THIS IS WHAT YOU GET

6 consequences of your screen obsession

Once I told a colleague-editor-with-social-media-addiction that her profile didn't look any better if she kept her gaze fixed on her mobile. Quite under-chin-able, I must say.

In the meantime, I am just as hooked as this colleague and I keep realizing (and usually too late) that I need to hold my mobile up when I type or read something. It's better for everyone, after all. But the best thing is to put those devices away for a while. Because you can get a lot of trouble from it. Just to name a few;

Cyber sickness

You’ve probably felt it when you scroll too quickly through your photos or watch a video. It’s because the impulses you receive are not equal to the stimuli we are used to receiving in our normal lives. The brain can’t handle it, and that’s why you get a nauseous feeling that you can compare to being seasick.

The double chin

You get this from looking down too much. Solution? Put your laptop on a stand and hold your mobile a bit in the air when you type a message.

The hunchback

Just pay attention. Almost all of us have our laptops flat on the desk, forcing us to lean forward in a sort of creative movement to see properly. Aside from the fact that it doesn’t look good and can cause muscle pain and cramps, we must of course always prevent evolution from treating our descendants to a snail head that moves horizontally from our torso.

The cramp claw

You’ve probably experienced this after a day of heavily crawling in the app and having to type long pieces. Cramped wrist, stiff fingers, and a hand that is almost impossible to stretch. Solution? Massage, stretch, relax. A warm bath helps too.

Weak seed

Where do men carry their mobile? Exactly. In their pocket. And where do men carry their seed? Correct. Next to it. Seed and mobile do not make a good marriage, it turns out. Research has shown that sperm cells swim less and that DNA damage can occur. I’m not making this up, but the Journal of Fertility and Sterility is. Well, they didn’t make it up, but they did research it.

Binge eating

I find this a bit of an exaggerated point, but it seems that if you read a lot of food blogs, you get extra cravings and an overflowing food news feed can even trigger a binge. So unfollow that stuff. At least if you’re sensitive to it.