How much time do you spend daily, looking at your phone? Be it social media, games or videos and movies on the internet, we can all agree that the technology we surround ourselves with has taken over our lives. Statistically, an average adult spends a minimum of 3 hours and 35 minutes on their smartphones, in a day. For most of us, it is the first thing we look at the minute we wake up and the last thing before we fall asleep. Our phones seem to have become an integral part of life.
Have you ever wondered if and how your electronic gadgets affect your mind? At SMBT, we have found some research on how your mobile phone affects your mental health.
Unhealthy obsessions with technology can begin at a young age. We find children on iPads and mobile phones versus being outdoors. Recent research shows that technology largely affects a child’s attention, decision-making, memory, and learning. Technology may be wiring their brains to perceive, remember, decide and learn differently than their parents who were not as exposed to technology as they are. Children in the previous generations spent their time reading, which required their undivided attention offered minimal distractions. The introduction of television introduced visuals to stories, decreasing the demand for imagination. It also promoted fragmented attention due to advertisements. As the internet came into popularity, children now require little to no imagination and cannot practice constant attention to the screen as the internet provides a vast amount of different information and content on a single webpage.
As adolescents, research shows that excessive use of technology increases the risk of developing ADHD, sleep disorders, stress, and depressive episodes. Adolescents and young adults have started to develop a psychological dependence on technology and experience very real withdrawal if deprived of access. With the internet being readily available at the touch of a button, teenagers turn to social media for regular validation. This need stems from deep-rooted issues of insecurity that are met with temporary satisfaction through Instagram likes and Facebook comments.
Considering all of these findings, our future generations are being programmed much differently than the past. We must set healthy boundaries between ourselves and our electronics and spend more time with the reality present in front of us as opposed to the one on our screens. SMBT hopes this blog post inspires you to spend time with your mobile phones wisely and moderately.
Watch this space for more blogs!
Have you ever wondered if and how your electronic gadgets affect your mind? At SMBT, we have found some research on how your mobile phone affects your mental health.
Unhealthy obsessions with technology can begin at a young age. We find children on iPads and mobile phones versus being outdoors. Recent research shows that technology largely affects a child’s attention, decision-making, memory, and learning. Technology may be wiring their brains to perceive, remember, decide and learn differently than their parents who were not as exposed to technology as they are. Children in the previous generations spent their time reading, which required their undivided attention offered minimal distractions. The introduction of television introduced visuals to stories, decreasing the demand for imagination. It also promoted fragmented attention due to advertisements. As the internet came into popularity, children now require little to no imagination and cannot practice constant attention to the screen as the internet provides a vast amount of different information and content on a single webpage.
As adolescents, research shows that excessive use of technology increases the risk of developing ADHD, sleep disorders, stress, and depressive episodes. Adolescents and young adults have started to develop a psychological dependence on technology and experience very real withdrawal if deprived of access. With the internet being readily available at the touch of a button, teenagers turn to social media for regular validation. This need stems from deep-rooted issues of insecurity that are met with temporary satisfaction through Instagram likes and Facebook comments.
Considering all of these findings, our future generations are being programmed much differently than the past. We must set healthy boundaries between ourselves and our electronics and spend more time with the reality present in front of us as opposed to the one on our screens. SMBT hopes this blog post inspires you to spend time with your mobile phones wisely and moderately.
Watch this space for more blogs!
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