Impact Of Smartphone Addiction

In this article about an overview of the negative effects that smartphone addiction can have on our health and wellbeing and how we can...

We live in the digital age and smartphones play an important role, positive or negative depending on your point of view, in our daily lives.

Smartphones keep evolving and come with a wide variety of applications and functions that includes watching videos, listening to music, using social media sites to connect with friends and play games to name a few.

All the activities listed above can prove to be highly addictive, it becomes difficult to get your priorities right and stick to your schedule.

It does not matter if you are a school going student or a working professional, smartphone addiction affects us all.

There are warning signs that our smartphone usage is getting out of control such as spending more time with your smartphone without any human interaction.

One has the fear of missing out, when they do not receive any messages on social media and hides the amount of time spent chatting online.

Smartphone addiction can become a serious problem when it comes in the way of getting things done at home or at work.

You get annoyed or irritated while spending time using your smartphone and ignore the pain in your neck and back due to excessive smartphone use.

It leads to sleep disruption due to too much time spent using the smartphone and has a serious impact on your mental health.

Once you have identified the negative effects of smartphone addiction, it is important to take steps to cut down on excessive smartphone use.

The first step to reduce smartphone addiction is to develop a hobby such as reading a book, newspaper or magazine that helps to improve your knowledge.

It is important to understand the difference between interacting in person and online, we tend to be impersonal online and say things online that we would not dare to say in a face to face interaction.

We need to set realistic goals for ourselves for the amount of time that we spend daily using the phone.

This can be achieved by turning off your phone at specific times of the day such as while you are traveling, having dinner, in a meeting or at the gym.

One can make a written list of all the activities that need to be done daily, this will make you aware of how you are spending your time and getting your priorities right.

Finally, smartphone addiction, like all other habits is difficult to break, it requires determination and will power to get out of it.

It is not easy, we need to take measures that bring down our smartphone usage, if we want to live a healthy and productive life.

Take care

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