Dirty Electricity

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Can you feel a tingling sensation all over? That just means that this gif is working!

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Phantom Vibration Syndrome

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Phantom Ringing Syndrome

False sensations of a buzzing phone, which releases pleasure and, more often, anxiety inducing neurotransmitters.

*Future technological advancements such as Google Glass, which will eventually notify the user visually, may prime us to see things that aren’t actually there.

[poulalalala]

note to self.

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Nomophobia

Technology based FOMO (fear of missing out) aka anxiety caused by not having access to your devices (no-mobile phobia).

*Phone addiction can have a very negative impact on people’s lives. For some, there is a very neural pathway between feeling of techno deprivation & a full on panic attack.

[wasihari]

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Cybersickness

Nausea induced sensations felt while interacting with certain digital environments. (brain tricked into motion sickness).

*See Apple IOS 7 update in 2013 and their utilization of the parallax effect (which makes icons appear to be moving in a three dimensional space), the sensations this update gave was compared to motion sickness experienced while reading in a car.

[yung-sumo-blog]

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Facebook Depression

Depression caused by social interactions, or lack thereof, on Facebook.

*A University of Michigan study shows depression among young people directly corresponds to their relationship with Facebook. 

1.) Realize that no one is perfect, social media highlights the good and seldom the bad.

2.) Have other means of communicating, call your mom, have an IRL conversation with another human.

[thenerdscribe]

So true…

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Hard-Hitting Nature Valley Ad Shows The Terrifying Side Of Kids Addicted To Technology

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Problematic Internet Use

Constant and unhealthy urge to access the internet

*Often referred to as internet addiction disorder… internet usage that interferes with daily life. Compulsive internet use is usually a symptom of a larger issue (depression, OCD, ADD, social anxiety) rather than a unique disorder itself.

[gemmacorrell]

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Cyberchondria

Hypochondria with a broadband connection

*The tendency to believe you have a disease you read about online… Headache? No worries, it’s probably nothing… But WEBMD says headaches are a symptom of brain tumors. You’re probably going to die soon.

[laurenmakesstuff]

Back to the Future 2

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Google Effect

Tendency of the mind to retain less information because everything you need or want to know is only clicks away.

*Not necessarily bad… could be a mark of societal evolution of a smarter, more informed populace. Dr. Rosen

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Electromagnetic Sensitivity

Also known as, “WiFi allergies”

Not a medically recognized diagnosis as of yet, but this condition that is categorized as psychological, effects more and more people everyday. Research on this issue is almost nonexistent because people tend to think the victims are delusional and/or craving attention.

Common symptoms of this affliction include, but are not limited to,

Headaches

Sleep Disturbances

Fatigue

Tinnitus

Cognitive Impairment

Heart Arrhythmia

Mood Swings

Weakening of the nervous, endocrine and immune systems

Increased risk of serious chronic illnesses such as cancer

These ailments are caused by something called Dirty Electricity. This phenomena is when electrical power lines and wiring contain frequencies outside of the normal 60 Hz. These frequencies then ride electrical wiring and radiate into the environments around us. Which then interact with our bodies.

Typical causes of “Dirty Electricity” include:

Solar System Inverters (converting DC power to AC power)

PLC Smart Meters (sending data over the powerlines by adding additional frequencies)

Wireless Smart Meters that add pulsed frequencies to the powerlines

CFL and LED Lightbulbs

Light Dimmer Switches

Electrical devices in your home and on the grid that have a switch-mode power supply (SMPS)

Wireless technology (all wireless frequencies conduct along copper wiring to some extent)