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An Addiction that I Can Hardly Give Up!
I am having difficulty winning against this invisible enemy, the social media platform.
It was 6.30 am on my mobile, the alarm clock started to ring- I stretched my arms and stopped the alarm. Then, I grabbed the phone and started using the mobile phone randomly browsing through various social media apps including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, Messenger, Snapchat, and many more. This continued for more than one hour until my subconscious mind regained consciousness or my wife scolded me severely. If this scenario is also common to you, then, congratulations- you are one of those people who are addicted to Social Media apps.
According to the Recovery Center of Niagra, “Around 210 million people suffer from social media addiction worldwide. That’s equivalent to the entire population of Brazil, the sixth most populous country in the world”.
It feels like I have been programmed to use social media apps while waking up and before sleeping at night. And throughout the day randomly opening the apps just to check the activity of the people. Even my subconscious mind has been distorted and controlled by the unseen enemy by their magic-like algorithm.
I have been trying all of the possible tricks, life hacks, ‘Guru Mantra’, and mindfulness…
