How to learn to use social networks properly

In the previous articles of the specialists involved in the round table discussion on How to affect social networks in our personal lives, they reflected on whether they can speak or not addiction to these. Then, we are about to discover how to avoid falling into an abusive practice of this type of platforms.

In the case of being hooked, how can we learn to make a responsible use?

Javier Rivera, a sociologist: I Suppose that it is good to spend a few days without them once in a while. Disengaging the weekend. Not paying much attention to what happens in them, that they are not the centre around which turn our social life. It is difficult to put yourself in the place of other people, but the tendency to show social life for example in Facebook, uploading photos of parties, vacation, etc., may reflect an excess of importance to personal image, to pretend. In this sense, perhaps it is important to erode a little the importance of appearances and promote an appreciation of things and people for what they “are” and not by the popularity that they have. But I guess that’s basically what it means to mature emotionally.

[…] it is important to erode a little the importance of appearances and promote an appreciation of things and people for what they “are” and not by the popularity that they have […]

Victor Domingo, Association of internet: it is One thing to make a responsible use and the other to lose control.

[…] make a responsible use […]

Antonio Jesus Molina-Fernandez, proyecto hombre: at The beginning it will be necessary to a contingency management external, let us keep in mind that the loss of control behavioral makes a person, by itself, not be able to manage well their relationship with conduct-problem. It is necessary a restructuring of daily life, an integration of objectives in such a life, planning of activities, the inclusion of the use of Ict in such activities and, subsequently, an evaluation/assessment use the (in) appropriate, with a system of rewards appropriate to the problem. Often used in motivational interviewing+contracts behavioral+economies of chips+counselling+contingency management external, which forces them to perform in parallel a training on these issues with the family/couple/usual environment.

[…] It is necessary a restructuring of daily life, an integration of objectives in such a life, planning of activities, the inclusion of the use of Ict in such activities and, subsequently, an evaluation/assessment use the (in) appropriate […]

Mertxe Pasamontes, psychologist: If we detect that we meet several of the criteria mentioned, it would be time to stop to reflect. Also assess what is the use that we really need, because it is not the same thing to work in something related to the Network that enter only for pleasure or distraction. From this personal assessment, it would be set for a few hours, turn off the devices when you are not going to use them, turn off all alerts (visual or audible, etc… And do more activities on the outside, with other people and without any smartphones or other devices.