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Now meet the fact below:

1. Glenn Wilson, a psychologist at King’s College London

This device doesn’t shorten up your work hours. Instead, it make yours even longer.

A compulsion to reply to each new message led to constant changes of direction, which inevitably tired and slowed down the brain. The distractions of constant e-mails, text and phone messages are a greater threat to IQ and concentration, he says, than taking cannabis (marijuana).

Overwork results in higher levels of stress and tiredness that can lead to diminished intimacy and increased conflict with partners, and premature career burnout. The resentment can be amplified when one partner is less connected than the other.

One in five of those which being studied by Wilson broke off from meals or social engagements to receive and deal with messages.

2. Dr Jerald Block, in The American Journal of Psychiatry

People who send excessive texts and e-mails many have a mental illness. There are four symptoms, Block says: suffering from feelings of withdrawal when a computer cannot be accessed; an increased need for better equipment; the need for more time to use it; and experiencing the negative repercussions of their addiction.

3. Gayle Porter, an associate professor of management at the Rutgers University School of Business

Employers rightfully provide programs to help workers with chemical or substance addictions. Addiction to technology can be equally damaging to the mental health of the worker.

This post is the summary of Sydney Morning Herald’s article entitle: Addicted to your BlackBerry?

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

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