Effect of Screen Time: It is said that memory becomes weak with age, but now at an early age we have started forgetting things. In the era of mobile screens, everyone from young to old is facing memory problems. Our dependence on mobile or electronic gadgets is increasing.

From grocery list to school homework, the use of phones has increased. In olden times, only 20-25 hills were remembered. In this reel duration of 10 seconds, we have exhausted our memory.

direct effect of phone on brain

Due to increasing dependence on gadgets, the natural capacity of our brain is being lost. The phone is meant to make our lifestyle easier, but now it has become a part of life. The effect of relying on it for all tasks, big and small, is that the brain is no longer getting enough work. Due to this the health of the brain is deteriorating. Experts believe that our brain has difficulty collecting and remembering new information.

multitasking is causing harm

In this busy life, we feel that we can tackle many tasks at once. Many tasks are being completed simultaneously, but we are not getting satisfaction from it. Fatigue always prevails. Actually, long screen time creates huge pressure on the brain. Due to this, people’s ability to think, reason and take decisions is being affected. This is becoming a major reason for the habit of forgetting these days.

What are the symptoms of forgetting?

• When a phone, laptop, iPad or any electronic gadget is not nearby, one starts feeling nervous and restless.
• Feeling difficulty in completing even simple tasks.
• Becoming frustrated after seeing problems in front of you or expressing inability to deal with them.
• Decrease in decision making capacity.
• Being isolated from family and friends due to weak memory.
• Problem in any matter, dialogue or communication.
• Brain fogging.
• Difficulty understanding photos.

How to get rid of these problems?

Give your mind a break from gadgets and phones for some time and engage your mind in brain engaging activities. This will keep the mind active. Manage digital life. For this, remove useless apps from your phone, ignore unnecessary messages, turn off notifications etc. Concentrate on books to avoid scrolling.

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Other than this

• Playing musical instruments.
• Getting into the habit of listening to meaningful podcasts.
• Try to read and understand the map.
• Try to find direction.
• Practice puzzles, chess, crosswords, brain teasers.

When to go to the doctor?

• Have trouble concentrating.
• Weakness of will power.
• Normal life and work may get disrupted.
• Tension and worries started increasing.
• It may seem difficult to do any work without the phone in hand.
• Always afraid of losing or damaging the phone.