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P&S 1.Are you a Facebook addict?

 It appears a lot of us are.
According to scientists, the social networking site can be just as addictive as some drugs, with many people now dangerously hooked on logging in and updating their status almost constantly. Last year, for instance, a team at the University of Gothenburg who conducted a poll of 1,000 students found that up to 85% used Facebook daily.

Now some more Scandinavian researchers, this time, from the University of Bergen in Norway have gone a step further and come up with the six tests that can detect if a person is addicted. According to their report, published in the prestigious Psychological Reports Journal, there are six ‘core elements of addiction’ that also apply to people addicted to alcohol, gambling and drugs. These are also present in Facebook addicts. You may be addicted to Facebook if you answer between four or five on a scale of one to five on the following statements:
You spend a lot of time thinking about Facebook or plan use of Facebook.
You feel an urge to use Facebook more and more.
You use Facebook in order to forget about personal problems.
You have tried to cut down on the use of Facebook without success.
You become restless or troubled if you are prohibited from using Facebook.
You use Facebook so much that it has had a negative impact on your job/studies.
The study found that Facebook addiction was more common among younger adults and women rather than men and was also common in those who are 'anxious and socially insecure' because they are too shy or introverted to talk to real people.

Organised, ambitious and extrovert people, while still keen users, are less likely to be addicts, said psychologist Cecilie Schou Andreassen who developed the niftily titled Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, the first such indicator in the world.
According to another academic brain scans of social network users have shown that using sharing sites such as Facebook 'fires up' the same reward channels in the brain as are activated by sex.
Diana Tamir, of the Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab at Harvard scanned users of social networks using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and found that sharing information about themselves triggered the same neural pathways as food, money and sex.

P&S 2.What remedial actions can be taken against stress?

 

Everyone experiences some type of stress in their lives. Sometimes stress is good; it can help us through a big project or to get through an exam. However, if you have too much stress, your body will create symptoms in an effort to tell you to calm down and relax. Some of these symptoms can include headache, back pain, or insomnia. There are many things that you can do to help these symptoms and get rid of some of the stress. Many of these coping strategies will help you live a healthier life, but it may take trying a few to see what works for you. Relaxing your mind is a great way to help. This can include writing out what is bothering you, spending about 15 minutes a day to write out what is bothering you and stressing you out. Another great thing that will help is simply letting those feelings out, whether that includes crying, laughing, or screaming if there is anger built up. Being around friends or even spending some time alone are both great options for doing this. Finding something active that you enjoy, such as gardening, playing with your kids or pets, or doing volunteer work will help. Make the time to do these things, and you will feel better. The second major way to help relieve your stress is to relax your body. Exercise is the best way to do this, and can include a full run, a walk, or simply cleaning up the house. You would be surprised how much better you feel after this. Lowering your stress level can change your life and make you a much better and happier person.