When I took the Social Media Disorder test, I scored a 5 out of 9. I thought that the items in the scale were very similar to how you would diagnose someone for any other addiction. The ones I answered yes to were Tolerance, Persistence, Displacement, Deception, and Escape. When stating all of those being parts of social media, I struggle with it is easy to say I have a problem with being on social media. Since the questions all highlight ways, social media alters your life and thought process which in turn can lead to a bigger problem. Different patterns are found across the world because of culture and access to social media. For example, if you live in a place where you have internet access every place you go then you are more likely to end up on social media along with everybody else around you. But if there are less spots to be on the internet and spending time on social media is frowned upon where you live there will be much less of a, connection to social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When I took the Social Media Disorder test, I scored a 5 out of 9. I thought that the items in the scale were very similar to how you would diagnose someone for any other addiction. The ones I answered yes to were Tolerance, Persistence, Displacement, Deception, and Escape. When stating all of those being… <\/p>\n