The time spent on daily electronic devices continues to increase in most homes and this is already creating problems of digital fatigue: the so-called technostress.
What is it about? Naming Technostress, “refers to the specific stress resulting from the introduction and use of new technologies at work, which brings negative psychosocial effects resulting from use". Specifically, it consists of a poor adaptation to deal with new technologies in a healthy way.”
If work, leisure, and interpersonal communications are now increasingly centered on screens, could this overload of constant connections be one of the most typical fatigues of our time?
This is what the clinical psychologist considers Aurora Gomez Delgado , who explains that “technostress is a constant theme in therapy”, especially since the arrival of the pandemic. In this area, she highlights the dangers of “information fatigue”, produced by the huge accumulation of news and content available at the click of a button in the digital sphere and, more specifically, on social networks.
"In a context of uncertainty, Our brain focuses on searching for all possible information to be able to adapt to the environment and survive.. The media devoted themselves to publishing every possible type of information. And this was the perfect bomb: a need for information, an ease of access, and isolation that for many people meant that their only window to
How can we combat this trend? Expert gives us a set of keys that can help us when it comes to unplugging and using our devices as responsibly as possible:
- Review digital consumption: resources, time, applications…
- Clearly choose real sources.
- Mark a period of time in which you will read, watch, listen to the news.
- Set time limits on internet usage. There are operating systems, applications, and programs that allow us to limit the time, schedule, and applications we can use.
- If you are interested in a specific topic, there are news apps that give us a SPRING with the news we want, instead of searching all over the media or social networks.
- Avoid reading the news in bed, before going to sleep. This is what is known as “revenge time” and causes insomnia and feeling worse the next day.
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