12 Signs That Show You're Addicted To Social Media | HuffPost Life

12 Signs That Show You're Addicted To Social Media

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As part of HuffPost UK's month of Digital Detox, we're taking a long, hard - and often uncomfortable - look at the way we use the internet, particularly social media.

Did you know, for example that 5-10% of internet users are unable to control how much time they spend online? And that brain scans have shown similar patterns between social media addicts and drug addicts?

With one third of the world's population now using social media and many of us using it around the clock... I guess you could say we're... um... addicted.

Here are a few things that you only know when you're a social media addict.

You Know You're A Social Media Addict When...

Your food goes cold because you're too busy taking Instagram photos of it(01 of13)

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You can't not check your phone while you're on holiday...(02 of13)

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...or when you're on the toilet(03 of13)

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You've set Facebook as your homepage (04 of13)

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You get REALLY upset when your Twitter follower number goes down(05 of13)

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You have no idea what else to do with your time when the internet goes down(06 of13)

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You look at your phone over someone else's shoulder(07 of13)

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The only time you ever switch your phone off is to update an app(08 of13)

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You call your friends by their Twitter handles(09 of13)

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You say 'hashtag' in real life(10 of13)

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Your phone is the first thing you switch on in the morning and the last thing you switch off at night(11 of13)

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You can't experience something without sharing it with total strangers(12 of13)

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You run out of data allowance. Every. Month.(13 of13)

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