Copy of Techno-stress

Techno-stress

Be Mindful....

Take a second to think about the most common experiences that cause you stress when it comes to technology.

Signs & Symptoms

Technostress hits us on an emotional level, and emotions control our hormones through biochemical changes in the brain. Stress depletes both the mind and body, and hinders their ability to perform efficiently.

Identify your Stressors

Some things that come to mind:

Symptoms

• Computer

• Obsessive compulsion for checking emails, texts, tweets, etc.

Mental

Physical

• Technology has to actually work to meet deadlines.

• Email

• Work-Home conflict.

Difficulty falling asleep

• Cell phone

• Continual multi-tasking can cause brain thoughts to be scattered.

Exhaustion

Anxiety over having lost access to your cell phone, Palm Pilot, TV or other techno equipment

Headaches, stomach discomfort, back pain, ulcers and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

• Television

• Increase pressure to respond to demands.

Continuous

Partial

Attention

Lessened ability to relax or slow down

Continuously checking your email, voicemail and texts

Are you a victim of Technosis?

• Online games

Feelings of memory loss, forgetting what you started to do or why you walked into a particular room.

• Do you feel stressed if you haven't checked your voice or e-mail within the last 12 hours?

• Do you feel as if you can't cook a meal without technological gadgets?

• Do you become upset when you can't find an ATM for quick cash?

• Do you have difficulty writing without sitting in front of your computer?

• Do you have a hard time determining when you are finished researching a topic on the internet?

• Do you feel less adequate than your highly technologized peers?

• Ipods

• Do you rely on pre-programmed systems to contact others?

Impatience with self and others

• GPS

Linda Stone

Cause of Techno-stress

• Issues of time management

• Technology anxiety

• False expectations

• Interpersonal connections

Disadvantages of technology

• Electrostatic fields

• Counter productivity

• Disconnection from the real world

• Feelings of inadequacy and depression

• Skewed view of importance and reality

-Herbert Simon

"A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention"

Techniques for technostress

How to deal with it

What techniques have you tried?

• Ask for Help

• Take a deep breath, meditate

Benefits of technology

• Unplug

• Limit multitasking

• Programs to track stress levels

• Improves skills in media personnel

• Set regular "time out" periods
• Stretch
• Vision break

Be healthy

• Connecting people worldwide

• Consume carbohydrates

• Complex Carbohydrates

References

• Give yourself a margin of error

• Stay Hydrated

What is Techno-stress

• Opportunities to learn new things and grow

• Plan to get adequate amounts of sleep

• Create boundaries
• No e-mail after 5 p.m.

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• The inability to cope with new computer technologies in a healthy manner.

• Distributing information

• Struggle to accept technology

• Over identification with technology

• A personal stress generated by a reliance on technological devices. A panicky feeling during failure and a state of near-constant stimulation, or being perpetually "plugged-in".

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