Do you feel a strong urge to use social media sites almost all the time of day? Do you forget to engage in other activities due to your social media usage? Do you feel the need to share everything about your life on social media? Or, do you feel it is difficult to cut down time on social media activities? Take this social media addiction test to know whether you have signs of social media addiction or not.
What Is Social Media Addiction?
Social media addiction is a behavioral disorder in which an individual become enchanted by different social media platforms and finds an inability to reduce or cease their consumption of these media despite clear negative consequences and severe drawbacks.
Such unhealthy interactions in various forms of online social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, etc., lead to an increased reliance and dependence on those sites which in other ways creates a sense of fulfillment within the individual’s mind.
This excessive engagement not only impacts the daily life of the individual but also consequently develops a clinically diagnosable mental health condition.
A few signs of Social media addiction include:
Spending most of the time on activities on social media such as posting, commenting, checking notifications, replying to messages, etc.
Feeling a strong urge to share everything on social media that happens in day-to-day life
Neglecting own hobbies/ scheduled work due to engagement on social media
Using social media as a way to cope with emptiness and boredom
Disruption in eating and sleeping patterns due to overuse of social media platforms
Instructions For Taking Social Media Addiction Test
Below is a list of items that relate to an individual’s habit of social media use. Please read each item carefully, and select options that you find relevant for you.
Please note: This social media addiction test is a self-assessment and not a diagnostic test.
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Your present score reveals that you have a low sign of Social Media Addition. It reveals from your score that you might slightly feel the need to use social media throughout your day and also may feel the urge to share things happening in your life on social media during a few events. Besides this, it can be seen from your score that you might forget to do other activities to a few extent due to your social media engagement. Apart from this, it can be revealed from your score that in a few cases, you might also have a tendency to use social media even when talking to others and doing other activities.
Further, your score shows that you may use social media platforms in a few cases to ignore the emptiness and boredom, which might also slightly affect your eating and sleeping patterns of everyday life. However, it should be noted that your responses may have an impact on your social, occupational, and other areas of functioning. if you think the results do not accurately match your characteristics, then we would encourage you to consult a Psychologist for an accurate result.
Want to learn more?
Although social media became a part of our everyday life, it is important to cut down the addiction level to social media platforms by following some strategies such as- fixing a particular time for using social media platforms, turning off notification alerts during work time, enjoying food and other activities through direct communication with friends/families, applying information and knowledge gained from social media in practical life, turning off mobile data/Wi-Fi when sleeping and engaging in new hobbies/activities to avoid boredom and emptiness. If you want to know how to deal with your habits of social media use, talk to our professional psychologists.
You can use our Mood Tracker to stay mindful of your mood every day, identify your innermost thoughts & emotions on a daily basis. It will aid you in doing all those things you love, while limiting activities that might dampen your mood.
Moderate Signs Of Social Media Addiction
Your present score reveals that you have a moderate sign of Social Media Addition. It reveals from your score that sometimes you might feel the need to use social media throughout your day and also may feel the urge to share things happening in your life on social media in some cases. Besides this, it can be seen from your score that you might forget to do other activities sometimes due to your social media engagement. Apart from this, it can be revealed from your score that often, you might also have a tendency to use social media even when talking to others and doing other activities and it may also be possible that your family members and friends might also get irritated so some extent for your social media engagement.
Further, your score shows that you may use social media platforms in some cases to ignore the emptiness and boredom, which might also affect in some cases your eating and sleeping patterns in everyday life. However, it should be noted that your responses may have an impact on your social, occupational, and other areas of functioning. if you think the results do not accurately match your characteristics, then we would encourage you to consult a Psychologist for an accurate result.
Want to learn more?
Although social media became a part of our everyday life, it is important to cut down the addiction level to social media platforms by following some strategies such as- fixing a particular time for using social media platforms, turning off notification alerts during work time, enjoying food and other activities through direct communication with friends/families, applying information and knowledge gained from social media in practical life, turning off mobile data/Wi-Fi when sleeping and engaging in new hobbies/activities to avoid boredom and emptiness. If you want to know how to deal with your habits of social media use, talk to our professional psychologists.
You can use our Mood Tracker to stay mindful of your mood every day, identify your innermost thoughts & emotions on a daily basis. It will aid you in doing all those things you love, while limiting activities that might dampen your mood.
High Signs of Social Media Addiction
Your present score reveals that you have a high sign of Social Media Addition. It reveals from your score that you seem to feel a strong need to use social media throughout your day and also may highly feel the urge to share things happening in your life on social media. Besides this, it can be seen from your score that you seem to forget to do other activities to many extent due to your social media engagement. Apart from this, it can be revealed from your score that you might also have a strong tendency to use social media even when talking to others and doing other activities and it may also be possible that your family members and friends also seem to get irritated many times for your social media engagement.
Further, your score shows that you seem to use social media platforms in most cases to ignore the emptiness and boredom, which most often seem to also affect your eating and sleeping patterns in everyday life. However, it should be noted that your responses may have a strong impact on your social, occupational, and other areas of functioning. if you think the results do not accurately match your characteristics, then we would encourage you to consult a Psychologist for an accurate result.
Want to learn more?
Although social media became a part of our everyday life, it is important to cut down the addiction level to social media platforms by following some strategies such as- fixing a particular time for using social media platforms, turning off notification alerts during work time, enjoying food and other activities through direct communication with friends/families, applying information and knowledge gained from social media in practical life, turning off mobile data/Wi-Fi when sleeping and engaging in new hobbies/activities to avoid boredom and emptiness. If you want to know how to deal with your habits of social media use, talk to our professional psychologists.
You can use our Mood Tracker to stay mindful of your mood every day, identify your innermost thoughts & emotions on a daily basis. It will aid you in doing all those things you love, while limiting activities that might dampen your mood.
