Title: The Dark Side of the Smartphone Syndrome
Topic: Smartphone Addiction
Have you ever heard of 'Nomophobia'? the word is referred to as no-mobile-phone phobia which is the fear of being out of mobile phone contact. Today, most of people in the world use smartphones. It is making our life more convenient than ever before and it has in fact become an indispensable part of our life. However, some concerns about side effects of smartphone overuse is also gaining momentum these days. Problems that arise from smartphone addiction can be divided into 3 main categories: Health, Social life and Money.
First of all, excessive use of smartphone can inflict serious damage to our health both physically and psychologically. Exposure to the blue light that is emitted from smartphones can destroy our eyesight and we can also suffer from back or neck pain when we hunch over our devices. Furthermore, using smartphones before bed can disrupt sleep and cause insomnia because it suppresses hormone melatonin that helps us sleep well. Smartphone overuse can also cause anxiety, depression and loneliness when people obsessed with smartphones are separated from their device. In short, spending as much time on smartphones can badly affect our physical and mental well-being of our life.
Next, smartphone addiction can also destroy our relationship in reality. It is said that social media such as Facebook or Twitter help us strengthen our personal relationships. However, if we get too obsessed with how our life looks to others through smartphones, we will have difficulty sustaining relationships with others because we may neglect our real world and focus more on our SNS-based relationship. Moreover, we get less chance of having face-to-face conversation with people in reality if we become overly attached to the digital world. this eventually makes us lose connection to the real world and depend more on the virtual reality. Thus, excessive smartphone use can be an obstacle in forming meaningful relationship with others in the real world.
Finally, spending so much money on smartphones can also be the problem of smartphone addiction. smartphone companies are constantly working on new versions of smartphone to raise their sales and a number of people change their smartphones within a short period of time to try the latest model. If this becomes a routine, they may end up wasting a lot of money. In addition, people get overcharged when they access Internet for large amount of time and they also tend to charge their money to buy games or other application on impulse just for their pleasure. To wrap up, obsession over smartphone can lead us to unexpected budget cuts.
To summarize, adverse effects of smartphone overuse can be categorized into 3 types. Spending excessive amount of time on smartphones can harm our health, hinder us from having interactions with people and tempt us to spend lots of money on it. therefore, we should reduce our time spent on smartphones and pay more attention to the real world.
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ReplyDeleteTitle: The Dark Side of Smartphone Syndrome
Topic: Smartphone Addiction
A number of people these days spend a lot of time on their smartphones without perceiving that smartphone can actually damage their lives. It is true that smartphone has brought us convenience and it has made it possible for us to enjoy a better quality of lives but concerns about dark side of the smartphone is gaining momentum because the number of users who suffer from side effects of smartphone overuse is increasing than ever before. There are a variety of problems that arise from smartphone addiction which can seriously harm our lives.
First of all, excessive use of smartphone can inflict serious damage to our health both physically and psychologically. Exposure to the blue light that is emitted from smartphone can destroy our eyesight and we can also suffer from back or neck pain when we hunch over our devices for a long time. Moreover, using smartphone before bed can disrupt sleep and cause insomnia because it suppresses hormone melatonin that helps us sleep well and restores our biological rhythm. Smartphone addiction can also cause nomophobia which is the fear of being without mobile phone contact and this leads to anxiety, depression and loneliness that can impair our mental health. In short, spending as much time on smartphones can badly affect our physical and mental well-being of our life.
Next, smartphone addiction makes it difficult for us to form social relationships in the real world. it is true that social media such as Facebook or Twitter in smartphones help us strengthen our interpersonal relationships. However, if we get too obsessed with how our life looks to others only through smartphones, we will have difficulty sustaining social relationships because it turns us into a more selfish individual who only cares about SNS-based relationships. Furthermore, we get less chance of having face-to-face conversation with people in reality if we become overly attached to the digital world. this eventually makes us lose connection to the real world and depend more on the virtual reality. Thus, excessive smartphone use can be an obstacle in building meaningful relationships with others in the real world.
Finally, spending huge amount of money on smartphones can also be a symptom of smartphone addiction. smartphone companies are constantly working on new versions of smartphone to raise their sales and lots of people change their smartphones within a short period of time to try the latest model. However, we may end up wasting a lot of money if this becomes a routine. In addition, we tend to overspend on our smartphone when we access Internet for a large amount of time exceeding monthly allocation that we were provided and we also tend to charge our money on impulse to buy games or other applications just for our pleasure. To wrap up, obsession over smartphone products can lead us to spend lots of money on them.
To summarize, smartphone addiction can cause various disorders in our life by harming our physical and mental health, hindering us from having interactions with people and tempting us to pay excessive amount of money on it. Therefore, it is important for us to reduce our time spent on smartphones and pay more attention to the real world.