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0:16Namaskar friends, I'm Shubhra Singha,
0:19your course instructor and this is
0:22lecture three of module 8 of the stress
0:26management course.
0:28In continuation with the consequences of
0:31uncontrolled social media usage, in this
0:35lecture we will discuss more about
0:38internet addictions and various forms in
0:42which it manifests itself.
0:46This is a precap of what we have tried
0:48to cover in this lecture. So we will
0:51talk about the definition and symptoms
0:54of internet addiction, types of internet
0:57addiction, its causes and consequences
1:00for the user and the possible treatment
1:04and management of this addiction in
1:07order to reduce the stress associated
1:11with it. Let us begin with the phenomena
1:14of internet addiction.
1:17This is simply refers to as problematic
1:21internet use or compulsive internet use
1:26where the user cannot stay back cannot
1:30keep himself or herself from using
1:33internet even if he or she wants to do
1:37so.
1:39It is indicated by excessive use of
1:43internet
1:45by spending an unhealthy amount of time
1:49online which may result in detrimental
1:52effects on daily activities,
1:55interpersonal connections and job or
1:59school related assignments.
2:03There is a clear lack of command
2:06which manifests itself in this struggle
2:10to regulate time for online activity and
2:14not being successful in doing so even
2:18when there are clear adverse
2:21consequences for the same.
2:24If someone tries to stay away from
2:28internet,
2:30there may be a bunch of withdrawal
2:33symptoms that can be seen. For example,
2:37the person would feel stressed, agitated
2:41or uneasy whenever he or she is not
2:45connected online.
2:48Similarly, the threshold of satisfaction
2:52decreases gradually. Means in order to
2:55derive the same level of happiness or
2:58satisfaction or content, one has to
3:01spend more time over internet.
3:07There are different types of internet
3:10addictions.
3:12I have tried to summarize some of them
3:15here for you.
3:17For example, obsessive gaming or gaming
3:21addiction. We will talk about it in
3:23detail in the coming lecture because
3:26this has become a big problem of
3:28adolescents, children and youth
3:31nowadays.
3:33So what obsessive gaming is? It is
3:36basically an uncontrollable urge to play
3:39video games that two for extended period
3:43of times. So short duration of play is
3:47not enough. Moreover, people tried to
3:52speed up their important tasks so that
3:55they can curtail time from important
3:57activities and spend them playing online
4:01games.
4:03Another form of internet addiction is
4:06social media obsession.
4:09Social media obsession refers to
4:12excessive time spent on social
4:14networking sites resulting in a feeling
4:18of jealousy or isolation or depression
4:23due to the negative remarks that one
4:26gets on social media platforms.
4:31Then another form of addiction is online
4:35shopping addiction.
4:37So there are so many apps available for
4:41online shopping like Amazon, Flipkart,
4:44Mishop, Geommart and so many apps are
4:48there with every day
4:51a new app is being added on the
4:53platform. So one can download a number
4:56of shopping apps and one can simply go
5:00through those apps scrolling one over
5:04the other and uh adding things to wish
5:07list to cart and many times purchasing
5:10something
5:11in response to the lucrative sale
5:14announced by these online shopping apps.
5:18This may result in a bulk of uh
5:21unnecessary buying, irresponsible buying
5:25behavior which finally puts the person
5:29under financial strain. If we don't need
5:32things and we are simply buy simply
5:34buying it because it looks very
5:36attractive and it is very easy to buy it
5:40through the app. We don't have to go
5:42anywhere. We don't have to do much
5:44effort and there is a heavy discount on
5:47the item which is usually proposed by
5:51these online shopping apps. One can have
5:55so many things which are redundant which
5:58are not of use to us collected at our
6:02household.
6:04It puts unnecessary pressure on our
6:07pocket and we are left with less
6:09financial resources to carry out
6:12important functions.
6:15Another thing is cyber sex addiction.
6:19Cyber sex addiction is the involvement
6:22in excessive and compulsive use of
6:25online content particularly related to
6:29sexual interactions.
