Detect if you are addicted to technology

• April 24, 2024

Cell phones, video games, the Internet, social networks ... if they all help us to make our lives easier, then why can an individual become addicted to technology?

The addiction technology is detected when there is excessive and uncontrolled use of the cell phone, video games, internet or social networks, which negatively impacts other areas of the person's life. Also, when you can not use them you feel anxious, tense and indecisive. In order for you to detect if you are addicted to technology, here are the most common symptoms:

1. The addict of technology puts the use of the object as a priority activity, and secondly, the everyday, such as family relationships, studies, work or friends.
2. He isolates himself from family members, and has behaviors that generate problems with friends, studies and / or work. Video game addicts tend to eliminate social relationships completely, since this is an individual activity to which they dedicate a lot of time of the day. The person spends a lot of time on the Internet, talking on the cell phone or waiting to send messages.
3. The technology addict lets phone bills rise excessively, and does not put measures to reduce them. Use the cell phone to make all possible arrangements; personal contact is reduced to a minimum.
4. Even being with his friends, the addict is still using the cell phone. Or, go everywhere with this one: to the food, to the bathroom, during the classes ...
5. The affected person lies to his family, missing work or school. That is, he becomes a slave of technology, without freedom of decision or control over his person.

Dangerous addiction?

Experts mention that the consequences in a technology addict can be psychological, social, professional and economic. On a psychological level, these people have low self-esteem, limited social skills, a high level of anxiety and tendency to depression .

The best solution is prevention, which is achieved by being informed about the problems that may arise from the abuse of new technologies. Once immersed in a serious addiction, it is advisable the help of a specialist who provides the necessary strategies to solve it. And you, are you addicted to technology?  

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