Technology Creates Social Isolation and Neurosis

1. TECHNOLOGY CREATES
SOCIAL ISOLATION AND
NEUROSIS
NATHAN BOWMAN STUDENT #200293796
SOCIAL IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY

2. • How Many times do you look at your phone during the day?
• Once?
• Twice?
• Twenty times?

3. • How many times do you check social media?
• Once a day?
• Twice a day?
• Fifty times a day?

4. • How many times do you interact with your friends and family in
person?
• Once a day?
• Once a week?
• Once a year?

5. YOUTUBE VIDEO
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QWoP6jJG3k

6. WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY?
• Technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods and
processes used in the production of goods or services or in the
accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation.
Technology can be the knowledge of techniques, processes,
etc. or it can be embedded in machines, computers, devices
and factories, which can be operated by individuals without
detailed knowledge of the workings of such things.

7. HOW DOES SOCIAL MEDIA AFFECT US?
• Social media is addictive.
• Social media makes us compare our lives with others.
• Social media makes us restless.
• Social media gives rise to cyberbullying.
• Social media glamorizes drug and alcohol use.
• Social media can make us unhappy.

8. HOW DOES SOCIAL MEDIA AFFECT US?
CONTINUED
• Social media can lead to fear of missing out, aka FOMO.
• Social media often leads to multitasking.
• Social media enhances our connectivity.
• Social media can help with socialization.

9. WHAT IS SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL OR SOCIAL
ISOLATION?
• Social withdrawal is avoiding people and activities you would
usually enjoy. For some people, this can progress to a point of
social isolation, where you may even want to avoid contact with
family and close friends and just be by yourself most of the
time. You may want to be alone because you feel it’s tiring or
upsetting to be with other people. Sometimes a vicious cycle
can develop where the more time you spend alone, the less you
feel like people understand you. And the less you feel like
people understand you, the more time you want to spend
alone.(Make the Connection, n.d.)

10. VIDEO ON SOCIAL ISOLATION
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szum9H5m6K4

11. WHAT IS NEUROSIS?
• Neurosis refers to a variety of psychological problems involving persistent
experiences of negative affect including anxiety, sadness or depression,
anger, irritability, mental confusion, low sense of self-worth, etc., behavioral
symptoms such as phobic avoidance, vigilance, impulsive and compulsive
acts, lethargy, etc., cognitive problems such as unpleasant or disturbing
thoughts, repetition of thoughts and obsession, habitual fantasizing,
negativity and cynicism, etc. Interpersonally, neurosis involves dependency,
aggressiveness, perfectionism, schizoid isolation, socio-culturally
inappropriate behaviors, etc.
• Generally, neurosis means poor ability to adapt to ones environment, an
inability to change one’s life patterns, and the inability to develop a richer,
more complex, more satisfying personality.

12. INTRODUCTION
• When people get together these days, for whatever reason,
family gatherings or lunch. In most cases people cannot detach
themselves long enough from their phones or social media to
look the person/people in the eye. This has created a
generation of un-emapthetic youths that wouldn’t be able to
carry on a simple conversation unless it was over social media
or texting. Technology has a lot of benefits but it is slowly
destroying the social beast that is the human race.

13. STATISTICS

14. STATISTICS CONTINUED
• Out of the world’s estimated 7 billion people, 6 billion have
access to mobile phones. Only 4.5 billion have access to
working toilets. (Time.com, n.d.)
• As of May 2013, 63% of adult cell owners use their phones to
go online.
(Fact Sheet, 2014)
• 34% of cell internet users go online mostly using their phones,
and not using some other device such as a desktop or laptop
computer. (Fact Sheet, 2014)

16. THE 6 TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
• Social Networks – Facebook and LinkedIN.
• Bookmarking Sites – Delicious and StumbleUpon.
• Social News – Digg and Reddit.
• Media Sharing – Youtube and Flickr.
• Microblogging – Twitter
• Blog Comments and Forums – There are MANY popular Blogs
and Forums.

17. IF I’M WITHDRAWING FROM OTHERS OR
ISOLATING MYSELF, WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT
RIGHT AWAY?
• Allowing social withdrawal or social isolation to continue unchecked will only
make your situation more challenging. When you find yourself
demonstrating antisocial behavior, it's important to:
• Address what's causing you to want to be alone.
• Reach out to your friends or family members even though it may be the last
thing you feel like doing. Research shows that spending time talking with
family or friends improves your mood and has a positive effect on health.
• If these actions feel overwhelming, start with small steps. For example,
identify one person you could reach out to or one place you could go, and
then follow through. Continuing to meet specific small goals can help you
break out of a pattern of withdrawal or isolation.

18. CONCLUSION
• Social Withdrawal is very dangerous and should be addressed.
Although we couldn’t advance further as a human race without
technology, is it ok to abuse it? Think about the factors
involved in abusing technology and relate it to yourself.

19. REFERENCES
• More People Have Cell Phones Than Toilets, U.N. Study Shows | TIME.com. (n.d.). Retrieved June 16,
2016, from http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/25/more-people-have-cell-phones-than-toilets-u-
n-study-shows/
• Fact Sheet, (January 2014). Mobile Technology Fact Sheet. Retrieved from
http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/mobile-technology-fact-sheet/.
• The Bio-Social Theory of Neurosis. (n.d.). Retrieved June 16, 2016, from
http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/genpsyneurosis.html
• 10 Ways Social Media Affects Mental Health. (2015). Retrieved June 16, 2016, from
http://blog.degreed.com/10-ways-social-media-affects-our-mental-health/

20. REFERENCES CONTINUED
• The 6 Types of Social Media. (n.d.). Retrieved June 16, 2016,
from http://timgrahl.com/the-6-types-of-social-media/
• Social Withdrawal & Isolation | Symptoms & Treatment | Military
Veterans | Make the Connection. (n.d.). Retrieved June 16,
2016, from http://maketheconnection.net/symptoms/social-
withdrawal