CellPhone can Kill You, If you Too much

In the 21th century, everybody has a cellphone in hand or pocket. People use a cellphone all day long when they are awake and even use it whilst they sleep. Moreover, people playing on their cellphone look down at the phone and never pay attention to the world around them. For example, we often see people using the cellphone while they eat at restaurant. The cellphone is a good tool when used properly, at the same time we as a society should put down the cellphone, because if we use our cellphones too much it could be bad for both our physical and social health.

            Supporters say cellphone use can make life easier in addition to promoting the importance of connecting to each other. However, some scientists have shown that people who use cellphones so often are usually very lonely. For example, when I was working at a Chinese restaurant, I saw two people eating food and using their cellphone at the same time. Moreover, they never spoke to one another. They just held their phones and ate. Another example is one of my friends named Ariel; she never puts down her cellphone to talk when we are in public places with our social group. Because of people using cellphones so often, they get left behind by society and become lonely.

                Scientist say people who use their cellphone a lot can ignore the world or social interactions. For instance, some students do not even know what new kind of technology is coming out or what kind of new invention has been created around the world. If people do not keep in check with the social world, they could loss attention around the real world. Cellphone use deeply affects people’s relationship between the real world and their social world. Prolonged use of cellphones can cause an addiction to the social world leading to a serious detachment from reality.

            Now a day, a lot of people have numerous health problem caused by cellphones. For example, people suffer from injuries such as myopic, rachitic, or headaches. A few of my personal friends have suffered from myopic because they use cellphones all day long and never break from it. Some people say they use their cellphone to relax and that it can be good for health. Yes, it can be good for you, also use cellphone too long or too much is bad for you and lead to minor or serious injury. For example, last week i saw on the news that a girl was killed in a car accident because she was on her cellphone when she was crossing the intersection. This is a serious, yet very common problem when people keep their eyes down on their cellphones. In addition, studies show that cellphone use for extended periods of time can cause cornea injury and can even lead to injury to your spine.

            Everybody loves using their cellphone; no matter how old they are. Yet, sometimes we should just put down the phone because it could damage both our social and physical health and it can affect people in the long term, and some results can be permanent. In addition, people can control their social and physical health, but do not let the cellphone control your social and physical health, because they can be dangerous and ruin your life min the cyber world and the real world.

 

 

No Phone a week

Now in the world, a lot of people cannot live without a cellphone. I thought so too for a while, until one day I was forced to go without something that I used to think I would not be able to live without. Now that I think about it, I do not even need my cellphone anymore. Here is my story of how I managed to be independent of my cellphone.

It all began during one morning, I heard my cellphone ring in an alarming sound, and I was really curious as to why it would blare out so suddenly. When I pressed the power button to turn my phone on, nothing happened; the screen was black, and the phone on its own was unresponsive.  I know it sounds silly, but my heart was racing at the thought of my phone breaking all of a sudden. My social life depends on it, and my mind was going through thoughts of “what if my friends called me just now?” or “how will I be able to call my parents to pick me up later today” thoughts like these clouded my mind as I scrambled through manuals to find out what the problem is. I concluded that the phone was broken, and I had to buy a new one. My only option at the time was to ask my parents to buy me a new one, but they were not too happy to hear the bad news. They were convinced that my cellphone was perfectly fine, as if I was not satisfied with it already. That was not all, they kept sending me back and forth between them, so if I asked my mom, she would tell me to ask my dad and vice versa. It seemed like there was so much frustration in one day, and I just gave up and decided to accept the fact that I will have to go without a cellphone for a while.

It was weird to be without a cellphone at first, I felt as though I did not have something to distract me, which was good, but bad at the same time. I would often send messages or call my friends, just to have a friendly chat, or ask about plans and such. Regardless of how not having a cellphone affected me, I had to find myself something to do, or I would just die of boredom.

The first couple of days felt as though I was limited in everything I could do. I enjoyed taking photos with my cellphone, but that was not an option anymore. I could not call friends anymore to ask them about things like homework help or if they would like to see a movie after school. It even got to the point where I would frantically check my phone in hopes it magically fixed itself; I got pretty desperate during my first couple of days. However, the freedom from phone calls throughout the day actually felt rather relaxing. A small break from my social responsibilities actually worked wonders on me. I do not think my cellphone is useless, but I have grown much more detached from it now, after being able to experience the feeling of independence from my social life. I still value talking to my friends and family, but it is nice to be able to just focus on my own life for a change.

I understand now the undeniable value and importance of a cellphone, its capability to keep me connected with people wherever they may be, and just the idea of having a small computer in the palm of my hands. But as we all know too well, with great power comes great responsibility and it is my responsibility as I think it should be everybody's responsibility to make sure that they take a break from their cellphones and just enjoy the world free of minor distractions. Sure, your friends might not know what you are doing at this very moment, but sometimes, a little alone time can do wonders for your overall well-being.