How to Save Children from Mobile Addiction by Dr Kiran Dintyala

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We are live, sir.

We're live.

Okay. Welcome back everyone.

This is Dr. Karen from USA.

This is Dr. Kiran from USA. And good evening to those people in India.

And good morning to those people in America.

You all know that for a while we have done Covid related sessions.

How to treat Covid. And we have educated people on what.

Measures that they have to take to prevent Covid.

As well as if they get Covid to survive Covid.

Now there is another major issue that.

Everyone is facing in the society. And that is stress. There is so much stress in our society, isn't it? Especially with COVID the stress levels have suddenly increased a thousand fold. So we want to tackle the stress problems. How can you keep stress at bay? How can you be calm? How can you be peaceful and joyful no matter what is happening around you?

That is a topic that I would.

Like to address over the next many weeks.

And in that there are many subtopics.

Again, there are many subdivisions.

Whether it is stress because of mobiles.

Computers, Internet, the addiction to the gadgets, the electronic gadgets. These days there is a big issue, especially in children in the youth.

So we will address that problem.

We will also address the stress in relationships that we all are facing during this Covid time. Wives and husbands fighting, boyfriend and girlfriend.

Breaking their relationship.

Parents, children, how they are getting along or not. And at work, boss and employees. So the relationships are very much strained because of COVID and because of stress. So how to rebuild them?

How to prevent breakdown of our relationships, how to lead a happy life.

That is going to be another major topic that we are going to address over the next few weeks.

And the third thing that we will.

Be addressing is addictions. I'm not simply talking about addiction to Internet, but I'm also talking about addiction to smoking, alcohol, drugs, food.

Food is a big addiction of a lot of people.

So how do you come out of those addictions? What should you do? There is another major topic that I want to address.

And the reason why we need to.

Keep stress at bay is. Stress reduces your performance in life. Stress makes you feel miserable. Stress.

Makes you take bad financial decisions.

And can thus lead to poverty.

Stress affects your health.

It can give you heart attacks, strokes, cancer, many other problems, high blood pressure, diabetes.

So if you look at it, stress.

Is a root cause for many problems in life. So the main thing that we all need to learn, all of us, all of us in our society is how to become how to keep stress at bay.

We will also be discussing.

Time management, how to survive time crunch, how can you be more efficient? How can you multitask? The other thing we'll be addressing is how to lead a balanced life. Balance is the essence of life. But most people's lives are out of balance in the current world. So how can you regain that balance in your life? And many other topics will be discussed over the next few weeks. So stay tuned now. From now on, I want to start a new ritual every day when we meet. And that is practicing a relaxation exercise for five to 10 minutes. That will help us calm our minds, that will help us relax our bodies and minds. And that is going to help everyone a lot.

So let's start with the relaxation exercise.

And then we'll dive deep into the problems I mentioned before.

Sure.

It. All right. The primary purpose of doing these relaxation exercises is to make our mind relax. As you all know.

Our mind is.

Very difficult to control. You constantly have restless thoughts in your mind.

Thinking about one thing after another after another.

Or what happened yesterday, what is going to happen tomorrow, or what happened to my job or finances, Covid family, food. It keeps jumping from one topic to another to another non stop. It keeps running around restlessly your mind. And with restlessness comes distraction. And when you are distracted, you will be less efficient at work. When you are distracted, you are not a good listener. So you don't understand clearly as well as you are supposed to what other people are saying. And because of that there is a communication gap. Because of that, relationships break down. You see, everything is interrelated and it is all can be. And it is all related to restlessness and stress in your mind.

Look at any problem in your life.

All of them can be dragged down to one thing. That is a restless mind. There is a root cause of many problems. But if you directly try to control.

Your mind.

You won't be able to. You will fail for sure if you directly try to control your mind. So these relaxation exercises are an indirect way to control your mind. Especially your breathing is directly related to your thoughts. And so your mind. When you relax your breath, Your mind also relaxes. When you breathe slowly, your thoughts also slow down and also your body slows down. So let us do this breathing exercise right now. Everyone sit in your chairs. Or if you're lying down in the bed, that is totally alright. Also. Just totally relax. Wherever you are, relax your entire body. Sink into the chair. Let your weight fall into the chair or the bed.