6:33Then comes selfie addiction
6:36which is also known as selfitis as if
6:40this is some kind of disease.
6:44This particular phenomena can be
6:46described as a growing behavioral
6:48tendency for taking photos of oneself
6:53and share them on social media.
6:57Now these photos which we take of
6:59ourselves
7:01is usually in a context which is either
7:05bizare or difficult or adventurous.
7:09This tendency can lead to injury and
7:12accidents and sometimes
7:15put the person in the mouth of death
7:19also.
7:21The causes of this kind of addiction is
7:24usually an earnest desire for social
7:28approval,
7:29for catching attention of other people,
7:32or a desire to enhance self-esteem
7:36through external approval in the form of
7:39likes and comments.
7:43Similarly, nomophobia is a relatively
7:47recent phenomena added in this list. It
7:50refers to no mobile phone phobia.
7:55You know, phobia is an excessive fear of
7:58something which actually presents little
8:01or no threat to the individual.
8:04However, once we develop phobia for a
8:08particular object or animal or anything,
8:12we get extremely anxious
8:16even at the thought of in interacting
8:20with that object.
8:22So what happens in no mobile phone
8:25phobia is if the person has a slightest
8:30possibility of uh being away from their
8:35mobile phones of being not able to use
8:39mobile phones for some time. The person
8:43enters into a state of excessive worry
8:47and anxiety as if what will happen if
8:51the person would not use the mobile
8:54phone, would not check the status
8:56updates and the messages and the
8:59WhatsApp posts as if something severe,
9:03something detrimental can happen. This
9:06is called nomophobia, no mobile phone
9:10phobia.
9:12There can be several causes for getting
9:15addicted to excessive internet usage.
9:19For the ease of understanding, we can
9:22classify these causes in psychological,
9:26environmental, biological and other
9:29factor category.
9:33In psychological causes, we find that
9:37escaping from negative emotions is a big
9:41reason for people to get engaged with
9:44online activities.
9:46If I am stressed, if I am unhappy, if I
9:50feel worthless or meaningless, or if I
9:53simply lack a clear goal in my life
9:57which can keep me motivated,
9:59I may engage myself in substitute
10:03activities
10:04which are nothing but online activities.
10:10This provides us an effective escape
10:14from the feeling of anxiety, negative
10:18emotions, depression or any other
10:21problem that we are currently having in
10:23our life.
10:25Although this provides a temporary
10:28escape, it can increase the problem
10:31further in future because what we are
10:35doing is simply a distraction from the
10:38problem not the resolution of the
10:40problem itself.
10:42Similarly, people who are having social
10:46anxieties
10:47means who get anxious when they are
10:51supposed or expected to interact with
10:54people in real life because they lack
10:58social skills. They don't know how to
11:00greet others. They don't know how to
11:03initiate a relationship or simply a
11:06conversation. They don't know how to
11:09present ourselves in a confident manner
11:12or how to communicate our feelings and
11:15opinions in a way which is affirmative
11:19but not disrespectful for others.
11:23So if I lack all these qualities or
11:26skills in real life or if I simply have
11:31a perception that I won't be able to
11:34interact with people effectively, I'm
11:37quite introvert or I find myself very
11:40uncomfortable being with other people. I
11:44can take a resort in online world where
11:48I physically don't have to be present. I
11:52don't have to make an face-to-face
11:55interaction with others. Rather, I can
11:59present myself the way I want. I can
12:02present and represent myself. That is uh
12:06that means I can simply keep on revising
12:10the content that I want to post. I can
12:12apply filters. I can create the content
12:15with the help of different different
12:17editing tools available on uh available
12:21with these platforms and this helps me
12:24in presenting a very ideal and desirable
12:28image of myself
12:31in front of others. Now this is
12:34something I can't do in real life
12:36interactions.
12:38There people will judge me the way I am.
12:42So this is another big reason to engage
12:45in online activities uncontrollably.
12:50Another reason can be linked with low
12:53self-esteem
12:55because on online platforms it is easier
13:00to manipulate the kind of feedback that
13:03you want by manipulating the content
13:06that you post over there.
