Table of contents:
- Impact of social media addiction
- Visual disturbances
- Interferes with sleep time
- Increases depression and anxiety
- How to reduce social media use
- 1. Limit your use of social media
- 2. Find other information apart from social media
- 3. Looking for activities that are more useful
- Use social media wisely
The use of social media knows no age, from children to the elderly. Social media has almost completely changed the way modern society communicates. It is useful, especially for communicating with someone over a long distance. Social media is also designed for everyone to spread information quickly.
However, social media has also become addicted to many people, which has had some negative effects. Many people spend most of their time staring at screens gadget. Therefore, it is best if you control the use of social media in your daily life.
Impact of social media addiction
Visual disturbances
Eyes that are too focused on the screen gadget too long, it can cause various eye problems such as eye pressure, eye fatigue, irritation, redness, or blurred vision. This condition is not a permanent problem, but if you often experience it, using aids such as glasses and lenses to reduce direct exposure to light will help reduce the effects of the irritation on the eyes.
Interferes with sleep time
Researchers point to a strong link between social media use and sleep disturbances. Someone who spends their time interacting in cyberspace almost all the time, has a threefold increased risk of experiencing sleep disorders, including insomnia.
Many factors cause this to happen. For example, some people tend to maintain their existence in cyberspace and then this is what makes them sleep late at night. Many people are so preoccupied with using social media that they lose track of time. For example, to reply to comments on social media that never stop or just become a passive netizen. Every midnight just looking through the timeline so you don't miss the latest info it can also interfere with your sleeping hours.
Or maybe, some people are already having trouble sleeping first, so use their social media to kill time until they can go back to sleep. In fact, this does not help.
When you spend time playing social media through gadget Before you go to sleep, the rays of light emit from gadget mimics the natural light properties of the sun. As a result, the body's biological clock perceives this light as a signal that it is still morning, and therefore melatonin production is disrupted.
Increases depression and anxiety
The effects of chronic sleep deprivation can increase a person's risk of developing depression. Fulfilling the long-standing need to stay online on social media has been linked to decreased self-esteem, as well as an increased risk of anxiety disorders and depression
The frequent use of social media in particular among children and adolescents has also been linked by many studies to increased levels of psychological stress. All of these factors can be linked to trigger or exacerbate depression in children.
Social media also seems to be a place for someone to express themselves or show off their daily activities. This turns out to trigger envy in others. This jealousy can lead to mental disorders in the form of depression. Apart from jealousy, social media is also often a place to be bullying which happens very often. Many people end up feeling depressed, depressed, and even deciding to commit suicide just because they feel humiliated by many people on social media.
How to reduce social media use
1. Limit your use of social media
Limit the amount of time you spend on social media each day by using an alarm or stopwatch to control social media use. When you get used to limiting the time you spend on social media you have set yourself up for less dependence on social media.
2. Find other information apart from social media
Social media is used to get the latest information, if you use social media for that, then look for other alternatives to get the info. You can read news sites (not from social media accounts), read newspapers, or watch news on television.
3. Looking for activities that are more useful
Looking for other activities can reduce the intensity of your visiting social media. The busier you are, the less time there is for you to focus on social media. Try turning your attention to sports or hanging out with the people closest to you.
Use social media wisely
Not that reducing activity on social media makes social media a bad thing. There are still benefits to be gained when you use it wisely. There is still a sense of comfort if you use social media smartly. How social media impacts you depends on how you use it.
You don't have to have all types of social media. It is enough for you to be active on social media which you use often. When you cut down on social media use, there will be lots of other things you can do. For example, hanging out with family, closest friends and relatives, going on vacation, reading books, or doing other hobbies. You can freely tell stories with friends and family without gadgets. The gathering with friends and family becomes more meaningful.
