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看了篇新聞關於用Facebook可能患上強迫症(OCD)，這兩篇新聞在下方。

我自問如果照足「專家」所言，我是facebook OCD 的重型患者，有空我就會click & update facebook feed。

這可能是facebook的dysfunction(負功能)吧。

或者，又是另一個後現代社會的弔詭？

“Facebook helps you to keep in touch and share content with people in your life.”

是科技改造的後現代人類？沒有科技，人類無法溝通/生存？

海德格爾似乎給了我們一個回應：-

the illusion comes to prevail that everything man encounters exists only in so far as it is his own construct…this illusion gives rise to one final delusion: it seems as though man everywhere and always encounters himself. (cit. Plumwood, 1993).

-Martin Heidegger

人類終會被他們建構出來的幻覺殺死。

以下是兩篇報導：-

Facebook 上癮5徵狀 不停查看迷戀舊愛 陷社交功能障礙
(明報)4月25日 星期六 05:05

【明報專訊】儘管全球最大社交網站Facebook是為方便人們擴大社交圈子而設，但現實卻有愈來愈多人竟因它而淪為「社交功能障礙患者」，出現「Facebook上癮症」。有人一周玩20小時Facebook，一日查看Facebook 10次，甚至沉迷到女兒問功課也不理，影響家庭生活。有鑑於此，美國    專家特別列舉5大上癮徵狀，讓大家「自助診症」。

Facebook目前是全球最受歡迎的社交網站，註冊戶口超過2億。不過，美國多名治療師不約而同地發現，最近有愈來愈多人因抽離不開Facebook而影響生活，出現「上癮」情况。患者每每因為在Facebook世界找到比現實更快樂的時光，以致忽視家庭和工作責任。

網上調情吸引 單親母忽視女兒

單親母親紐頓（假名）就因為Facebook上癮，忙到連唯一的12歲女兒問功課都不顧。從事網站生意的她表示，每周約花20小時上 Facebook，一半為工作，一半為尋開心。她一起牀便查閱Facebook，然後上班時查幾趟，下班一回家又看一看，臨上牀時再看一看。隨便算算，一日上Facebook約10次。

紐頓自知上癮，她說﹕「我在Facebook裏迷失。女兒對我大發脾氣，這確實可悲。它不是我引以自豪的，我只是被吸引着。」牽動她的包括跟男士「網上調情」。當有位幼稚園同學披露當年曾深深傾慕她時，她就心動起來，「感覺非常真實、溫暖和親熱」。她表示曾考慮過放下Facebook，但那會令她十分不舒服，「我做不到」。

美國心理專家指出，Facebook強迫症患者通常有5大症狀：

◆影響睡眠，為了上Facebook徹夜不眠

◆每日玩超過1小時

◆變得迷戀舊愛——與老朋友重新聯絡是Facebook一大賣點，跟舊男友或女友「友好」也不一定是錯，但可能「很快失控」，有人甚至弄到離婚收場

◆為了Facebook疏忽工作

◆想到離開Facebook便冒冷汗

專家建議閣下嘗試一天不玩Facebook，若發覺會使你感壓力和焦慮，你就需要求助。

美國北卡羅萊納州婚姻家庭治療師派爾（Paula Pile）說﹕「上周五，我在診所就見了3名有Facebook問題的患者。玩Facebook成了一種難以抗拒的衝動，令你情不自禁地脫離現實，活在Facebook世界。」加州大學洛杉磯    分校臨牀心理學家利帕里（Joanna Lipari）亦說﹕「問題是那並非真實。Facebook是一個有趣快樂的美好世界。人只把其生活中最美好的一面擺上Facebook。」不過多位心理治療師也認為，Facebook上癮問題不在於Facebook本身，因為全球2億Facebook用家中，絕大多數並無問題，只有少部分人不能自拔。

-明報

Why chatting too long on Facebook can get a girl down

By Jenny Hope
Last updated at 10:53 PM on 30th January 2009

The opportunity to share problems through social networking sites such as Facebook has never been greater
As anyone who’s shared a house with a teenage girl and a telephone will know, they certainly like to talk.
But too much chatting with their friends can make girls prone to anxiety and depression, a study has found.
The opportunity for youngsters to share their problems through texting, email and social networking sites such as Facebook has never been greater.
But excessive discussion – known to the experts as co-rumination – can be unhelpful.
Repeated conversations among adolescent girls, particularly about romantic disappointments, worsen their mood and create negative emotions, according to the study.
‘There is a wealth of communication technology available to teens today that allows them to talk over and over again about the same emotional difficulties,’ said Dr Joanne Davila, the psychology professor who led the research.
‘Texting, instant messaging and social networking make it very easy for adolescents to become even more anxious, which can lead to depression.’
Teenage friends have always chatted about their problems, asking each other why a boy didn’t call or if they should break up with a boyfriend, she added.
But frequently discussing the same problem can intensify into an unhealthy activity for those who use Facebook and other electronic means to obsess about it, she said.
Dr Davila and her colleague Lisa Starr, at Stony Brook University in New York, interviewed 83 girls aged around 13 – the age when their risk of depression starts to increase.
The girls, who were accompanied by a parent, were asked how much time they spent talking to friends about their problems, how much they encouraged each other to do so, and their tendency to revisit the same problems.
They were contacted again a year later to follow them up.
Excessive discussion can be unhelpful and lead to depression in teenage girls (file picture)
The girls were tested for depressive symptoms on both occasions and asked about romantic experiences considered normal for early teenagers, such as having been asked on a date and having been kissed.
Higher levels of discussing problems with friends were ‘significantly’ linked with higher levels of depression, according to the report in The Journal of Adolescence.
More romantic experience was linked both to excessive talking and more depressive symptoms.
Dr Davila said: ‘We wanted to start the process at the beginning and follow them over time to see what happens.
‘Lots of talking can help if those involved have strong problem-solving skills because it helps them reach a solution and it builds friendships.’
However, many teenagers have not developed effective ways of dealing with their troubles constructively.
‘They often don’t realise that excessive talking is actually making them feel worse,’ Dr Davila said.
‘Parents may need to be aware when they are obsessing about a setback and set limits on the discussion.
‘They could change the subject, for example, after helping their daughter sum up how they feel about the problem, or think about more active ways to deal with it.’
Dr Davila said that although girls spend more time discussing their personal problems, the growth of electronic communications could lead to more co-rumination between teenage boys.
She added: ‘It’s most likely they are discussing the game last night or meeting up, but there’s a possibility they could start discussing emotional problems more than in the past which would put them at risk.’

-Mailonline