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Mobile phones cause anxiety and depression?

I believe that in our daily life, we often play with mobile phones before going to bed.Mobile phones cause anxiety and depression?

We have also repeatedly emphasized the harm of playing mobile phones before going to bed, but it still cannot stop some people’s enthusiasm for playing mobile phones, including editors.

Mobile phones cause anxiety and depression?
Mobile phones cause anxiety and depression?



After all, the content of the mobile phone is so attractive that after a long day of work, wouldn’t it be fun to have a little spare time of your own to swipe your mobile phone?

But a new study recently gave many people a little bit of capital.

Playing mobile phones before going to bed also has “advantages” and can effectively improve depression


Recently, the British comprehensive scientific journal “Scientific Reports” published a new study. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, through the investigation and analysis of follow-up data, found an interesting point—–

Playing with mobile phones before going to bed will not increase negative emotions such as loneliness, depression, and anxiety, on the contrary, it will effectively improve the depression of some people.

Playing mobile phones before going to bed also has "advantages" and can effectively improve depression
Playing mobile phones before going to bed also has “advantages” and can effectively improve depression


In total, the researchers recorded more than 250,000 smartphone activities of 815 young adults during their workday sleep, including answering calls, sending messages, and posting or liking social media platforms.

After a 4-month follow-up data comparison, it was found that compared with not using the mobile phone before going to bed, the depressive symptoms of some nights using the mobile phone decreased slightly.

Can we do whatever we want and frantically brush our phones before going to bed at night?



Although brushing your phone before going to bed can effectively improve some people’s mental health, it also has disadvantages. for example:

1.change in vision


After the lights are turned off at night, the light in the room is very dark, while the screen of the mobile phone will be brighter. People’s pupils are easily dilated naturally, which will lead to the situation of room blockage, and even induce glaucoma in severe cases.

1.change in vision
1.change in vision


In dark environments, the contrast sensitivity of the eyes decreases rapidly.

If you stare at the screen of the mobile phone for a long time, the ciliary muscle of the eye will be in a state of spasm for a long time, it is easy to cause visual fatigue, and it will also induce the appearance of dry eye.

Due to the stimulation of light, the composition of tears will change, and even the corneal epithelium will fall off, which is very harmful to eye health.

2. Decreased sleep quality

When the light is turned off and the mobile phone is played, the central nervous system of the human body will always be in a relatively tense state, and the excitability of the brain will become stronger and stronger, which will affect sleep and cause insomnia.

 2. Decreased sleep quality
2. Decreased sleep quality


Due to the excessive stimulation of light, the secretion of melatonin will be inhibited, which will disrupt the body’s biological clock, resulting in insomnia, sleeplessness and other problems.

3. Endocrine disorders


Turning off the lights for a long time and playing with mobile phones will affect the secretion of melatonin in the human body, which will affect sleep. Once a series of sleep problems occur, it will lead to endocrine dysfunction.

3. Endocrine disorders
3. Endocrine disorders


Moreover, when playing with a mobile phone, due to the stimulation of some content on the mobile phone, the secretion of hormone levels in the body will be abnormal, and it will also lead to endocrine disorders, which will affect the normal functions of various tissues and organs.

Fourth, cervical spine health damage


When most people turn off the lights and play with their mobile phones, they will habitually sleep on a relatively high pillow.

Fourth, cervical spine health damage
Fourth, cervical spine health damage



In this way, the head will be flexed forward, which will cause the cervical spine to be stretched for a long time, which will change the physiological curvature of the cervical spine.

Not only will there be discomfort such as soreness in the cervical spine, but over time, the probability of suffering from cervical spondylosis will also increase relatively.

5. Premature skin aging

Whether you are a man or a woman, if you turn off the lights and play with your phone for a long time, your skin will age prematurely.

Although the radiation of mobile phones to people is not very large, when the light is turned off and the mobile phone is played, the radiation generated will relatively increase.

 5. Premature skin aging
5. Premature skin aging



Moreover, the facial skin will be close to the mobile phone, which will cause the skin to be irradiated, and it is easy to have pigmentation spots, wrinkles and acne. It will also affect the metabolism of the skin. It can also lead to premature aging of the skin.


Every change will have a greater impact on your health.


Therefore, no matter what kind of people you are, you must not turn off the lights for a long time to play with your mobile phone.

If you really want to play with your phone, it is recommended to turn on a night light every night, play with your phone for about half an hour, and turn your phone to eye protection mode.

In addition, don’t lie down and play with your phone. You can take a seat and play with your phone for a while, which can reduce some of the impact on the body.

But having said so much, I think most people still won’t do it this way.

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