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I'm copying here an interesting article I found on the web. Pretty much like the naked truth. So true it hurts. Check it out!
10 SIGNS YOU ARE ADDICTED TO WHATSAPP
Come on, let's admit, we spend more time on WhatsApp in a day than we actually spend in front of our computer screens at work or home. Chatting, exchanging texts, forwarding jokes and sometimes, just teasing each other with non-sense talks, that's most of us all day long.
But are you addicted to it like REALLY? Read these 10 signs and tick mark on what suits you and then decide how much WhatsApp has affected your life and how close you are to addiction!
1. If you cannot resist the urge to pick up your phone and check the message each time WhatsApp rings, you're certainly addicted to it. So much that even if you are sitting in the middle of something really important, you would make a point to check the new message first.
2. Checking your WhatsApp messages for any new messages each time you get up in the middle of the night is a clear sign that you have surrendered your life to it. Also, if WhatsApp is the first thing in the morning after you wake up, you are in no better situation.
3. Checking "last online" of your contact list is something that is uncalled for, yet most of us do for no reason whatsoever. If someone has to message you, they will. By checking the last time they were online won't make you get a ping from them instantly. So, why bother so much?
4. Frequently checking your friends' profile pictures on WhatsApp is nothing, but a clear indication of you being inquisitive about your friends and fancy lives they are leading, which is reflected through their display pictures. Not just this, once you have seen the pic, you want to compliment them by sending a quick text. Ah, wasn't Facebook enough for this?
5. Changing your status and display pictures on WhatsApp almost every second day is a clear sign that you are addicted and cannot survive without it. It is like you have to announce it to the world whatever you are doing and, honestly, there is nothing wrong about it. Just you tend to take it a bit too seriously at times.
6. You are addicted to WhatsApp if you have a habit of continuously checking your phone again and again after you have sent someone and haven't received a reply from them for a few minutes. Is waiting that tough? Strange we don't even want to give the benefit of doubt to that person, who may genuinely be busy.
7. If you love to forward all jokes- text, images and videos- with many in your contact list, well, you are definitely addicted. Even if the other person never acknowledges any of your forwarded messages, that won't prevent you from continuing doing so.
8. Keeping a tab on everyone's status updates on WhatsApp is another indication that you have all the time in the world to know what is happening in others' life and what is going in their mind. We do tend to judge the person on the basis of what they have posted, and also on the basis of their WhatsApp status, and if not this, then take the sarcasm as if it was aimed at us.
9. If you HAVE picked up fights or arguments with friends for a reason that, despite being online on WhatsApp, they didn't respond to your message or didn't ping you, clearly you have given your life to it. Understand it only leads to more confusions and misunderstanding.
10. Driving, eating, sleeping, working or whatever you are doing, if you reply to a WhatsApp message as soon as you receive it, clearly shows that you are addicted to the medium. Even if that means disturbing your sleep or taking the risk while driving or getting distracted from work, does not really bother you. Well, in this case, you most certainly have a problem.
FORGIVE ME LORD, FOR I HAVE SINNED
I have to say that I'm quite shocked after reading this list since, at some point in my life I might have done all of those questionable behaviors! Like an adolescent suffering from ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) who just cannot focus! Shame on me!
Therefore, I will say my prayer, in the seek of my personal redemption (and for the sake of maturity):
Forgive me Lord, for I have sinned:
Not only have I done all of the aforementioned at a point in my life,
but I have also indulged in Facebook narcissism and megalomania.
I confess that I only put up pictures of me- and what's worse, even Selfies- looking really good, when my everyday appearance may have little to do with said photos. Wanting to make a certain impression on female FB users may or may not have been related to such a demeanor.
Yes my Lord, I have indulged in FB photo imposture.
Also in many an occasion I have posted some line, message or text which I thought witty, sharp and ingenous with the intention of being complimented by other users, by means of comments of approval or just "likes".
I also plead guilty to checking way too often (like every five minutes or so), if my new publication has more "likes" than the last time I checked.
Yes, I have been a compliment-seeker
I confess that all of the previous may be the result of vanity, conceitedness or self-admiration, all of which I know are capital sins, hence, with the present prayer I make a plea for your mercy and possibility of redemption and further salvation as, at this very moment in my life I strive for personal integrity and transcendence.
Without further ado, your servant,
J.
What about you? How much of an addiction to WhatsApp and the social media have you got?
Please, your insights on the comments box!
In my view, all the signs that may say if you are a kinda person addicted to Whatsapp or not, are not necessarily to be taken so seriously because, through using this effortless technology we are just getting some endless pleasure and the ways human being obtains it are various. In other words, we wouldn´t feel like behaving like this if there was no pleasure or any kind of self-satisfaction derived from it, either if all this spontaneous activity of oneself was ordered by our parents, our boss and stuff. On top of that, I don’t like judging mind’s activity or behavior as good or bad, for me it’s just activity…
ReplyDeleteWith regard to the constant activity of checking it to know what’s going on in other people’s lives or in the world, it can just vanish when you realize that your life is not being nurtured, improved or changed by it in terms of having more money, peace, better sleep, love and so on.
Then, after this awareness, you are able to use any kind of the social network technology or device, merely as a tool to make your life easier (to communicate each other for events, appointments, to check your homework assignment…), and not to be trapped by it.
In short, I fully believe that technology conscientiously used is a tremendous breakthrough that helps people all over the world to be in touch and to have the necessary information, if needed, at your fingertips.