Technology can make you sick.There are conditions related to its use
It is incredible how the use of technology can make us sick: although its advances improve our lifestyle, its misuse or abuse can cause certain diseases.
We are affecting about 8 psychological disorders related to technology. Some are updates on old diseases, and some are new phenomena. The first condition is the "phantom vibration syndrome", that sensation of vibration that we sometimes feel and does not exist. According to studies, 70% of mobile users have felt it.
Nomophobia, or fear of not having a cell phone in hand and causing anxiety, is another. Third on the list is "cyber-seasickness," similar to the motion sickness that some experience when they drive.
The "depression of Facebook, Instagram" is one of the evils of social networks: with more "cyber friends, we spend less time in the real world and we can end up depressed. The fifth is addiction to the Internet, or to certain content such as sex, gambling and online games The addiction to online games continues, for which countries such as the US and South Korea passed laws.
There is also "cyberchondria", something like the tendency to self-diagnose after searching online for conditions. Finally, the "Google effect", where we think: "Why do I memorize this or that if I can Google it?" It is advisable to review it because, with greater or lesser intensity, we all suffer from some.