is the same thing that is created by cocaine.
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Social media is also behind many incidents like sexual harassment, money laundering and honor killings.



Also,Many have been victims of suicide for such incidents.

Facebook addiction is equal to drug addiction.California State University researcher ,Professor Offel Turell says that some people can't stay normally without having access to facebook.


In the gray matter section of the brain of these people,an action and related reaction continue.When taking cocaine, almost the same type of activity works in the same area of ​​the brain.



This addiction works like excelareto. That is, the speed continues to grow.

Many of the social media users have been victims of  road accidents for not obeying rule in the roads.Studies have shown that seeing pictures on facebook, they are so scattered that they cannot understand the right things during the road movement.


Because if you see Facebook's notification on the mobile without seeing the signs of the traffic during the road movement, it will bring the accident. So this is a terrible thing in a sense.Because of this, many people are getting affected due to various mental problems.


Recently, negative comments about smartphone by users in the social media has been found.Many people say  that it is very annoying and  also a normal life barrier.

Mobile phones have now become the part of the everyday lifestyle of many people.A survey says that, on average, one man sees a smartphone once every six and a half minutes.



But it does not satisfy mentally. As a result, dissatisfaction continues to grow.

Many think that people will become a skilled multitasker in the use of social media.Simultaneously,they will deal with their work and social media.But in reality it is not possible.


Excessive social media users lose many job skills. Due to distraction, memory loss is also seen. As a result, the efficiency of daily work decreases.

Because of the over-usages of social media, many people have suffered from a problem called ghost call syndrome. If there is no call on mobile, it may seem that the call has been received. Excessive social media usage is creating such type of hallucinations or confusions within the brain.

Although social media is called 'social', it actually makes people unsocial.Thus, people are becoming separated from each other and selfish.


When a person speaks to others, he talks about 30 to 40 percent of his time and listens to others.But in social media, he spends 80 percent of his time for himself.

Real people and people of  online are not the same.The people who is interesting in online may be bad in reality.

Harassment in online is very common issue.Child-adolescents is the major victims of this.One survey shows that 79 percent of the people face this kind of situation in online.

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