The technological era. The Effects of the Digital Age on Mental Health

As digital technology advances, virtual engagement will increasingly replace some or all of real communication and social touch. This has the potential to impair the quality of interpersonal interactions and increase feelings of loneliness.
Uninterrupted access to information and news causes information overload. This can cause tension, weariness, and difficulty concentrating, all of which are detrimental to mental health.

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10 Rules for Self-Development

Drop Everything You are Currently Doing

School, university, work. At school and university go only to those classes that are interesting to you.

Clear Your Head of Unnecessary Garbage

Harmful habits, wasting time, stress, any silly fancies and problems. Take them and forget about them. You need a bright head for new accomplishments.

Engage in Self-Education

Read books about business and those that you like. Visit all kinds of exhibitions, strange crazy places, travel, take up new sports, be well-rounded – it will help you a lot in business.

Be Passionate About Everything

Develop your leadership character, logic, business IQ, ability to communicate with people, practice gestures and facial expressions, manipulation, public speaking skills.

Get Involved in Something Spiritual

At least church, at least meditation, at least yoga, at least esoteric. Anything, but you must feel people, and for this you need to feel yourself, because businessmen are very spiritual people.

Businessmen See Through People

Can bring the crowd in amazement. They know human psychology better than any psychologist. Of course, this does not apply to all businessmen, we are talking about those who have achieved a lot. And that’s something you have to work at for years. Work on it.

Love Money

And they will love you. Notice – the poor say they have no money and generally try to avoid the subject, while the rich love to talk about money, that they have a lot of it, and they know how to make even more.

Dream

Visualize the goal, and more importantly, how you will achieve it. Visualize your path to achieving the goal step by step. And at the end, when you have reached your goal – visualize those feelings. These emotions will give you hope.

Don’t Listen to Loser People Who Say “it Won’t Work Out”

They are losers and will remain losers. Listen only to yourself and mentors. 10. Take Action. Even the smallest step is a movement forward. Everything comes with experience, and having started today with a small step, you will soon look back and wonder about the past.

9 of the Most Useful Tips

Don’t Jump to Conclusions

This habit destroys us in two ways. One, we have decided as if we know what is going to happen, so we are very inattentive and act on that decision. Two, we have imagined that we can read minds and as if we know why other people do what they do or what they think. It is this foolishness that destroys relationships like no other.

Don’t Dramatize

Many people make catastrophes out of minor setbacks and react accordingly. That is, they make a big deal out of it. This habit breeds anxiety, the cause of which, in fact, either doesn’t exist or is so small that it’s nothing to worry about. Why do people do this? Who knows? Maybe to look and feel more important, needed. Either way, it’s as stupid as it is harmful to ourselves.

Don’t Make Up Rules

99% of all those “need” and “must” we bind ourselves with are useless. All they provide is nervousness and guilt. Why? By following these imaginary rules, you clog your brain with unnecessary restrictions and childish attitudes. And when you transfer these rules to others, you turn into a tedious whiner or self-righteous bigot.

Avoid Limitations

The words you use can make a monster out of you, a negativist to the bone. The language of negativity and criticism breeds the same mindset. By trying to squeeze things into certain categories, you stop seeing their real meaning, thus limiting your thinking to absolute uselessness. Don’t label things. And you will be surprised at what you will see.

Don’t Be a Perfectionist

Life is not limited by dualities. In most cases, “enough” means just enough. If you look for the perfect job for you, you probably won’t find it. Other jobs will seem much worse than they really are. If you look for the perfect relationship, you will likely spend your life alone. Perfectionism is a “mental illness” that will not let you enjoy your life, but will send you on a search for something that is not there every time.

Don’t Generalize

One or two, maybe three failures is not yet a sign of permanent failure. And a single victory will not make you a genius. A one-time event – good or bad – is not always a sign of a lingering trend. As a general rule, things are what they are and nothing more.

Don’t Take it Personally

Most of the people around you, even your close friends, don’t talk, think or care about you 99% of their time. People in your company or living in your neighborhood may have never heard of you. And they don’t want to hear about you. Life’s fortunes and failures, the warmth and indifference of others have nothing to do with you. If they pretend, it will only make you feel more miserable than you really are.

Don’t Give in to Apathy

Train yourself to be optimistic. If you expect bad things in life, you will find them. A negative mindset is the same as looking at the world as a crooked mirror. You will only notice the imperfections and the positives go unnoticed. It’s mind-boggling, how can you see what isn’t there? And of course, if you start looking for positive things, you will find them too.

Don’t Live in the Past

This tip is the most important of all: forget and move on with your life. Most anger, frustration, unhappiness and despair in this world comes from people who hold on to past hurts and problems. The more you run them through your mind, the bigger they will seem to you, and the worse you will feel. Don’t fight the unhappiness, look at it from the outside. And you will find the big advantages instead of the little disadvantages. Do this and thereby take away the power of the past to hurt you.