It.

Take a deep breath. Slowly release your breath.

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Take another deep breath. Slowly release your breath. Remember, these five minutes are yours. Stay Here. Relax. Now you can think about all the problems five minutes later. These five minutes are for you to be happy and peaceful. If any thought tries to come and bother you, tell that you will think about it five minutes later. Stay here. Stay in this moment. Observe your breath.

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Takes deep breaths. Your body and your mind should already feel relaxed. If you still feel restless, Take a few more deep breaths. Taking the breath slowly. Relax it slowly. As you do that, Observe your breath. Notice at any one moment, you can only take one breath. That means when you are breathing in, That is the only breath that you can take. When you are breathing out, that is the only breath that is there. You can't both breathe in and breathe out at the same time. There is only one breath. There is only one moment. There is this moment, this breath. That's it. That's only reality. Everything else. Is just your thought. There is only one moment. This moment, the present moment. Stay there. That's the only truth. Stay here. Anything else that you are thinking, it is just in your head. It is not true. It is not existent. Something happened in the past. It is just in your head as a memory. It's gone. It's over. Something that you're imagining about the future. Whether it is tomorrow or something about after a month or a year. It is just your imagination. It is not there. Future is a figment of your imagination. Past is nothing but a memory. Neither of them are real. They are just in your head. The only reality is the present moment. What is happening now? Stay here. Don't let your mind drag you around. Stay here. Stay in the moment. The longer you stay here, the more peaceful you feel. You suddenly realize that everything else that you have been thinking is just your thought comes and goes in this moment. This is the truth. If you stay here, you will feel peaceful. That shows that your peace, your happiness is there with you. Is there within you. It is not out there anywhere. Is here within you. Experience the peace.

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The longer you stay here, the deeper will be your peace. If thoughts try to disturb you, simply tell them come later. I profound Nurse Day. Anchor yourself to your breath. Simply observe your breath. The more you practice relaxation exercise, the easier it becomes. To practice it every day. Ten minutes or so, it's going to change your life forever. Regularity is the key. When you are ready, You can slowly come out. And start becoming aware. Of your surroundings. No need to hurry.

So how are you guys doing?

It was an amazing experience. See, Entire weight on the shoulders and body is completely relieved.

That's nice.

Yes. So before we start the session. There's one small noticer. He needs to leave. Antonaru. If he has any questions, shall we ask him?

Yeah, sure. You can ask the question here.

Sir, you ought to leave. We just want to ask if there is any specific question from you. So that sir wants to answer immediately. So that Mirmali live session.

So last year. One year.

Is.

Almost last year. One year I went. So online classes.

Unfortunately or fortunately. Gadgets, computers, tablets, mobiles.

In the last one year, because of.

COVID they couldn't go to schools or colleges. In india. Intermediate dhaka college.

How is that?

We have to use our resources to.

The best of our ability.

Not possible. It's just not possible.

So.

Mobile tablets. The world has changed significantly. So we have to adapt to the world. Kakapati adaptation Yalaga Manaki bound. Time limit. Okay. 6 to 7 class Mali 9 o'.

Clock.

Randy 10 o' clock a class. Elantra notification was to Katki.

Picture.

So Nay first suggest time limit. Time limit.

Okay.

Please hold me accountable. Both kids and adults. Not just kids, adults. Adults. Online class for example, social media half an hour. All social media half an hour. That's it. That is the only time that I'm going to do.

That's it.

Then what happens is. It is endless. It is endless. Social media notifications. Facebook, Twitter, Ghani Instagram. I just turn it off. Social media. Render a couple of problems. Computers, Ghani mobiles, Ghani tablets Ghani Even you said Amala ice train like a blue light on top.

Okay.

So blue light effect. Screen covers blue light especially in the evenings. So other command problem. Rendu. Body anatomy. We should be up and moving around. Back pain and neck pain. Low vertebra. Vertebra madhya Intervertebral disc.

