The very name of social networks suggests the idea that hitting them is not so easy to get out. Social networks are becoming more popular every year. Their subject matter and diversity is simply amazing. Along with such giants as Facebook, Twitter, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, now there are social networks with a clear direction. If you like pets, cars, sports or embroidery, there are a lot of sites where you can find the information you need and you can discuss what you need.
So why are such useful things alarming specialists and psychologists more and more often? And why are people more and more often getting bogged down in these sites?
The first and important reason is the change in identity. A person can create several images, changing not only the behavior, but also a virtual image. Become younger or more beautiful, even change sex. And most importantly, thanks to the prompts of search programs, even smarter. Such anonymity gives a sense of permissiveness and the avoidance of punishment. Often people behave aggressively, cheekily. Or vice versa, they allow you to share your most hidden feelings with another interlocutor.
The second reason is communicating with other people. The ability to share photos, ideas, experiences, memories, with a lot more people than in life. Find an old friend or relative who lives far away. To learn news not from television, but from eyewitnesses.
Many, mostly lonely people, go headlong into such communication and lose the line between the real and virtual world. They begin to take everything much more seriously than they should. For them, virtual acquaintances, friends are getting closer than real people who surround them. They trust them with their problems more, they consult. Gradually, nothing else exists for them. Turning off the Internet or electricity such people perceive almost universal grief and disaster. After all, then, in their opinion, they are alone.
This behavior is most often affected by close people of this person. Many marriages fail because the husband or wife spends more time at the computer than with the family. And going into their account and reading the correspondence, they find there flirting and even love confessions. Parents are in a panic when they can not drive out walking children, because they sit all day on social networks.
Voluntarily such a user is unlikely to leave social networking. Already very tempting communication and opportunities that they provide. Sometimes very strong emotional upheavals can cause a person to break away from the computer. This may be the illness or death of a loved one. Or, on the contrary, something joyful, for example, the pregnancy of a wife or a new position at work. If a person has noticed such signs and understands that he cannot cope on his own, it is advisable for him to seek help from qualified specialists.
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