Find out through these signs if you have a problem with WhatsApp…
It’s the middle of the night and you walk from one side of your bedroom to the other thinking “why didn’t she answer me?”, “is she upset with me?”, “why doesn’t she want to talk to me?”. If it has happened to you, perhaps you are a victim of whats apnea.
By Ale Arredondo
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Are you afraid of being left on “seen”? Maybe you suffer from WhatsApp apnea
WHAT DOES IT REFER TO?
According to the psychologist and thanatologist Araceli Arredondo, although it is not an official term used in psychology, it refers to the anxiety caused by not being answered and left on “seen”, especially when it comes to a friend or a friend. Prince. This is also known as the need to check whats every so often to find out if you have messages and respond to them immediately. In short, you spend all your time checking it, even without having received a message (textaphrenia), and you leave your activities in the background.
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IF YOU ARE IN SEVERAL GROUPS AT THE SAME TIME…
The psychologist indicates that dependence on this social network grows even more if you are involved in several chats, because you do not need to ask yourself: “why did such a person leave the group?”, “who is so-and-so?”, “why What doesn’t perenganita write?”, to such a degree that at the end of the day you feel tired of reading and responding to comments. Things get worse if you find yourself in a place without a network, since the anxiety of not being connected leads you to the extreme of asking your teacher to share their internet with you!
WHAT IS TEXTAPRENIA?
It’s when you think you’ve heard a text tone or vibration, but there’s no message on your phone. It is very common for textaphrenia to occur because you spend many hours on your cell phone, which results in you disconnecting from your family and friends.
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WHAT IS DOUBLE CHECK SYNDROME?
It alludes to the two popcorns that appear when you send a message, and it is a moment of anxiety that arises if your friend does not respond to you, but has been connected or is even “online”.
FUN FACTS
According to research conducted at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, 55% of teens get upset when they don’t respond to messages; 32% get sad, because they believe that nobody wants to be with them. The majority (93%) feel anxious about not getting a response for some time.
The national study “How do Mexicans use WhatsApp?”, carried out by the Applied Political Communication consultancy, reveals that this is the second most used social network; 60% of those surveyed said that during the pandemic they studied and communicated with their teachers through this channel.
MAKE A HALT!
- To avoid WhatsApp apnea, psychologist Arredondo recommends:
- Set a time to check your social networks.
- Exercise daily, as it offers you physical and psychological benefits.
- Respect your hours of sleep.
- Don’t spend the night stalking who’s online, read a book instead.
- You prefer to talk in person with your friends than to send whats.
- When you go out with your family or friends, forget about the cell phone, only use it if it is very necessary.
- If you have neglected your person or your activities and present anxiety or sadness, seek professional help.
WARNING SIGNS:
- You check messages while walking down the street or corridors of the school.
- You forget your homework. You suffer from insomnia or you wake up. Your eyes look tired, dry or
- irritated by the hours in the cel. You have pain in your fingers.
You feel anxious and angry if you don’t - you have a network
You are stressed and with changes of - humor due to the need to answer your messages immediately.
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