Am I a Phone ADDICT.......
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Irrespective of all the advantages, phones are now hampering our
professional lives and running our personal relations. It was made for
empowering us but now are dominating both our physical and mental lifestyle.
Phone addiction is now becoming a global
problem. Irrespective of culture, creed and tribe, everyone is somehow
surrounded by them and he finds no way of coming out. Phone addiction
apparently seems to be a lighter problem but in fact, it is as severe as any
other addiction like drugs, gambling etc which results in the disruption of
both your inner and outer life and even can cause death. But before starting
this topic, we should first know what actually phone addiction is and how it
came into being.
So, phone addiction can be defines as “a psychological or behavioral dependence on cell phone”.
In other words, when the
behavior of a person started to depend on the use of cellphone, then it is called
as phone addiction. Suppose, a person became aggressive when he couldn’t find
his phone or is not able to reach his phone for almost half an hour.
In late 20th century, mobile phones
were not so advanced so there were little chances of its addiction. These
mobiles were only capable of sending and receiving calls and messages. But,
later on, games were introduced and that is where phone addiction starts. And,
now mobile phones are converted into smart computers. A person having smart
phone is same as he gets access of infinite streams of information. Not only
this, they are serving as small electrical houses of entertainment. They are built
in such an attractive way that while using person becomes free from his time
and space.
Following are some proven facts of phone
addiction.
35% of people first thing of their phones while waking up.
44% of 18-24 years old fall asleep while
phones in their hands.
40% never disconnect themselves from phone even
on vacations.
44%
Americans say that they cannot go to their duty without phones with them.
An average person touches 1 Million times his phone per year.
· Symptoms
Like every other problem, this
type of addiction has fatal effects on a person. So, the very question arises
is how can a person be sure that he/she has mobile addiction. So, some of the
major symptoms are as follows:
1. Display clearance symptom:
In
this symptom, person becomes aggressive and confused if he couldn’t reach his
phone or if phones battery dies. During this symptom, person is likely to meet
a fight or loses his temper. Children
also show these symptoms.
2. Deceive:
Some phone addicts complain
of hearing fake tones or wrong frequencies of vibration. It is because by
hearing tones again and again, their mind becomes used to it and it starts to
perceive every sound as tones or every shock as vibration. This results in
confusion and distraction.
3. Connect online:
Frequent use of phone
results in the lack of physical connection. Families stop talking to each
other. People know about the situation of another country without knowing about
their own surroundings. This affects person’s relation with others.
4. Checking mobile often:
Within every ten
minutes, person tries to check his phone even if he doesn’t needs it. This can cause serious problems in
ones life by having accident, physical damage, stopping productivity at work
etc.
5. Loss of time:
As, it has been discussed
before, that people generally stop carrying about time when they get busy in
mobiles. Many people mostly young use mobiles for killing tine or for
entertainment. This greatly reduces their productivity and affecting their
score.
6. Aggressive behavior:
Abnormal use of mobile phones
causes aggression as well as increases anger. It trigger person’s impulsive behavior.
He starts to feel more and take other’s action on his heart, even if it is a
joke.
7. Health problems:
Mobile addiction is
sometimes the major cause of health problems. It affects inner as well as the
outer body. Some of the major problems are as follows:
7.1. Eyesight:
Almost half of the frequent
mobile users have short sightedness. Also, if not treated, this may permanently
damage one’s eye or the nerve cells resulting in blindness. Also, due to sensitive,
children eyes are most effected by screen rays.
7.2. Sleep
disorder:
After perceiving screen rays,
human mind releases dopamine which affects sleeping. If the situation continues
then it may result in severe sleeping disorders. Sleeping disorder then reduces
productivity, dizziness, blood pressure, anger etc.
This disease is becoming common in
teenagers now a days as well as children using mobiles.
7.3. Depression:
Depression is a common disease if 21st
century but people generally start complaining and eat pills after frequent
mobile use. Person also becomes depressed after watching people enjoying their
lives which they can’t or don’t want to. Or, watch several sad movies, dramas
as well as listening to emotional music for several days.
7.4 Brain Cancer:
Mobile signals or the radio waves
can cause tumors in brain if exposed frequently. These tumors can various
diseases like brain cancer, memory loss, can make you paralyze etc. Unfortunately,
it can also result in those diseases
which has no treatment up to now.
7.5 Tinnitus
:
It is one of the severe problems
of mobile addiction in which person hears a continuous ringing in his\her ear. It
occurs when he talks with someone for long hours or listen music in a loud
volume. Which causes damage in ear drum.
7.6. Nomophobia:
Most people think that nomophobia is
one of the types of mobile addiction which is totally wrong.
Actually,
it is the fear of not having, mobile phone. Person having this phobia remain
confused when he don’t have mobile. This phobia can result in severe problems
if not treated.
7.8. Dependence:
People nowadays are becoming
fully dependent on their mobiles, like reading, studying, playing,
entertainment, social media etc. even, now for small calculations, they use
mobiles. Hence, in this way, mobiles are taking which is reducing his
confidence and damaging his self-esteem.
7.9. Skin
Problems:
Heat of mobile or radio waves may
cause skin problems mostly in women and sometimes cause skin burn.
Conclusion :
In short for most
people, getting control over their smartphone and Internet use isn’t a case of
quitting cold turkey. Think of it more like going on a diet. Just as you still
need to eat, you probably still need to use your phone for work, school, or to
stay in touch with friends. Your goal should be to cut back to more healthy
levels of use.
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