Social Media Addiction Test Results — Moderate
Battling addiction & ready for help?
Your result
Moderateon a scale of 6 to 30
Researchers treat 19 or higher as the point where it is worth looking more closely. Yours is above that.
That is not a diagnosis, and it does not mean you are an addict. It means your answers look like a pattern clinicians recognize, and that is worth a conversation with someone who treats it.
Screen used: Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (Andreassen and colleagues, 2012), 6 questions.
Your answers show a pattern that is affecting your mood and your time.
What tends to help at this level
- Set the times you are allowed rather than the times you are not — it is easier to keep.
- Watch the comparison loop specifically. That is where most of the harm sits.
- If your mood tracks your feed, that is worth talking to someone about.
Where to go next
This is a self-check, not a diagnosis. No questionnaire can tell you whether you have a condition, and a low score does not mean nothing is wrong if it is affecting your life. Read more about social media addiction, or speak to a clinician.
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