In an era in which technology is an integral part of our life, almost essential, the mobile phone shows itself as the invention of which we can’t do without.
The benefits of its possession facilitate the days and allow us to maintain a continuous contact with people, proven experience especially in these lockdowns. It was essential for many to have a mobile phone as a distraction from an unexplained reality that surrounds us today, and acts as a leisure for those who are still locked within the 4 walls. The mobile phone has allowed us continuous information, a constant contact with our affections and a faithful companion in moments of solitude.
It replaces books, cinemas and friends at times: it is important to be able to maintain control over the device and treat it as such, not forgetting that life is out. Although the illusion is that time stops when we chat with someone or watch a viral video, we do not realize that the hours pass and that we are losing our time.
Social media are the root cause of this obsession, recreating a virtual reality so seemingly perfect that the surrounding world takes a back seat. These are the ones that often create real cellular dependencies, which in the last year have increased dramatically. It is called “nomophobia” and is a disease that affects mostly young people from 18 to 25 years: most of these are affected by relational problems or self-esteem that leads them to prefer a virtual reality with few immanent risks and that leads them to isolation. Depending on a cell phone means wanting to have control over the lives of friends, relatives or unknown people, losing it on your own. We realize this need by the smallest gestures, such as the perennial control of the cell phone, often even during meals.
In addition to the risk that any other addiction entails, so at a psychological level, this causes not a few visual problems and emits radiation harmful to our system. The worrying thing is to see increasingly young children develop skills in technological fields and thus facilitate excessive use of mobile phones. It’s important, especially after a pandemic that brought society to its knees, to rediscover everything we’re losing outside and learn to live life outside, which is what awaits us the moment the battery dies and there are no sockets available.
Sara De Luca 4N
