Survey 25% of Americans spend 10+ hours a day on social media

Survey 25% of Americans spend 10+ hours a day on social mediaSurvey 25% of Americans spend 10+ hours a day on social mediaA recent survey conducted by Bioidentical hormone therapy doctors at BodyLogicMD plants a giant mirror in front of Americas glowing distracted face.An analyst of over 1,000 people suggests a sobering truth about our collective addiction to the digital realm.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreOne and four respondents confessed to spending four to 10 hourson social media a dayand just 25% said their time spent on social media was for business purposes.According to the study, participants admitted to unlocking their phones an average of 92 timesdaily about six unlocks per hour.About 50% of individuals questioned say they get their news and stay updated via Facebook, with 75% saying they use Facebook to fill spare time. 25% of the Americans surveyed claim that they only consume Facebook content as opposed to posting themselves. Of the majority that do post, their motivations are listed as follows75% of men and 25% of women want to come across as funny/amusing75% of women and 50% of men want to be perceived as interesting or insightfulOnly 25% of men want to come across as honest and trustworthy online, compared to the 75% of women that want to100% of women surveyed say they want people to find them pleasant/good-natured on the internet with a meager 25% of men in agreementLastly, it seems men and women want to be perceived as creative/original a pretty equal amount.On the backs of this data, BodyLogicMDconducted a social media detox experiment on 10 random individuals.Participants were tasked with stepping away from social media for one whole week while recording their experience in a diary.Only 10% successfully could. In fact, one in four participants couldnt last 3 days. 75% of women and 50% of men said that giving up social media for seven days gave them serious anxiety. Three in four of the respondents expressed that it is particularly difficult to delete twitter from their lives and phones and 50% felt the same way about Snapchat and Instagram.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people