Complete the Social Media Disorder scale.  How did you score?  What do you think about the items in the scale?  Why do you think that  different patterns are found across the world?

I feel like I scored very well, as I was reading the items in the scale it made me think about how my score is completely different than it would have been when I was still in high school or middle school. When I was on trips away from home with not much to do but just my mom, I would rely on it and social media for entertainment. I remember going camping when I was like a sophomore, and I was dying with no service and not able to go on my phone and scroll through social media and reply to people on Snapchat. I am glad for memories like that because you don’t really realize at the time how sucked in you are. The conclusion was right, I feel like my obsession with social media was because I was bullied at a younger age and was self-conscious about my looks. In a way social media gave me closure at those times. When I look at that scale and the items in it they seem crazy to me now, but a part of me knows at one point I used social media a lot, maybe never posted but was active. I feel like there are different patterns found across the world because everyone grows up differently and I feel like location plays a very big role, where you grow up and the people you are around to grow up with. Loneliness and the loss of family members and friends can play a role too, there are so many factors that we look over until we face them. 

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