Checking Social Media every day? YOU probably suffer from SOCIALBESITAS!
Socialbesitas is nothing more than an addiction to Social Media. Most people check facebook, snapchat, twitter, Instagram en whatsapp several times a day. On an average daily basis we pick up our phone for almost 60 times to check. This is actually a big problem. Some scientists even think that this generation will get early dementia out of this behavior.
Social pressure
- I need to know what others do
- People need to know what I do
- I need to post fun photo’s and videos
- I cannot show that I am unhappy, I am a fun person!
- I need to show the world that I have a huge social life
- I need people to see what a nice person I am
In addition, this generation seems to suffer more than previous generations of psychological complains by expectations of others.
Because:
- Your head is always busy
- People are programmed to focus on one thing at a time
- It’s a myth that people can multitask
What does this mean
- You sleep less because you fell a sleep with your smartphone and wake up with it
- While using a smartphone you have a bad posture
- You cannot focus anymore because your head is too busy with others. (even when you’re in a meeting and your phone buzzes -> your 100% focus is gone)
- Because your head is always busy, your brain can’t gain new energy
- Eventually you can not handle things anymore; because it is simply too much
- No wonder some people suffer from physical complains
A solution
No wifi at home, so you can totally focus on other things around you? For things as steemit and email, just go the a local coffeeshop with wifi?
What solutions do you have?
Is it possible that there will be a part of society stop using social media, like some people become vegetarian and stop eating meat?
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You know it's probably true that most of steemit suffers from at least mild social media addiction ;-)
I agree that more "digital hygiene" is good. For me, I try to stay off of social media and email until after I complete my first project for the day - usually a good 2-4 hours of work.
Also - NO PHONE NEAR THE BED! That is the biggest, simplest game changer IMO for reducing phone usage.
Hehe, I guess they do. Like I do ;-). But the -leave your phone downstairs- is working for me as well. I sleep much better. Really a simple game changer.
@pinkielady social media is a big addiction an it's too difficult to stay away from it. It eats away a lot of our time daily.
@looftee, it is. Sadly enough.. Same here, addicted as hell. But now I realise it, I can change some simple things, like @heymattsokol said he doesn't sleep with his phone nearby. For me, I decided to turn of the sound during the day.
Well turning Off and keeping it away could sometimes result in missing some important calls and messages, So I try sometimes One thing for this, No gadget before 2 hour of sleeping and after 2 hour of waking up. I am able to do it in the morning and it feels good, but it is hell difficult to do it before sleeping.
I knoww!! Haha! It is super difficult. I gave the 'important' people (like family and close-by friends) their own ringtone, so if there is really something important they can call me. Whatsapp and other social media sounds stay off. (and yes, sometimes I miss sort of important things, but I respond later)
Well then I could say you are always prepared for everything @pinkielady
I wish I was. ;-)
I might have steembesitas :p
Hahaha! Yeah, you probably have ;-)