So a few months ago I was thinking when was the last time you sat down to have a
cup of coffee without doing something else being there in the moment relaxing
and not occupying your mind with clutter on your phone so in other words mono
tasking just think about so when was the last time that you monotasked and just
relaxed because so many of us are using our phones everyday social media
everyday so I thought to myself I decided what are the health implications
of this there must be some kind of health implications so I've done the
research now the good news is that quite recently UK scientists at the Imperial
College London published a fascinating study all about the use of social media
on teenagers mental health now the study was very large and it was done on 10,000
UK teenagers for a period of two years and the social media platforms included
things like whatsapp Instagram Facebook and snapchat so I'm going to give you a
quick summary of the results but if you're really interested on reading more
about this study I will leave a link to it in the description below for you also
make sure to watch the full video because in this video I'm gonna give you
some really useful tips on how to reduce your phone usage now let's get to the
results so in the study high social media use was defined as checking it
more than three times a day okay just a quick pause there because you're
probably thinking three times a day high social media use you must be wrong well
I am correct I'm not lying this is the actual study by now for example myself
I'm using my phone more than twenty times a day so the study looks at how
social media is stopping you from doing what's good for mental health so for
example how it's stopping you from sleeping enough how it's stopping you
from doing a physical activity as well as the effects of being bullied online
now let's maybe do a drone shot with the results so what did they find
well firstly there was a relationship between social media and physiological
well-being two years later in girls and it was entirely mediated by the
experience of being bullied online not sleeping enough or doing enough physical
activity so it's basically what social media is stopping you from doing there's
good for your mental health now it's worth noting however that these three
mechanisms weren't found to be significant for boys however the study
did show that there was a relationship between social media and mental health
in boys and I guess you can only assume there will be different mechanisms that
are going to affect the physiological well-being of boys so I guess more
research is needed into this so the next question is how do we reduce our phone time
well the good news is that I've been trying out loads of different techniques
and I've narrowed it down to my top four so let's begin so tip number one which
is by far the most effective that I've found is by switching your phone to
grayscale mode those colors when you unlock your phone
they stimulate your brain might having on greyscale is going to reduce that
stimulation and fingers crossed it's going to reduce your phone which leads
me on to tip number two stop using your phone as an alarm clock you need to buy
yourself an alarm clock so you're not having your phone next to your bedside
table plugged in have it on the other side of the room plugged in charging and
your alarm clock on your bedside table to wake you up so by having your phone
on the other size room charging it's going to prevent you from doing this
scrolling I know we've all done it before I've done loads of times I do in
the morning I do at night time you end up scrolling for hours so have it on the
other side of the room charging have an alarm clock there to wake you up and I
promise you it will make a massive difference tip number three it's quite
easy and it's also effective it's all about turning off notifications and only
leaving it on for important texts and phone calls which leads me on to tip
number four which is probably one of the most difficult to get used to and it's
all about when you leave the house if you can leave without your phone now I
know it's scary it is very scary to begin with but practice makes perfect
now obviously only do it when it's convenient but I promise you once you get
used to it that urge to constantly check your phone it fades away and it makes a
massive difference doing this I really hope my tips help you in this week's
video and if you've got any of your own tips please leave a comment below
because I'd love to read it and I'm sure everyone else watching this video will
find it helpful to always remember that you're awesome and I will see you next
week so how social media is stopping you from sleeping how social media is
stopping you from something enough I really hope this fluffy thing on here is
helping to take that wind because there is quite a lot of wind on these scenes
fingers crossed it's gonna work hey guys thanks for
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