Have you ever posted your lovesickness on Facebook? Do you upload photos of the dishes you eat? Are you one of those who want to record how many kilometers you just ran? These are just three examples of what many users of social networks usually post on them. If you feel identified with any of these cases, read this article: your behavior on social networks may be an indication of something dangerous.

Changing a little the saying that our grandparents taught us, "you catch someone sooner for what they post on Facebook than a thief or a lame person," says Manel Navarro, an emotional psychoanalyst. Something that was already sentenced by a study from the University of Miami in 2014, which said that emotionally unstable people published more on Facebook than those who did have stability. This, in order to regulate their emotions and receive social support and thus achieve well-being.

Emotionally unstable people posted more on Facebook than those who were stable”

According to that study, thanks—or despite—Facebook , you can tell if we are extroverted or shy; if we suffer from anxiety; if we are fine with our partner... And from there, a fact that is even scary: this social network can predict with a 33% probability who we might end up having some tapas with next weekend.

For Navarro, “one thing is that on occasion we have gone too far publishing aspects of our personal lives that give us away, because we are human and we all have moments of downturn; Another thing is that there are people who are stuck in a loop and who do not stop posting archetypal content. That's where we have the problem."

Here are some of these archetypes. If you identify with one or more of them, in the end we will reveal what may be happening to you.

The selfie man/woman.

Their profile pictures are selfies, the cover pictures sometimes too. And, from time to time, she uploads a selfie to her wall without further ado.

The reporter of his own life (or foot photos).

Upload a photo when the day starts, when he eats and what he has for breakfast and when he is at the office. Also when he goes to the gym and when he goes to bed to sleep.

This category includes foot photos in each context, easier to take than selfies and less compromising, since the face does not appear.

The one who posts solely and exclusively for his ex to see.

The resentment or the need to recover the lost partner will lead him/her to make his/her Facebook or Instagram a monograph of self-help phrases, heartbreak, party photos with friends to show how much fun he/she has without he/she, or selfies with the best possible face.

The representative of Paulo Coelho.

And from the self-help authors who take part. Post set phrases or encouragement, to face the week, deal with a breakup or about the difficulties inherent in life.

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The spammer sharer.

She spends her life sharing posts from other Facebook pages or users without generating her own content. What you share can be directly spam or fakes from junk pages or political, social causes, or whatever that demonstrates your principles and human quality. Many times, this individual does not quite know or understand what they are sharing.

The one who uploads photos with their partners.

She posts photos with her partner ad nauseam: the profile photo, the cover photo, travel albums, dinners, any outing even if it's to the movies... Until she breaks up with her partner and then she usually deletes all those photos. When a new relationship begins, the album is renewed with the face of the new couple. And so on.

The party boy.

Related to the previous one. Every weekend he uploads photos of how much fun he had at the disco or from the previous dinner. Perhaps with the aim of attracting the attention of an ex or demonstrating his great social life.

He eats.

Everything he eats he photographs. You don't have to go to a restaurant, what you cook is also likely to be photographed.

The animal friend.

She shares photos of her pets, but also constantly of dogs and cats for adoption or mistreated. Although the intention is good, no one could welcome so many animals into their home, who does not understand that excessively abusing content on social networks, however kind it may be, generates rejection among their contacts.

-The athlete.

Document the route you take and the kilometers you have covered. You can also choose to upload selfies at the gym, lifting weights, or doing some form of exercise.

-The traveler.

Every time he travels, he uploads a complete album of each and every one of the corners where he has passed, even if the photo is repeated several times.

-The ghost friend.

She doesn't post anything, she doesn't share anything, she never likes. He's just on Facebook to look at what interests him. And he's hooked on it.

According to Navarro, “the abuse of social networks speaks, in short, of how alone we are and of an enormous need to receive affection, which we carry with us from childhood. What makes us—here is the danger we talked about at the beginning of this article—potential addicts:

To approval: the more likes we receive, the higher (false) self-esteem, which, like any drug, calms our existential anguish, even if only for a few moments. It will become more and more essential to spend time without anxiety due to emotional emptiness.

“For others to see how smart, strong, rich, or handsome we are.” In short, "social networks for some of its inhabitants are like chocolate that calms the anxiety of frustration and sweetens our lives for a few moments, empty of the most essential thing: love."