The daily life of society is now increasingly inseparable from social media. According to GFK Asia Digital research, Indonesians spend 5.5 hours in front of their cellphones in a day. This number is mostly dominated by social media. No wonder Facebook has opened an official office in Jakarta. This fact makes many people think that Indonesian people are now experiencing social media addiction. Is that the right term?

According to the clinical director of the Center for Internet Addiction Recovery, Kimberly Young, PsyD, more people are experiencing social media obsession than social media addiction. Both of these terms turned out to have similar meanings but very different conditions. Reporting from Refinery29.com, it's called addiction if the brain looks for certain substances such as dopamine or serotonin. While obsession arises when you are encouraged to monitor social media to reduce cortisol or adrenaline levels in the body.

Social Media Obsession

Unlike the case with obsession. Someone who experiences social media obsession will monitor the virtual world for fear of missing news or news from social media. This fear that arises is the reason you experience social media obsession. If there is news or news that has passed by them, a sense of panic will appear. Obsessing on social media is also a tendency for someone to get FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), so that it can trigger depression.

Even though they have differences, they still have a bad impact. Not only in psychological conditions but also physical health. The eye is the first part that has the risk of staring at the cellphone screen too often. In addition, the cervical bones also often experience disruption due to head which often droops when accessing social media pages.

Keep using social media according to the portions and don't let cyberspace snatch your real life.