Using social networks safely, without the worry that it causes psychological disorders, is something that worries today in our society. We emphasize the advancement of this technology through social networks in an issue that concerns, especially for children and adolescents, as they are the key points to prevent them from developing a cognitive-behavioral act in total normal.
Without going further, this does not stagnate only in children, but many elderly people are already increasing their addiction using social media and without maintaining a safe way in their handling. This creates addiction, dependence and stress, a whole simplicity of details that are rooted as a first necessity.
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When we talk about social networks we come to mind applications like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Whatsapp. All of them are used as a means of interacting between known people or between unknown societies and groups.
About 50% of the world’s population use these media and therefore their connection is daily. It should be noted that in this type of use it is important to educate correct use since they are adolescents, but many have not had that discipline thanks to the rapid implementation in our system.
When is it reported as “addiction”?
We can be making good use or not of its management, you just have to know how to evaluate when it can cause us an addiction that in the long run can not be good, analyze where addictions are:
- If the first thing you do when you wake up is to check your social networks for news.
- You stay online almost all day. These actions involve constantly updating your profile, interacting with people by written messages or actions, publishing and photographing everything that happens to you even what happens around you.
- You constantly observe the lives of others and compare it with you, thinking that it is not as satisfying. You like almost everything and you stay active in everything that is published.
- You may feel frustration if you get to catch the attention of what you share.
- If you don’t have control of where your phone is located or you forget, it can cause great anxiety or stress.
What does it cause inside us?
Everything below broadly reports “an addiction,” which can have animpact on reducing the time of your usual tasks,such as spending less time physically with family and friends, reducing your daily tasks such as eating, sleeping, or obligations to your family.
Mentally absorbs the correct and normal functioning of a person within his ordinary day. Abuse of these social networks can lead to isolation and disinterest in everything around you, even cause irritability, sedentary lifestyle or sleep disturbances.
This other fact can affect adolescents much more, but it can lead to preaching with equal vulnerability to anyone: it can affect emotional distress, create and cause impulsivity in their actions , and can even lower people’s frustration, without reaching be able to deal with or channel upsets or strong emotionswell.
There are very particular occasions that in various situations, this dependence is taken to the limit, in which people are encouraged to have excessive shyness with a lowering of their self-esteem. They do not get to have a correct social or family life so this type and lack comes to favor episodes of depression.
- You have to look for some kind of activity that will mostly occupy your free time. Plan those moments for when you’re going to start to become independent of your cell phone.
- In principle, leave your phone resting, in a place where you don’t have easy access. You can still use it to make or receive calls, but the main thing is not to have internet contact.
- This other part is difficult, but you can log out of many of the apps to avoid receiving notifications or vibrations, or at least try to mute them.
- You should look for times that pause the commitment to be aware of the mobile, and that these times are increasingly prolonged. Nobody says that you don’t have to connect to the networks again, but you have to avoid following the same routine as before.
- If you need to contact your network at some times, do not depend on being aware of your profile, updating photos, or constantly participating in all actions.
- Take your timelooking for movies or series on TV, meet friends, read, play sports, play an instrument or even make a list of all those activities that could motivate you,surely something positive on a personal level you can findfrom this new experiences.
