Digital Depression: Why did the future of the future occur now?

Since you have opened this material, it has been spending a lot of time on social networks like us. We decided to feel worrying calls (ie fatigue from endless information noise), we decided to find out which problems it could cause. It turned out that social networks and journalists have promised us a operational solution to problems, communication and support, but their active use leads to proximity and loss of communication with reality that causes digital depression.

A coach with the highest global accreditation of the MCC ICF for Peopletalk, Anna Anna Lebedeva, Department of Business Psychology, spoke about Digital Depression and ways to overcome.

Anna Lebedeva, Head of the Department of Labor Psychology of Nru HSE

Today, more and more people face addictions to social networks. These include digital depression. This is not a officially recognized medical diagnosis, but is associated with the impact of lifestyle and digital technologies on the soul.

Digital Depression …

Digital depression (digital depression) is a special form of emotional burnout that arises due to excessive saturation with knowledge, dependence on social networks and a sense of isolation in an online environment.

Causes of digital depression

Idealized images on social networks. When we compare ourselves to those who look more successful and happier to us, they can cause a vile feeling. This improves a sense of failure and dissatisfaction.

Negative content. In news supply and interpretations, we may encounter anxiety, aggression and negative that can increase stress and often deteriorate emotional state.

Symptoms of Digital Depression

Digital depression will manifest itself in the form of continuous fatigue, irritability, anxiety, indifference and lack of joy from life. People suffering from this disorder feel concentration, sleep and lonely and alienated despite the online communication with their loved ones.

How to detect digital depression

Only a psychiatrist-psychiatrist can make a correct diagnosis. So far, during the diagnosis, experts pay attention to the symptoms of stress and depression, and at the same time evaluating the effect of online effect on a person’s mental state. Treatment may include psychotherapy, limited use of digital detoxification of digital technologies, and the development of healthy online behavior skills.

In the future, the diagnosis will reach a new level. Doctors will examine the effect of certain digital technologies on a person’s mental state and apply new data analysis methods in the study: monitoring activity in an online environment and analysis of behaviors in digital fields.

Digital loneliness as an important feature of digital depression

Digital depression is closely related to digital loneliness – a sense of isolation and insulation from the real world. Despite the abundance of “friends” and subscribers in social networks, it replaces real, deep connections with superficial communication, likes and re -publishing.

Digital loneliness manifests itself with a feeling of fatigue, irritability, anxiety and indifference. In addition, people experience concentration problems, suffer from insomnia. Some prefer the virtual world that only improves the feeling of isolation, avoiding real communication. To get rid of digital loneliness, it is worth paying more attention to real life and your own feelings.

How to overcome digital depression

Change your attitude towards the content. Subscribe to bloggers and influons that motivate you. Follow those who do not create a specific image, but sincerely share their difficulties, achievements and failures. Inspire your experiences and try to introduce your favorite elements in your life. Be sure to correct all achievements on your daily or blog.

Download applications for digital detox. Use applications that help control the stay on the Internet. They limit time on certain platforms or prevent dangerous content. Some applications require actions before reaching the social network: Read a useful article or solve a mathematical equation.

Raise awareness. Pay attention to the body’s signals during the day. Take a break, close your eyes and listen to the inner voice. Say loudly that you feel physically. This will help to focus better on the present and not to lose touch with yourself.

Plan special cases. Make a list of tasks for the next two to three weeks and delete the points carried out gradually. The clarity in urgent actions will allow you to feel more self -confident and calm, reduce the level of anxiety, and to isolate.

Keep in mind that the struggle against digital depression is time and effort. Do not ignore yourself and your own feelings. If necessary, get help from a specialist.

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