- In Mexico alone, it is estimated that there are 80.6 million internet users.
- To date Google is the leading search engine in the world because it processes approximately 63 thousand queries per second.
- The abuse in the use of digital tools can cause problems for memory and remember things.
Technology is a fundamental part of the lives of millions of people. In most cases, it has become a tool that is used on a daily basis. It is not only a means of entertainment but also an ally for work and communication. But in the same way that it offers benefits, there are also many adverse aspects such as the appearance of new diseases such as Google syndrome.
More and more people stay connected
In that sense, only in the case of Mexico it is estimated that there are 80.6 million internet users. The figure represents 70.1% of the population aged six or older. While the trend shows that more and more people join the digital path.
According to the National Survey on Availability and Use of Information Technologies in Households 2019, the three main means for connecting users to the Internet in our country are: smart cell phone (smartphone) with 95.3%; laptop with 33.2%, and desktop with 28.9%.
In this way the way of searching for information has been completely transformed. Now everything is just a click away, so in a span of years we went from information abundance to information saturation. Beyond the positive aspects, there is also a severe problem that has been dubbed Google Syndrome.
In this case, Google is the leading search engine in the world because it processes approximately 63 thousand queries per second. In the end, that translates to 5.6 billion searches per day and approximately 2 billion global searches per year.
But the fact that it provides information is also counterproductive. Thus, it has been baptized as Google syndrome when people’s brain fails to remember a fact consulted just a few minutes ago.
The harmful consequences of technology abuse
Therefore, it joins the growing list of technopathologies. It is a recent creation term to call new diseases that arose with the use and abuse of digital tools. Su descripción abarca a todas las alteraciones físicas, psicológicas y sociales provocadas por el uso excesivo e inadecuado de las redes sociales y tecnologías.
In that sense, perhaps you have noticed with your patients that some have become dependent on some technological device. When it happens, it generates anxiety and addiction problems, in addition to causing damage to their different daily activities. Therefore, it is very important to talk to them and offer them adequate treatment.
Some specialists also call them diseases 2.0 because its appearance arose along with the heyday of the internet. One of the most popular and currently widespread is nomophobia, which refers to people who develop an irrational fear of living without their cell phone. This can lead to various problems of stress, panic and addiction similar to those of a smoker or alcoholic.
Another disease is baptized as the Syndrome of the imaginary message. It is a way in which it is called those who stop doing activities of their daily life in order to keep an eye on their cell phone. Which alters their perception of things and causes alterations in their reality such as imagining received messages.
Finally, another of the most numerous diseases is known as FOMO. It is a way that is called people who present an abnormal fear to stay isolated from the digital world, so they constantly need to review their personal social media accounts, which can generate violent attitudes in case someone prevents them.