Please note that I use the words "social networking addictions counselling in London", "counselling for blogging addictions", "psychotherapy for social networking addictions in London", "internet blogs addiction treatment", "social networking addiction treatment", "social networking overuse", "blogs overuse", "psychotherapeutic counselling for blog addicts" & "blogging addiction therapy" and also "social network addiction counsellor", "internet blogging addictions psychotherapist in London", "psychotherapeutic counsellor for social network addicts" & "talking therapist for blogging addiction" interchangeably. I am trained & accredited as a counsellor, psychotherapist & talking therapist and I am happy to discuss their differences with you.
Counselling London – Overuse Of Social Networking Addiction, Blogging Addiction – Psychotherapy London
Social Networking Addiction, Blog Addiction, Blogging Addiction
Social networking can make it easier for us to maintain contact with others, join in, be part of social groups. On a practical level it can help us plan to meet others. Social networking also has the advantage of bringing people together into interest groups. Interacting with others, we can seek others out, be part of something, create or join our own "tribes". Some of us may constantly look up what others are doing, who they are seeing, what they are up to. We may find out things we didn't want to find out. We may get caught up in comparing us with others. We may feel like we are missing out on something interesting, better or more exciting, and the more we look into what other people are up to, the more some of us may wound or beat ourself up. Continuously searching for something, some of us may focus our attention so much onto what others are doing that we may overlook, be out of touch with how we are, as if something is missing in us. We may need a lot of attention, approval, recognition, validation, appreciation yet struggle to give these to ourselves, be present, enjoying the here & now. Important as these social networks are, we may have a sense of shallowness, seeking in depth, meaningful & intimate relationships offline. Some of us may overlook the fact that many social networking sites are owned by large corporations, or that anonymity is not alway so. We may have increased the number of online "friends" - some of whom we've never met, letting our guard down & exchanging intimate information, yet avoiding intimacy with people closest to us. Increasing our social network in cyber space we may have decreased our social networking offline. Popular online we may experience hollowness, unfulfilment, isolation, loneliness or alienation, a gap inside. We may have what some call social networking addiction, social network addiction or social networks addiction. (See also Chat Addiction, Online Chatroom Addiction, Internet Chatting Addiction & Internet Dating)
Excessive Blogging Some of us enjoy blogging for the simple pleasure of it. Blogging can also give a sense of importance & identity - to be somebody. We can be part of something. Some of us may not know what is enough blogging & when to stop. We may have what some people call a blog addiction, blogs addiction or blogging addiction.
Blogging & Social Networking Side Effects Switching on our computer, we may end up switching off inside. We may also lack restraint. We may be worried about the amount of time we spend blogging or on social network sites, maybe even hiding this from others. Continuously going on to social networking sites, or excessive blogging, may affect our offline relationships or indeed our work. Other things important to us may have been neglected. We may not only have started to neglect us, but also our relationship. We may have turned to blogging or social networking as a distraction to get away from other problems. In our blogging or social networking overuse, our sleeping habits & diet may also be affected. When it gets to this stage, we may have what some people call blogging addiction or social networking addiction. Online social networking & blogging may help us with our shyness. It can also re-affirm us. Yet we can be obsessively immersed in blogging, or social networking, struggling to make our blogs & social networking into proportion. If we become overly preoccupied or addicted to social networking or blogging our moods may rise & dip, dependent on our blogging & social networking usage. Ironically, in spite of all our blogging & social networking connections, we may have a nagging sense of isolation, emptiness or alienation. Preoccupied, we may forget other important things and procrastinate. Distracted from the physical world our health may suffer, alongside our groundedness, being in tune with all our senses, e.g. touch, smell, etc.
