Don’t Allow Technology to Distract the Priorities!

Digital distraction affects social life, work-life as well as studies. Well, along this all, technology has a great impact on relations and personal life as well. Decades ago, when there were no laptops, mobile devices, televisions, videogames, and desktops, people stay connected with their family members and other beloved ones. Now as days are moving towards technology, people disconnect and reduce socialization. We can say, the way of socializing has changed. Along with bringing ease to life, it has some cons that we haven’t noticed as we are too involved in the digital world.

The studies have shown that 44% of people use social media to disconnect themselves from in-person interaction. Moreover, 45% of teenagers love to spend time with friends, and they are observed feeling annoyed when their friends are diverted because of technology.

People should focus on maximizing in-person interaction and minimizing the use of technology. With all the easiness and comforts, there are people in your life who wait for you for the whole day. Well, as a psychological fact, people who do not get attention from their loved ones become are more vulnerable to get mental health disorders. This lack of attention is mostly found in children.

As we all have heard about ADHD in children, ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This disorder is also a cause of a lack of attention from the parent’s side. This lead to common symptoms like low self-esteem, lack of attention, children with ADHD interrupt people during conversation, are unable to complete the tasks, and become easily distracted. Usually, parents panicked if they see any of the symptoms in their children, which come into consideration when there are rapid complaints from school.

It’s all about priorities, which have changed. The major effect of technology is on growing children. From the beginning, all a baby wants is the attention of their parents, and if parents are always busy on phone and screens they are neglecting their child and their needs.

Well, if we talk about relationships, technology has sucked them. Spending most of the time on your mobile phones and bringing work at home means no time for family. And when you have no time for the family you are not watering the relations. The major reason for divorce these days is not giving enough time to partners.

Technology has changed life in many ways, now you don’t need to follow long processes with one click you can complete your tasks. It is a better way of communication, saves time, gives easy access to things, provide better ways of learning, and gives worldwide information and more. Well, the benefits are uncountable, but it depends on the use. People these days are neglecting the priorities, which is social in-person interaction, and the lack of person to person interaction is leading to health problems. Now the use of mobile phones is in your hands, and you have to decide the priorities! But remember, never allow technology to take over your priorities!