Is these 30 second reels to waste your life?

Just one reel and … just one more… and then another… while doing the same, half an hour passes, it is not known. As soon as you wake up in the morning, first watch the reels on the phone, the last work before going to bed at night. If you have become the same habit, then the time has come to stop and think. These small, fun looking videos are secretly eating our brain peace like a termit.

Not just time pass, direct effect on brain

We wonder what is the harm to see the reels? There is only a little entertainment. But in reality it is not just entertainment, but a very big game with our mind. When we see a fun reel, a chemical called ‘dopamin’ is released in our mind. This is the same chemical that makes us feel happy and satisfaction. We get used to it and our brain repeatedly demands to see the same happiness and see the reels. It is from here that such intoxication starts, which is not less than a drug addiction or alcohol.

How is it affecting our life?

1. You are unable to remember anything: Does it happen to you that you forget something else? Or does any important thing come out of the mind? One of the major reasons for this can be to see reels continuously. When we watch a video one after the other, our brain forgets to focus on any one thing. Our memory and focus ability gradually starts to weaken.
2. Always be irritable and restless: If you do not get to see reels on the phone, do you start getting restless or angry? If yes, it is a dangerous sign. This shows how much you have been mentally dependent on the reels.
3. Cut off the real world: The world with the brightness of the reels seems so good that we start feeling boring our real life and around us. We also sit with friends and family and enter the phone. This habit is making us alone and making our relationships hollow.
4. Always compare yourself to others: On the reels, we walk around, eat and drink in good places and always see happy. Seeing their perfekte life, we start seeing shortcomings in our lives. We start comparing ourselves to others on everything, which creates a feeling of irritation and dissatisfaction in us, which can gradually take the form of depression.

Then what should we do? Do you stop watching reels?

It is not possible to leave anything at all, but it is in our hands to improve your habit.

• Set a time: Decide that you will see only 15 or 20 minutes a day. For this, you can also apply timer in your phone.
• Turn off notification: Keep the notification of social media apps closed so that your attention does not go towards the phone again and again.
• Find happiness in real life: Get out with the phone, meet friends, read a book or complete your hobby. You will find real happiness not on the screen of the phone, but in the real world.

Remember, technology is made for our benefit, not to make us our slave. Keep its control in your hand, otherwise it will take the control of your life in your hand.