Remove the camera, you are sick: scientists have recognized self-dependence as a disease

22-year-old Junaid Ahmed has 50,000 followers on Instagram. The young man admits that he suffers from "self-addiction": he takes about 200 photos a day. Junaid carefully approaches the issue of the time of publication of photos, and if the picture gets less than 600 likes, the guy deletes it without regret.

Source: BBC

Recent studies have shown that the dependence of users of social networks is quite real, and it even has a name — "selfitis". Researchers from the University of Nottingham believe that an unhealthy desire to constantly take selfies and post photos more than six times a day speaks of chronic "selfitis".

Junaid admits that his addiction affects relationships with loved ones.

The guy admits that he no longer cares about negative comments, as it was before. But he feels a certain burden of responsibility, because of which he has to work on every photo.

Junaid understands how harmful the influence of social networks can be, but does not take it seriously.

23-year-old Danny Bowman (Danny Bowman) suffered from self-addiction in adolescence.

He took selfies, and then looked for flaws in his appearance there and always found them. It turned into a vicious circle.

When Danny turned 16, he decided to take up his life. He was diagnosed with dysmorphic phobia. The guy believes that this happened precisely because of the dependence on social networks. Now Danny is studying at the university and helps young people with the same mental problems that he himself had.

Now Danny doesn't post selfies on Instagram.

Experts of the Royal Society for Public Health of Great Britain (RSPH) believe that mobile phones should send danger warnings to users if a user is on social networks for more than two hours. According to experts, teenagers are most susceptible to addiction.