![]() ![]() A 2016 systematic review showed the link between social networks and depression and anxiety. The part of our brains that normally deal with higher level thinking shuts down under such flight-fight states and costs us brain power and time.ĭepression and anxiety has been shown to be directly linked with social network usage. Chronic Smartphone Stress is a newly discovered problem of digital usage, wherein constant notifications and interactions with the digital tools is establishing new stress-fear memory pathways in the brain. Technology addiction is a serious mental health problem that is triggered by use/overuse of the digital tools, and this can destroy the child’s health and social life, and destroys social and family bonds. Authors of a 2014 study found that blue light emitted by various screens seriously disturb the body’s natural circadian rhythm, which can lead to insomnia and related mental fog. ![]() ![]() Using technology too close to bedtime interferes with sleep, both through causing melatonin-seratonin imbalance and by hyperactivating the thought process through sensory overstimulation. Loud and incessant music in headphones is likely to cause hearing loss and ringing in the ears. Tendonitis in the thumb caused by repeated use of thumbs to push buttons on devices or playing too many games and Carpel Tunnel syndrome are other physical problems that are caused by overuse of the wrist and fingers to type on different devices.Ĭonstant staring at the screen could lead to chronic headaches and poor eyesight the digital vision syndrome is now a new set of ailments that is becoming prevalent. Constant sitting also leads to back and neck problems, which have now been exacerbated by bending into the handheld device all the time, leading to an entirely new disease – Text Neck. Sitting with a digital device not only reduces the amount of physical movement required to stay healthy, but also induces snacking more, all of which leads among many illnesses, to obesity. The most commonly touted health effect of technology use has been metabolic diseases caused by sedentary lifestyles fostered by technology use. The negative impacts of technology on the physical health of youngsters is probably the most easily quantifiable of all the negatives of technology. Let’s see some of the most common dangers of technology use on the physical and mental health, education and social life of children and teenagers. ![]() While technology offers a new and unlimited medium for information and knowledge to our children and a border-free means of communication, the negative effects of technology cannot be overstated. Technology is inevitable and even critical to our daily lives today and plays a vital role in our mental and physical existence in the world – it’s no longer “I think, therefore I am” but is “I digitize, therefore I am”. ![]()
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