You Are Doing Substance Abuse

MENTAL HEALTH

The problem is that you don’t realize it

How many times have you realized that the first thing you do in the morning after waking up is to check your phone? Also, at the end of the day taking your phone to bed, looking at it continuously, eventually drifting into sleep.

I want to start by saying that this post aims to build awareness when it comes to Digital Technologies (Social Media, your smartphone).

Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is using a drug in amounts or by methods that are harmful to the individual or others.

You would be thinking how using my smartphone usage is similar to substance abuse. Bear with me; it will get clear as you read along.

Addiction is a condition in which a person engages in using a substance or in a behavior for which the rewarding effects provide a compelling incentive to pursue the behavior despite detrimental consequences repeatedly.

I am sure the picture is getting a bit clearer; if not, look at the above paragraph and specifically at the word in bold — behavior.

At the beginning of the 21st century, scientists researched the increasing usage of digital technology. They suggested that behaviors that did not involve ingesting substances could become addictive in the sense of the technical definition of addiction.

A critical 2010 survey paper, appearing in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, concluded that “growing evidence suggests that behavioral addictions resemble substance addictions in many domains.

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