Question2 : Digital health and wellness

Psychological issues people face in the digital world.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Technology has become part of our livelihoods and the societal standard that everyone has to adapt to. Advanced  digital devices and faster network sharing have increased the need to have accessible internet at our fingertips which has mostly proved to be beneficial to many people. However, there is little emphasis on the psychological impact of accessing the digital world. Digitally based psychological issues have the most impact on our thinking ability as well as our emotional and behavioural disorders. These psychological issues do not affect a specific age range but children are most affected because everyone has access to the unrestricted internet. Therefore, it is important people acknowledge that these issues are real and need to be addressed in order for them to receive the necessary help to combat these psychological issues.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  These are the psychological issues that individuals face everyday in the digital world:                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Personality disorders - It is a mental condition in which an individual can have unusual thinking ways, behaviours, lacking familiarity to connect people. It is greatly influenced by the environment and the people surrounding an individual .factors such as violence, internet addiction are most likely to start the mind-changing process. This disorder typically develops at a very young age and becomes part of a child as he/she grows to an adult. As a result of this disorder, people turn out to have various personality disorders which define who they are and how they respond to other people, limiting personal relationships and low self-esteem. Personality disorders such as schizotypal personality disorder, Antisocial disorder, narcissistic personality disorder.                                                                                                                                                                                2.Anxiety - This psychological issue is also becoming a major defect in the digital world .Anxiety and stress have increased over the years as technology advancements have evolved to greater creations.This issue is a psychological disorder that involves the emotional turmoil within the mind caused by numerous factors that are mainly reliant on the thinking ability of the brain question and process information. Factors such as cyberbullying, excessive work, sleep dysfunction cause anxiety because they interfere with the people's emotional state. These are most likely to cause people to eventually have suicidal thoughts and be depressed because the social pressure is exposing them to negative criticism and fear of anything thing that could destroy their lives and their reputations as well as keeping up with trends in order to fit in a certain popular society. Examples of anxiety such as panic disorder.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Eating disorder - An eating disorder is characterized by the unhealthy eating patterns that can affect both your heart and kidney. The digital age has been endorsed by the many functions and applications digital devices can offer. Eating disorders often prescribed by the internet which displays the views of many people on what type food and when the food is to be consumed. Internet accessibility has lead people to disregard the need to eat healthy food in order for the body to function accordingly. MedlinePlus(2020) highlights that there is no definite cause for an eating disorder but there possible causes ranging from genetic, behavioral to mental to social influences.Examples of eating disorders: Binge-eating, Anorexia nervosa.                                                                                                                                                                   

4. Internet connection disorder- This psychological issue is becoming the most faced challenge to people. Internet  activity is now a constant need for people to be online surfing to feed the psychological need to know what is happening around the world. The digital world has enabled most countries to update their knowledge of the issues they are individually facing. The digital world  has brought about various channels to spread content. Although there are restrictions to the usage of the internet, traditional media channels adapt the content from the numerous internet channels. Example: excessive internet surfing .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          MayoClinic .2016. Personality disorders,23 September 2016.[Online]Aavilable at : https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/personality-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20354463  [Accessed on 15 July 2020]                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Nootrina.2020.Rising levels of  Anxiety in the Digital world.[Online]. Available at : http://nootrina.com/anxiety-in-a-digital-world/ .[Accessed on 1 August 2020]                                                                                                                                                                         MedlinePlus.2020.Eating Disorders ,13 May 2020.[Online] Available at: https://medlineplus.gov/eatingdisorders.html [Accessed on 1 August 2020]