13:09Positive remarks, positive feedbacks,
13:12having a long friend list
13:15can serve as a boost for one's
13:18self-esteem which was otherwise low.
13:22When we post any comment, opinion or
13:26attitude towards something on online
13:28platforms, we find other people who
13:31share those opinions or views on the
13:34topic. This social approval, this
13:37validation which comes from others help
13:39us to boost our self-esteem.
13:44Coming to environmental factor, easy
13:48accessibility is one factor that promote
13:51online activities
13:54nowadays. A smartphone is something
13:57which we find in every hand in each
14:01household. If there are four persons, it
14:04may not be very unlikely if we get five
14:07mobile phones, one extra for emergency
14:10usage. This is in addition to the
14:14laptop, desktops or tablets available in
14:17the h in the home. So easy accessibility
14:22and economic rate of data. If you buy
14:27data for your mobile phone, the data is
14:31also very cheap. India is a country
14:34where the availability of data is very
14:38comfortable. It is very much quick and
14:41this is very affordable also. So this
14:43affordable data which is available to us
14:46and the easy accessibility of smartphone
14:50is making us more prone towards online
14:55activities.
14:57Then there's a strong influence of
15:00social media of internet which can stem
15:04from factors like peer pressure and
15:07societal norms. So if everybody
15:10is using social media platforms around
15:13me and I'm not using this can put me as
15:18the odd one out in order to get
15:21assimilated with the ongoing social
15:24trends. I may prefer to do the things
15:26others are doing or simply I can receive
15:30pressure from my peer that okay I'm on
15:33Facebook please open a Facebook account
15:36and follow me. I have posted the
15:39pictures of that picnic of that trip and
15:42please open a Facebook account and join
15:44my account in order to view all those
15:47photographs. So due to the pressure
15:51which comes from peers or due to uh
15:56standard social standard that everybody
15:58is using everybody is being involved in
16:01such activities all of us are having
16:03accounts on this this this this platform
16:06then why not me? This kind of influence
16:09can also encourage me opening social
16:13media accounts and operating on such
16:16platforms. And then in case of minors,
16:21a very important factor is lack of
16:24parental supervision.
16:27These minors can get easily affected
16:30from the influences
16:32which they get from other people
16:35surrounding them. They have a lot of
16:38curiosity about what happens on such
16:42platforms. They have a certain kind of
16:45fascination in being engaged in online
16:49activities. So if the adolescents, the
16:53children, even the young adults are not
16:57properly supervised, they may get
17:01indulged in excessive internet use
17:04leading to internet addiction.
17:09Coming to biological factors,
17:12it has been found that engaging with
17:14online content
17:16elicits dopamine release, which is a
17:20neurotransmitter
17:22that plays a key role in the feeling of
17:25pleasure and reward.
17:28Just because we have enough content, we
17:30can keep switching from one content to
17:33the other. Just because it is easier to
17:36find the content of our own interest
17:39just because it is so absorbing and
17:42engaging that we simply forget about all
17:45other things and we can do activities
17:49of our choice. We get endless options of
17:53doing such activities. The experience
17:57becomes so pleasant for us and as soon
18:00as we feel pleasure, dopamine starts
18:04secretreting in our nervous system.
18:09Recent studies are also reporting a very
18:13shocking or surprising finding that if
18:17we are addicted to internet, if we spend
18:20a lot of time on internet that too on a
18:23regular basis, this can lead to
18:28restructuring of synaptic networks
18:31inside the brain leading to enforcement
18:36of online activities. ities and making
18:39it a habit rather than an occasional
18:43activity.
18:45Such researchers need more time and more
18:48attention for further uh for sharpening
18:53our understanding further about the
18:55topic.
18:57Other factors may include the
19:00interesting design of games and social
19:04media content
19:07that becomes sedentary for us and we
19:09keep scrolling the social media
19:11platforms for quite some time. Then
19:16there is a lack of physical activity
19:20as we become so immersed in online
19:23gaming or online activities.
