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Thursday, November 28, 2019

Social media and digital screens increase Anxiety levels in teens

Many research articles stated that - Usage of digital screens such as TV, computers, video games, smart phones will increase the anxiety levels in teenagers and adolescents.

What is Anxiety:

Every human will undergo stressful situation in life at any time. How our body and mind will respond to those situations will lead to anxiety.

If human respond to them in relaxed way, anxiety levels will be very less. If any human responds to stressful situations in bad way, anxiety levels will be very high.

Anxiety is a human emotion which is directly related to mind.

Symptoms of Anxiety:


  1. Heart rate and blood flow increase
  2. Restlessness
  3. No Proper sleep
  4. Cannot concentrate on any work
  5. Worried nature
  6. Irritability
Recent many medical research team expresses that usage of digital screens will lead to increase in anxiety levels for adolescents. Researchers conducted a research for the group of people and for a anxiety group, no digital screens are provided and for other anxiety group digital screens are provided.

Study is observed that for the group which has digital screens, their anxiety levels increased in long run. Anxiety levels are related to the time spent on the digital medium screens.

Home remedies to decrease Anxiety and stress levels:
  1. Changing the lifestyle and making themselves active and healthy.
    Exercising and walking regularly will help to reduce the anxiety levels slowly and will lead to healthy life
    Walking will reduce anxiety levels
  2. Regular meditation also will help to reduce anxiety levels. Practicing yoga with the help of yoga instructors. Yoga is a very good practice to reduce anxiety levels and yoga help to change the lifestyle in positive manner. Regular yoga practice can show the improved results.
    Yoga helps to reduce anxiety levels
  3. Taking healthy diet and regular consumption of vegetables and fruits will help to lower the anxiety, stress and depression levels. Eating citrus fruits helps to keep anxiety levels in control.

  4. It is strongly recommended to reduce or stop taking alcohol, cigarette and coffee habits. These habits not only effect on physical body, but also effect on mental health and will lead to anxiety, stress and depression in long run.  Always it is recommended to stop alcohol and smoking habits.
    Anxiety- Smoking and drinking
  5. It is better to have timely sleep and requires minimum 7 to 8 hours sleep. Proper sleep will help to normalize the hormonal levels and help to reduce stress and anxiety levels. Many teens and adolescents have a habit of using smartphones while sleeping. This will lead to increase the problem. Researchers suggested to stop using these mediums while sleeping or in bedrooms.
    Proper Sleep - Anxiety