Hisham Sarwar
According to research published in a journal NeuroRegulation, Dr. Erik Peper, a professor of health education, and Dr. Richard Harvey, an associate professor of health have stated that overuse of smartphones is no different than any other types of substance abuse. The usage of smartphone is tied to anxiety, loneliness and depression. One of the reasons for growing depression in people in the modern age is because of the excessive use of the smartphone. These 5 ways can help you beat your smartphone addiction.
This is one important reason why France understand the importance of banning smartphones in school and the rest of the world is quickly following the trend. Smartphones have interactive information and access to the internet and constant watchout for social media behavior can put your in stress. It can cause anxiety and eventually depression.
There is new research called ‘technostress. It explains how unconstrained emails and smartphones damage your health.
“The behavioral addiction of smartphone use begins forming neurological connections in the brain in ways similar to how opioid addiction is experienced by people taking Oxycontin for pain relief — gradually,” Peper said.
It is also stated that overuse of social media on smartphones also factors into the state of anxiety and also depression. This Research says Facebook is affecting your health, causing depression. The reason is very simple. The liked algorith puts you in anxiety. As you put a post, picture or a video, you are constantly looking out for likes and when the people you are expecting a reaction from do not engage with your post, it causes stress.
The survey was done with San Francisco State students, Peper and Harvey found that students who used their phones the most, reported higher levels of loneliness, isolation, depression, and anxiety
According to the researches, the loneliness is a result of the lack of face to face or in person interaction where body language is not expressed. The research also revealed that the same students indulged in multi-tasking therefore not giving their body and mind enough rest. the lack of focus results in anxiety and restlessness.
It is also revealed that blue light smartphones emit can interfere with your normal sleep patterns. The good thing is no researcher has yet established a clear/firm link between cellphones and cancer.