19:26And finally the lack of physical
19:28activity the sedentary effect of online
19:31activities can lead to different kind of
19:34mental health problems like ADHD,
19:38depression or
19:41anxiety.
19:43If we are not allowed to use the
19:46internet regularly,
19:50there can be several consequences of
19:53this internet addiction.
19:55The first and foremost is definitely the
19:58mental health issue which not only
20:00includes stress and anxiety and
20:03depression but also jealousy,
20:06competitiveness,
20:08comparison, insecurity,
20:11low self-esteem as we get negative
20:14comments or no comments on what we have
20:17posted. So a number of psychological
20:20consequences can be there which are not
20:23very good for the person.
20:26Then comes social isolation.
20:29We become so engaged in the virtual
20:32world that we start ignoring the real
20:35world completely thereby compromising
20:38the real life connections for the
20:42virtual connections. So it is like we uh
20:45like having hundreds and thousands of
20:48online friends and followers but in real
20:50life we have one or two or may not be
20:54even a single one because we have simply
20:57ignored that part.
21:00Sleep disturbances are common as I said
21:03earlier also the more screen time would
21:06be there the less sleep time would be
21:09available for the person and that too
21:13accompanied by a poor quality of sleep
21:16where the duration of sleep increases
21:19more than the nonm sleep of stage three
21:22and four leading to a fatigue a feeling
21:27of fatigue even after taking a four or 5
21:30hours of sleep.
21:33Then there are several health problems
21:36which are found in people addicted to
21:39internet. These problems can be
21:42associated with the health of the eyes
21:45which is the first organ to interact
21:48with the radiations of the screen that
21:50we are addicted to. Then comes the
21:54response of our brain. Many times the
21:58nervous system starts showing altered
22:00firing. As if I was mentioning the newer
22:03researchers are telling us that
22:06extensive use of internet over extended
22:10period of time can lead to restructuring
22:14of brain wiring leading to a new kind of
22:17uh uh predispositions a new kind of
22:20behaviors that we found in people.
22:25However,
22:26uh one can try to manage the situation
22:29and this is quite possible to do it with
22:32the help of the techniques mentioned
22:35below. The first one is the cognitive
22:38behavioral therapy that can be tried. So
22:41here the individuals can pinpoint and
22:44modify harmful thought patterns and
22:48behaviors associated with their reliance
22:51on internet.
22:53We can be a part of support groups
22:57whether these support groups are virtual
23:00or physical. we can always be a part of
23:04them and it can helps
23:07uh in maintaining the commitment to do
23:10away with such things.
23:13Digital detox is an important thing that
23:16can be observed. So there must be fixed
23:20hours for which the person should be
23:23away from all digital equipments. No
23:27matter whether it is a mobile phone or a
23:31you know a tablet or a laptop anything
23:35through which we can access internet. So
23:39we must stay away from all kind of
23:42digital tools and equipments
23:46so that we can limit our screen time and
23:49get a period of detox.
23:53Reaching out to a mental health
23:55professional can be a good idea if all
23:57these things are not working properly,
24:02are not helping the person to coming
24:06over the situation.
24:09This was all about the phenomena of
24:13internet addiction, its primary causes
24:16and the way it can be managed. So what
24:20we learned today is that internet
24:23addiction is happens when someone uses
24:26the internet compulsively and
24:29excessively. There are several types of
24:32internet addiction which ranges from
24:34obsessive gaming to social media
24:37obsession, online shopping addiction,
24:40cyber sex addiction, uh nomophobia and
24:44selfie addiction.
24:46However,
24:48effective and careful use of cognitive
24:51behavioral therapy, getting connected
24:54with support groups, observing digital
24:57detox and seeking professional help can
25:02in improve the P scenario and reduce the
25:05withdrawal symptoms associated with the
25:08internet addiction. Here are the
25:12references that you can go through for
25:15further reading.
25:17Few more references for your reading.
25:24The list goes on.
25:27Thank you very much for your kind
25:29attention.
25:31Thank you.

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