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- Medical Video: Technology Addiction and What you Can do About It. | Ben Halpert | TEDxSaintThomas
- Steps to "rehabilitate" smartphone addicts
Medical Video: Technology Addiction and What you Can do About It. | Ben Halpert | TEDxSaintThomas
From morning to night, anywhere, we are always "close" to smartphone. Every time, including when you're eating, it's hard to let go of your cellphone from the grasp. Until now experts are still the pros and cons of whether these conditions can be classified into the category of addiction or just overuse.
Reported WebMD, a study by a number of researchers at Harvard Business School and involving 1,600 managers and professionals, found that:
- 70% said every hour they checked smartphone
- 56% checked smartphone one hour before going to bed
- 48% check smartphone all along weekend, including Friday and Saturday nights
- 51% said when on vacation always check smartphone
- 44% said they would feel impurity if smartphone they are lost and cannot find it
Slightly different from studies conducted by a number of researchers in Ofcoms, England, addicted gadget already reached epidemic proportions. As many as 37% of adults in the UK claim they are very addicted to smartphone. In addition, quoted Life Hackalmost half of the respondents in the study said they were using smartphone to socialize, a quarter use smartphone at mealtime, and one-fifth use it smartphone while in the bathroom.
Steps to "rehabilitate" smartphone addicts
Other studies published in the Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, concluded that smartphone take over someone's life. The researchers identified that made them addicted smartphone is due to "checking habits".
Just because you want to check smartphone, over time we get dependency. Starting from accessing certain applications, over time we get used to checking it. This is certainly not disturbing if it is done as needed, but if we are obsessed with checking cellphones even when we are spendingquality time with loved ones, this means you are truly dependent.
But there are steps you can take to get rid of addiction smartphone.
- Buy smartphone as needed. You don't need to buy smartphone with many features. Just choose smartphone that can meet your needs.
- Install a little application. The more applications, the slower the performance smartphone You, and the battery also runs out quickly. Generally most people only use 5-10 applications regularly. Sounds or notification lights from the application can also interfere with your focus.
- Leave it smartphone You in another room. If you check frequently smartphone You should leave it smartphone You are in another room, or in a bag, so you will avoid wanting to check it.
- Do not use the telephone while talking to other people. If it's not a really important phone call until you have to pick it up, don't lift it. When talking to other people and there is an incoming message, then you see smartphone You or then type the message even if only for a while, these conditions can have a negative impact on the relationship with the person you're talking to. The impact can also affect your productivity.
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