Effects of Television Addiction
Posted: Thursday, April 02, 2009
by Farouk Radwan
2knowmyself
Let's Fight
Few weeks ago I went to see Jackie Chan's movie "The forbidden kingdom", I really liked the movie so much and I never expected to come out of it feeling eager to resume my martial arts training. Since I watched that movie I started watching Aikido videos almost every night in order to restore back my old skills.
Fortunately aikido is harmless and is even great but what if I saw a movie like "saw IV" then felt like wanting to cut my best friend into two halves? Definitely I wasn't going to do this but I am sure that watching such movies over and over changes something in the brain and the in the way we think.
Effects of television addiction
Television addicts exist everywhere from the Far East to the USA. Those people watch television on daily basis for three hours or more and sometimes have to drop important activities just to be able to watch television for few more hours. The dangers of television addiction are really bigger than what you could imagine and the following few examples are a sample of what television addiction can do to your life:
* Programming your mind: Just as watching Jackie Chan's movie programmed my mind the movies that you watch will program your mind too whether you wanted it or not. Watch a lot of drama and you will become a cry boy, watch a lot of action movies and you might become violent or watch a lot of horror movies and you might start to believe in ghosts. Changing your beliefs about life : Why do people want to get rich in two weeks? Why do keywords such as "How to become a billionaire over night" are among the popular search keywords? Why do people feel really bad when they get rejected for the first time?? Movies have taught us that good guys fail, face problems but usually solve them before the end of the movie. It never takes the Good guy more than few days to move from poverty to wealth, from being unknown to fame and from being sad to being absolutely happy. When your beliefs about life change you start to assume that life events should be similar to the events you saw in the movies but unfortunately this only results in disappointment.
* Depressing You: Watching television for extended periods of time have been linked to depression. Moreover, this depression results in being unable to stop watching TV and so a cycle of depression and television addiction is developed.
* Makes you feel guilty : Usually television addiction is associated with delaying important tasks or wasting time that should be allocated to your family. This results in feelings of guilt that keep increasing in intensity as you keep watching.
* Negative thinking: 99% of the news that appears on Television is negative. Lots of movies and TV series have negative messages embedded within. Being subjected to such negative messages and news results in making you feel bad and in even making you a negative thinker.
Final words about television addiction
As you saw, television addiction is really bad and can result in dramatic changes in your mood and life style. The problem with television addiction is that it might not appear as dangerous as nicotine or drug addiction but when taking a deeper look you will find that it could have a damaging impact on your life. Break this habit before it breaks you.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)yes, it was very good..however,my wife is an addict,how can I break her of her habit?? She says when she's laid off she has to "catch up" on TV> SAD huh??
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