Scrolling into obsession.

With the rise of technology and the rave of social
Media who else is worried about the number of people who are getting addicted to their phones these days?

I call it scrolling into obsession. While this may not seem to be an issue with so many because most of us seem to be victims but some others seem to be more victims than others.

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Am not used to visiting people and spending time with others but lately I’ve had one or two interactions and I’ve come to see that this is a disturbing issue.

I watched a friend of mine scroll endless on his phone all day. He was on Facebook watching videos and he could barely get his hands off his phone.

The only time he takes his eyes off his phone is when he is sleeping and do you know that he sleeps with his phone in his hands. He sleeps and wakes up goes back to his videos and sleeps again. It’s an endless scrolling.

Disturbing as it may and an obsession that has eaten deep into the fabrics of our lives. I was watching a group of persons who seemingly came together for some discussion.

Before the heat of it, everyone was lined up and scrolling on their phones. All lost in an endless scrolling. We are together but apart. It’s even amazing how a husband and wife will be on the bed and each is in their own world’s scrolling away on the phone.

We can’t seem to have good relationships anymore with each other. Our phones are better partners than the physical people we live with.

Have you asked yourself if you can stay away from your phone for an hour. You are with it in the toilet, people say it’s boring to go to toilet without their phones and when they eventually do, they are in there for an hour instead of ten minutes because of endless scrolling.

They say it’s boring to eat without watching you tube or videos on the phone. Eating of twenty minutes turns into an hour and more.

They say it’s boring to cook without keeping your eyes busy, do I tell you how many people in our apartment that have gotten their food burnt because they put food on fire and was scrolling away into obsession. Some even totally forget that they were cooking.

What about scrolling and walking on the road which has led to so many accidents or scrolling and driving, well yes I’ve seen such.

What a menace! Ask yourself, am I scrolling into obsession?

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