5 Ways Technology Is Making Us Anxious

Savvy Psychologist, Dr. Ellen Hendriksen, weighs in on five ways technology feeds anxiety

By Savvy Psychologist Ellen Hendriksen

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Will we look back on June 29, 2007, as one of those watershed dates? Only time will tell, but the day the first iPhone came out certainly changed our psyches forever.

Studies, magazine articles, and cultural rumblings tell us that technology is making us more anxious. A new study in the journal Emotion of over 1 million American high school students found that teens who spend more time on screens and less time on non-screen activities like face-to-face socializing, exercise, or homework were psychologically worse off. What’s more, the study found that when kids reported a shift to more screen-based activities, a decline in happiness followed, implying a cause-and-effect relationship.

But how exactly does this happen? What is the nitty-gritty of technology leading to anxiety?

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