Here are five signs to look out for:

1) Anxiety – you feel anxious and unsafe when you’re without Facebook. This might result in withdrawal when you aren’t able to use the site for a prolonged period of time – including cold sweats or restlessness and an inability to sit still.

2) You have no interest in food and sleep – only Facebook – which you constantly crave. You probably already checked Facebook three times whilst reading this article.

3) You use Facebook as a way to escape your personal problems, and you rationalise your use of it, saying it makes you feel more positive when really it’s the addiction speaking. But, deep down, you feel conflicted about the site and you think that maybe it’s not good for you.

4) You feel euphoric when you’re on Facebook, you get that familiar rush and you feel like you can take on anyone – or anything that comes your way.

5) You are easily irritable and argumentative when away from the site, and you might even steal people’s laptops and smartphones, in order to calm down.

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