For example, having just five friends liking or commenting on a post is not nearly enough; it has to be at least 50, but as soon as 50 people recognize the post, the addict wants 100, and so on (“Social Media Addiction”). Once a person becomes addicted to social media, their self-esteem begins to depend on how many likes or comments they receive on a particular post (“Social Media Addiction”). Recent findings show that social media addiction shares some neurological characteristics with other addictions, such as substance and gambling addiction (“Excessive Social Media Use”). Many experts believe that excessive use of social media “triggers two key parts of the brain associated with rewards: the amygdala, which is the integrative site for emotions, behavior, and motivation, and the striatum, part of the forebrain and a critical component of the reward” (“Excessive use of social media”). Adolescents with addiction-like symptoms may “have an overactive amygdalostriatal system, making this 'addiction' similar to many other addictions” (“Excessive Social Media Use”). Those with