to think Facebook/Mumsnet addiction is a real problem?

[blindinglight]

...I suffer from this debilitating condition and wonder if there is any help for people like me. My house is a complete fucking shit tip, my children are currently fighting over who eats the last biscuit, I am constantly in a state of worry that I have posted the wrong thing or missed something... all I can do is keep refreshing the page while chaos reins.

Delete the bloody thing then... block the websites... get an arsing life...

I really can't delete my FB page as my business is thriving on there and you need to have your personal account to keep the business one open

[Booyhoo]

addicted? no i dont think you are. i think you have prioritised FB/MN over more important things. i understand the attraction. it's there for me too but surely you are able to reason that spending X amount of time on laptop means you have less time to spend on dinner/dc homework/bathtime etc.

how about using fb/mn as you reward. so do all the things that need to be done= half an hour on fb.

i think it's a cop out to say you are addicted to it to the point your house is a shit tip unless there is an under lying reason (depression? which i have and fully understand how that can have a horrible effect on your home life)

[wewereherefirst]

No blinding we have crossed wires, 'I meant is there actually a way to switch fb/mn off as I can't bloody find it' and have now burnt the risotto

[WingDefence]

I gave Facebook up for Lent last year! None of my friends or family thought I could do it but it was quite liberating. I don't post statuses etc nearly as often now, although I do still check my news feed on a stupidly regular basis I'm not telling you how often and wonder why noone's updated anything at all in the past 10-20 mins.

But the worst is MN. I work from home so while I can flick FB on and off in a few seconds, I find myself going through Active Threads, Threads I'm Watching and Threads I'm On really often and just reading and reading for hours. It makes my procrastination so much worse

[MoodyDidIt]

ha ha i do the "mummy's working" thing too

[Booyhoo]

it is very liberating to not be constantly refreshing and updating.

honestly OP you will get to a point where fb and mn bores you and you'll wonder why it was so hard for you to stay away from it in the past. it will seem ridiculous to you that the reason for your home being messy was because you were on the computer. i mean think about it, when you think of someone being on their computer all day/night long to the detriment of their home/life you probably think of gamers and loners who have no social life. but really MN/FB is your 'gaming'. you are that person.

[FunnysInLaJardin]

MN is addictive, but not FB. I hate not being incognito and folk knowing too much about my RL

[FunnysInLaJardin]

and DS1 who is 7 handed over the computer at the weekend after hours of Club Penguin and said hang on mum I have to do something. When he handed it over he had logged into MN for me

[blindinglight]

wewereherefirst I see, apologies in that case... and no I cant find it either!

Booyhoo It seems ridiculous to me already. I don't think i am quit at the stage where I never leave the house. The people I interact with most on FB are people who i've just seen on the school run I know. So not a loner yet just really distract-able...

[jaggythistle]

YANBU.

[SirBoobAlot]

[Booyhoo]

well i dont think you are addicted. but if you are, admitting it is the first step to getting better so you're already on your healing journey.

[foxache]

I'm the same, I have a great opportunity to work from home and am wasting it by fiddling online. I know it's avoidance in case I fail
Booyhoo you are right though, and that's good advice. I did take a break from MN last year and broke the habit for a few months, it's quite hard to get back into it when nobody knows you anymore.

BTW, I visited a friend the other day and her house is spotless, I asked where her computer was and she didn't have one...

[hiddenhome]

I caught myself MNetting whilst pushing the vacuum around the other day

[JamieandtheMagicTorch]

I would say that when i was a sahm I was addicted.

I am very gald i only discoveered mn when my dcs had started school.

[JamieandtheMagicTorch]

Sorry, terrible typing.

[jaggythistle]

hiddenhome my rock bottom may have been trying to read MN out of the corner of my eye while changing baby DS2s nappy.....

[Flisspaps]

There is a way to switch it off temporarily, in Google Chrome at least.

You can set times that a site is inaccessible between, or allow it to be used for 15 minutes or so and then shut off. Or you can have the nuclear option which blocks everything for x hours. You can't get round it...unless you open IE, Firefox or use your phone!

Can't remember what it's called though.

[jaggythistle]

I work shifts and tried to ban myself from surfing of any sort at work when I came back from mat leave...and here I am...

[BrandonFlowersHoHoHo]

If it wasn't for mobile Internet I'd never be online. Some days I'm online and browning mince at the same time.