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Facebook anxiety warning

EVER wish you hadn't made that drunken post on Facebook?

Or been tagged in that embarrassing photograph?

Research from Edinburgh University shows you are not alone.

A new report into the social networking site shows that adding family members and work colleagues as friends on the site can cause a lot of anxiety.

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Families

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