(NaturalNews) Constantly updating your Facebook status,
Twittering your every move and spying on your friends, relatives
and coworkers who are doing the same things, can increase stress
levels, ruin sleep patterns and even degrade meaningful personal
relationships, according to a new study out of Harrisburg
University of Science and Technology (HUST). Social media can so
quickly become an addiction, say scientists, that it is
literally ruining people's lives, both in terms of health and
relationship. Researchers from HUST recently performed a social
experiment in which they deprived the university's entire
800-student population from using social media for a week. What
they found is that social media addiction is similar to drug
addiction, in that people go through similar withdrawal
symptoms. "The majority of students behaved much like smokers
who sneak cigarettes after class," explained Eric Darr, provost
of the college, in a recent Fox News article. "They would sneak
off to check things on their smart phon