This is a guest by Elise Lévêque, who is a bubbly freelance writer who left her beloved Paris after falling for the quirkiness of Great Britain. She loves everything social media and currently, she blogs for Arc IT who offer reliable web hosting.  Always full of beans, she’s utterly addicted to shopping.

OK, Pinterest is everyone’s new favourite thing. I mean, what’s not to love? It satisfies the artist in us (pretty things), the kleptomaniac (I am having that), the hoarder (must... have... more...) and the timewaster (how is it 4am?)

Who knew that the virtual equivalent of a pack of cork tiles could be so addictive?

Image source

But how do you know when it’s all got too much? How do you know when, if pinning was booze, there’d be an intervention and a trip to rehab scheduled? (Note to self: Awesome business idea – Pinterest Rehab)

Well, we’ve got you covered - Here are 15 signs you need to put down that mouse, and step away from your computer...

1. You have more than 40 pinboards.

Really? Do you really need a “Cute” and a “Super Cute” board?


2. You spend 45 minutes trying to re-find that image you were deliberating about pinning earlier in the day.


Only to decide that it’s just not cool/cute/creative/pretty/funny/interesting enough to pin after all.

3. You get nervous twitches when you think you might have pinned something twice.


4. When someone re-pins an image of yours, you wonder if they could be The One.

Even if they’re not your preferred sex, you’d consider turning for them.


5. When your boss blocked Pinterest on the work computers you cried.


6. You send yourself a personal email from work every day with URLs of things you need to pin when you get home.

You’re about two days away from skipping lunch so you can leave earlier.


7. You haven’t vacuumed in six months because you’re too busy pinning cleaning tips.

You know just how to clean that silver you pinned on your “Shiny Things” board though.


8. You’ve developed a special kind of insomnia where you’re tired, but still find yourself on your computer at 3am.


Must... pin... pictures... of... staircases... now.


9. You sleep hugging your laptop/iPad, just in case a must-pin image comes to you in a dream.

Image Source

10. Before Pinterest, you hadn’t used PVA glue since primary school, now you’re recycling an empty bottle every week.

Along with the failed decorated jam jar vases/wine bottle bookends/newspaper covered shoeboxes...


11. You’ve gained a stone eating takeaways whilst pinning healthy food recipes.


12. You know exactly how to get your summer body, you’re just too busy pinning the exercises to actually do them.


13. You have a pinboard for every aspect of your wedding, from dress to decorations to centrepieces to chair covers, just one thing missing...a fiancé.

Here’s hoping he’s a millionaire.


14, At least once a day you get scroll-finger cramp.

Give it a month for the repetitive strain injury to kick in...


15. You have a pinboard dedicated to cute knitted things, though the only action your knitting needles have seen is when you sat on them and they stabbed you in the ass.

I hope these 15 tell tale signs of addiction will help you realise your obsession and overcome your addiction with Pinterest... wait...NO! Don’t pin this blog post on your ‘self help’ pinboard!

You may also like to check out:
12 Most Pinteresting Articles
Pinsanity: Hilarious Parody for all the 'Pin' Addicts Out There