The modern man lives in an electronic age, a time where technology moves faster than the speed of light, and we have to keep up our pace with technology; an age where toddlers may not know the A, B, C’s of the alphabet but will surely know the A, B, C’s of the ever-developing technology. In such a hypothetical crisis, there has arisen an addiction of the psyche that though unexpected is totally happening, you better believe it!!
Up and running to the office to working in your cabin or room whichever, to returning home to having dinner and letting it all out the next morning, there is a companion that is always holding our hands, or rather we are holding on to it. Not our soul mates, obviously!! The answer is our smartphones. We follow a lifestyle wherein we are compelled to seek the assistance of our smartphones at every step of the day. Whether be it talking or texting or booking a ticket or even looking for an address, we are so much habituated to the omnipresence of our smartphone that we do not think of being able to pass the day without it. However, the problem lies in the fact that like everything in a human’s life, humans are prone to get addicted to even their smartphones. And, even though the smartphone does seem to be our friend, it actually isn’t, anything that addicts can’t be. Guess, humans took the saying “Keep your enemies closer” too much to heart.
Like every addiction in the world requiring rehab, even the addiction towards smartphones requires it too. Getting overly obsessed to smartphones can result in filial problems and even psychological changes. The best way to attain rehabilitation is, like every other addiction, abstinence. Abstain from using your smartphone too much. Keep it switched off at definite durations during the day. Who hasn’t, at least once in a day, unlocked our smartphones without any specific purpose, wiggled around and again locked it, only to do the same think over and over again. These are the first symptoms of addiction. Keep your phone switched off when you are eating, if you are in the habit of twiddling with your phone at eating times. Take a good book instead and read it to while away the time. When at home, instead of aimlessly working to no aim with your phone, talk to your family members instead, or if you have a pet play with him. Basic principle is to let the mind forget that it needs your smartphone, and with time everything will heal.
