start managing your digital health!
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We all are aware of maintaining our physical and financial health, but what about our digital health? Think about it. Are you constantly on Facebook? Do you check your email the second you wake up? Are you addicted to your smart phone? Have you noticed how social media can impact your emotion and mood? If you said yes to any of these questions, then you need to start managing your digital health. For more visit: http://digitaldietguy.com To manage your time online visit: http://mymentalspace.comTRANSCRIPT
(And How to Get Started)
Pleasure ProducerNeurotransmitter
Fight of FlightStress Hormone
Dopamine vs. Cortisol
Why don’t we takecare of our
Digital Health?
Smoking Ads in the 1940’s
Scientist and Educators Smoke Kent
Babies Recommend Marlboro
The Evolution of the Automobile
• In 1968 the federal government mandated that all new cars include seat belts at all seating positions.
Seat belts!
Now Everyone Uses Seat belts!
Will taking care of our Digital Health be the nextlesson learned?
Internet Use Disorder (IUD): A condition "recommended for further study" in the 2013 edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
Internet Use Disorder
Signs & Symptoms
Loneliness
External Distractions
Internal Distractions:Texting when driving
Internal Distractions: Facebook
Facebook Usage Projections
• A feeling of unexplainable stress, worry and mood swings resulting from the desire to constantly check Facebook for no apparent reason at all.
Facebook Stress
Symptoms of Facebook Stress
Resources for your Digital Health
Must Reads!
The Phone Stack Game
The Digital Diet Challenge is a 30 day challenge to
decrease digital dependencies
Get your Digital Health Back in Shape!
The Digital Diet Challenge
Starting theDigital Diet Challenge
a. Take the Digital Health Assessment www.digitaldietguy.com
a. Download www.MyMentalSpace.com
a. Engage in Challenge Tactics
MyMentalSpace.com
Stay off Facebook for 30 days Play the phone stack challenge game during lunch Go an entire weekend without playing video games Write a letter to someone and mail it to them Don’t text on Tuesdays (unless it’s an emergency)
Keep a journal to note how you feel while taking a break from technology.
Challenge Tactics
Ways to Disconnect
Mark OstachThe Digital Diet Guy
http://digitaldietguy.com313-444-9667
Thank You!