Yes, it creates addiction. People get online to get their fix. Is it what we are doing now? Haha. At the basics of this addiction is the human need to connect and a bit of voyeurism. Social media speculated this and took it to another level so that now addiction looks like the norm. I can still remember how odd people reacted if you didn't have FB years ago. Funny right. Like if you don't have an online presence you do not exist. I don't think there is a more alienating environment than this, sadly
Time off and sleep are super important. After I have read Matthew Walkers's book Why we sleep I really take good care of my sleep routine. Life passes by anyway, so better spend 1 hour on yourself than for external validation. Because if you die tomorrow, the world will go on fine without you. And this is a hell of a good reason to realize how being still and enjoying silence, nature and being yourself is important.