February 9, 2011

It Turns Out that Technology can create STRESS

From year to year, month to month and even day to day technological advances increasingly indispensable in our daily lives. Imagine if Thomas Edison did not find the bulb (light thousands of years ago), surely this time humans will never enjoy the beauty of colorful electric ball.

Advances in technology are designed for ease of human life and more comfortable. But technological advances were unwittingly took effect on lifestyle. Even able to make people sick. The negative effects of technology on the mind, behavior, habits or physical person is often termed TECHNOSTRESS.

One Technostress it is computer addiction, because this tool could actually function as an assistant in the office, without realizing the preoccupation until the user can forget everything. Until finally one day the addicts feel always anxiety, easily irritable and always tense. This condition is considered technostress, other symptoms of trouble arrange the words to speak, insomnia, or decreased performance.

The experts define this as "negative effects of technological advances on the minds, attitudes, behavior, or physical individual." Julietta Figuiredo a psychologist said that the tension of Technostress cause symptoms: Headaches, Muscle Tension and the Eye, Heart Rate Increase, Usually Angry and Avoiding Computer. Along with the increase of people who rely on computers and other sophisticated electronic equipment, it is not surprising if the case technostress increasing.
 
According to Richard A. Hudiburg Ph D, levels of the hormone adrenaline and non adrenaline body will be increased while using the computer. Increased spending on these hormones often result in increased heart rate and blood pressure.

Beth Kosater gives several tips to overcome Technostress:
  • If the severe pain or when they saw the computer monitor means you have a short break, and do stretching movements to relax the muscles.
  • If you're stuck in a complicated job and felt confused for a moment rest.
  • If you felt it was enslaved by a sophisticated technology that is around you, immediately remember that technology is made only to help people rather than vice versa. Of course we do not want to live under the control of technology is not it? Please answer in his own heart.

So hopefully useful.

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