Table of contents:
- Psychological problems related to smartphone use
- 1. Low Battery Anxiety
- 2. Phantom Vibration Syndrome
- 3. Nomophobia
- 4. Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)
- Avoid health problems due to cell phone use
Playing too long smartphone not only makes us forget the time, but also can cause various types of health problems. Today, almost everyone has smartphone. The SUPR report released through the Nielsen Informate Mobile Insight study by Vserv found that around 61 percent of smartphone users in Indonesia are less than 30 years old.
The report states that the user smartphone spent an average of 129 minutes per day in front of the screen. In fact, one in five smartphone users in Indonesia consumes around 249 MB / day of data, so it is included in the criteria for data enthusiast / greedy users.
Apart from being a communication tool, smartphones are now transformed into a source of information, a helper in times of embarrassment, to fill the silence, even to relieve stress. So it is not uncommon for many people to prefer to play smartphone during free time such as resting or before bed. However, is it true if smartphone able to relieve stress or vice versa?
Psychological problems related to smartphone use
A study states that smartphones can actually increase stress because they often make you feel the need to immediately review and respond to every message or notification that comes in.
Here are a few things you can experience with overuse smartphone:
1. Low Battery Anxiety
What do you do when the battery cellphone You've reached 15 percent? Let go or panic and then search charger or powerbank? If your answer is panic, then you can just be low battery anxiety aka resultant anxiety low battery.
2. Phantom Vibration Syndrome
Have you ever felt your phone vibrate or thought it was ringing when it was not? If so, you could have phantom vibration syndrome. One study found that the more anxious you are about staying connected on a cell phone, the more likely you are to mistake it for an incoming message or call.
3. Nomophobia
Is left behind smartphone is the thing you fear the most? If so, then you may have nomophobia. Nomophobia is a syndrome of fear of not holding a cellphone. A 2015 study found that someone who is doing an activity when his cellphone rings has more difficulty concentrating and can even increase anxiety.
4. Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)
Another health problem is FOMO, the fear of missing out on the latest information from the internet or social media. A study from the University of Essex found that the characteristics of people who have been infected with FOMO are those who always check their social media accounts all the time to see what activities other people are doing, even to the point of ignoring their own activities.
FOMO can also be interpreted as the emergence of worry when seeing other people doing more fun and happier activities. As a result, those with FOMO will more often compare their lives with others which can make them feel unhappy, jealous, and even depressed.
Avoid health problems due to cell phone use
There is nothing wrong with using smartphone. It's just that, if the cellphone actually turns you into indifferent to the environment, lazy to move, and makes you addicted, then you need to immediately limit its use. Here are some things you can do to avoid overusing your smartphone:
- Get up and move. Too much use smartphone often it will make you lazy to move. Therefore, you need to force yourself a little to get up and do physical activity, even if it's just light activity such as an evening walk, yoga, or riding a bicycle.
- Have fun. Despite playing smartphone can give pleasure. But also remember, do activities other than staring at the screen smartphone such as cooking, drawing, and meeting friends, will provide other pleasures that can make your life happier and more colorful.
- Turn off smartphone before sleeping. If you have trouble sleeping, try to replace the activity of playing this cellphone by reading a book or listening to music. Use smartphone before bedtime it actually keeps your brain working so that it will keep you awake and make it even harder to sleep.
Don't let technological advances make you forget that technology actually exists to make it easier for humans to communicate, not to make you dependent, become helpless, or even experience health problems when smartphone no flame.
