Table of contents:
- Mobile devices and computers are bad for posture
- Excessive use of gadgets leads to visual impairment
- Insomnia can be a side effect of using gadgets
- Technology is addictive
- Technology is driving a sedentary lifestyle
- Social media can be bad for mental health
- Technology can hurt relationships
- Young people lose the ability to communicate face-to-face
- Instant access to information makes us less self-sufficient
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2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55
Technologies are so firmly embedded in our daily life that it is difficult for us to imagine ourselves without them. Without technology, we cannot work, travel, or play.
We consider the people who gave us modern technologies to be geniuses, but there is also a downside to the medal. Overuse of technology changes our lives, but these changes are not always positive.
We often do not see the negative consequences of using technology.
Below we will talk about how technology ruins our lives.
Mobile devices and computers are bad for posture
Poor posture leads to curvature of the spine. The way we use devices like phones, computers and tablets negatively affects our health.
Poor posture isn't just about back and neck pain.
It also has effects on our psychological well-being, including feelings of self, mood, decreased self-confidence, and decreased productivity, according to an article in The New York Times.
Excessive use of gadgets leads to visual impairment
Excessive use of mobile devices and gadgets can lead to the fact that your eyes will get tired faster, and this in turn will have consequences such as headaches, difficulty concentrating.
You will experience dry, irritated eyes. In addition, overuse of gadgets leads to blurry vision.
People who use gadgets for more than two hours often experience tired eye syndrome.
Insomnia can be a side effect of using gadgets
If you use gadgets before bedtime, it can lead to insomnia.
The fact is that artificial light from gadget screens disrupts the daily rhythms of our body and knocks down our internal clocks.
This in turn suppresses the production of melatonin, a sleep-inducing hormone, according to the US National Sleep Foundation.
The more a person uses gadgets in the evenings, the harder it is for him to fall asleep.
Anxiety increases, and in addition, often, carried away by gadgets, a person simply forgets to go to bed on time.
All this leads to chronic insomnia.
Technology is addictive
The use of gadgets is addictive; it is increasingly difficult for a person to disconnect from social networks or games.
According to the study, the average American spends 11 hours a day in the digital world, according to an article in The Washington Post.
Technology is driving a sedentary lifestyle
When we use technology for several hours, it leads to the fact that we are just sitting at the table or on the couch, or lying on the bed.
A sedentary lifestyle is responsible for many health problems, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, bowel cancer, obesity and others, according to the WHO.
According to the World Health Organization, from 60% to 85% of people in the world, both from developed and developing countries, lead a sedentary lifestyle, which has become one of the most common problems in the modern world, to which little attention is paid.
Social media can be bad for mental health
Overuse of technology affects not only physical health, but also mental health.
According to a study by the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Media, Technology and Health, young people who use 7 to 11 social networks and platforms are three times more likely to be at risk of depression and anxiety than those who use fewer social networks and platforms.
When contacting psychologists and psychotherapists about depression and anxiety, experts always ask a question about the number of social networks that the patient uses, the study says, since his condition may be directly related to this factor.
Technology can hurt relationships
Technology can have a negative impact on relationships, in particular it affects the way we communicate.
Often times, confusion arises when we communicate by text messages or via email, according to an article published in Psychology Today.
Non-verbal communication accounts for 40% of communication between people, and in the case of text messages, this part of communication is almost completely absent.
Young people lose the ability to communicate face-to-face
Another ability that technology has hindered development is the ability to "read" body language and learn to interact in face-to-face communication.
Young people prefer to communicate not in person, but online, so the skill of personal interaction is gradually disappearing.
Instant access to information makes us less self-sufficient
In the modern world, we can receive any information instantly using the Internet in our smartphones.
This is undoubtedly very useful, but it also has negative consequences.
Experts believe that the ability to immediately get any information we need reduces our creativity, since we can get an answer to any question without trying to think for ourselves.
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