Social networks and cell phones are part of everyday life for all citizens. We spend hours and hours in them and on many occasions something like this happens. Dependence leading to addiction.
This is how they affect our physical and mental health, especially for the little ones:
- Self-esteem. The use of filters from different platforms. Young people look for beauty standards that don't reflect reality and take photos in which they don't even look like themselves. This creates a lack of self-esteem.
- emotional regulation. In moments of boredom or sadness, they turn to social networks and are therefore unable to cope with these situations themselves. If they don't have a phone or social media, they become destabilized.
- You're making this worse Bullying at school. They become more aggressive. They learn wrong behaviors by accessing inappropriate content.
- Having problems personal relationships. Today's relationships are primarily virtual. The contact is no longer physical. You can say “I love you,” but you don’t give hugs. It is superficial relationships that desensitize minors.
How are these types of addictions addressed?
Thanks to psychologist Paloma Díez, who visited the set of And Now Sonsoles, we were able to learn that this type of addiction is overcome in two phases.
First is the phase of Increase the difficulty of the desire, making it difficult to access what I'm addicted to. Some examples include removing your cell phone or even turning it off.
On the other hand there is that exposure phase. It will be carried out as soon as the first phase is completed and the mobile phone is introduced, since in the society we live in it is very difficult to remain blind to technology. Therefore, the cell phone is used sensibly.
It is very difficult for one person to do this alone. It is best to have the support and company of your family, friends and society.