Surrounding.

Discs compress. Outupada Yanta Safi Kadal Kunda.

Compress.

Vertebra Key intervertebral disc. Centam cartilage disc center. Nutrients is spinal fluid in the compress Nutrient exchange degeneration start out only degeneration start eventually then you start getting the back pain, neck pain.

So.

Pretty computer. Move around for five minutes and then come back maybe at 45 minutes or one hour. Definitely get up, move around for five minutes and then come back. And you need to reduce the amount of time you sit. You need to reduce the amount of time you sit. Computers design mobiles design.

Expect Sheila. Effect.

So ergonomic position. The keyboard.

Hands restorations.

Resilient Gaunt on the flexible Gaunt on the so Waliki effect. Spine ghani posture ghani. Resiliency flexibility. So it is simple point and intake precautions. Every 30 to 45 minutes must get up, move around for 5 minutes. Next. Is School Design.

Class. 45 minutes.

General 45 minutes to one hour. That is a very good thing. Get up and move around. So online classes in class either the automatic jarathandi.

I was about to say that, sir. One hour half an hour gap. That is their interesting time because our time. Last year. But continue so classes concentrate. I guess he has got a very personal experience at his home. So mobile classroom. So he transformation three years low education physical and mental imbalance. So that tips can be helpful for parents, I feel.

Yeah.

So precautions. First social media. Notifications. Social media E time specific time getting up every 45 minutes move around. That is going to help a lot for people. Facebook friends, social media friends, virtual friendships. Problem.

Important.

Social media. Most of the social media is fake.

Most of it.

You have to put control. Only you have the control over it. No one else has control over it. Discipline, discipline.

So.

Next psychological dependency.

Yes.

Social media. Addiction. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. They have thousands of people working on these apps. How to make you addicted to that app. How can we make them addicted to our app so that we can make more money? That is exactly the thinking behind all those apps. Every single app. Facebook. Billion people in that. They won't promote it unless you pay them money. They want to make money. Instagram almost every single platform. It is business socialization. It is a business for them.

You have to realize that.

All these apps they make it highly addictive. Smoking alcohol. These apps are made addictive. Research proven. Research proven addiction. Develop real relationships.

Parents, family, friends.

To person relationship Social relationships are important social media. It is not realistic social media friendly, But real relationships. Parents close friends direct.

They'll be there for you. There's a huge difference. Huge difference.

Friend shopping, social media.

Friends Marston.

Negative comment spread out in the social media.

Asli africa.

Social media. Come back to the reality.

Not virtual reality, actual reality.

Education social media.

Here I just want to add one point really true. And I can feel them. But teenager they can understand. So like 10 years, 12 years social media kids because phone profile create permission. But they can access their parents accounts. And they are just checking all the notifications or whatever information is on social media how much it can influence a kid. What a parent should do. So that kit notifications precautions. Okay, we are at safe side. Like.

Parental control sometime.

Exactly.

Social media though parental controls enable JC content restrict change.

Cannot access Anatika. I think that can be done. Yeah.

And reinforcing parents should also lead by Example.

Exactly. True.

You have to have their own discipline. Back to some very basic points. Everyone should know Discipline. Discipline.

But from home, like the same way. Kid is kidding. They're just waking up. Breakfast I've seen in many families. And they even know how to turn off their camera and eat in between the class. So these are the habits.

Yeah. So basic discipline. It is important to get up every day at the same time regularly and eat breakfast at the same time. Lunch at the same time, again in the evening, dinner around the same time. Circadian rhythm. Disturbance, body confuse. That will lead to unhealthy problems.

That will lead to health problems.

After a week you don't have to do anything. That is the power of your body. How does your body know? Whatever time you are thinking, It will wake you up. So your body has an innate intelligence. It will tell you what needs to be done.

When it needs to be done.

Men will take care of you. Discipline important.

But in general lifelong. Is leading a lot of problems.

Nice. There's one more important point, sir. Before we close, I would like to ask.

We are going to discuss much more about the social media and mobile addiction over the next many days. Go deeper and deeper. We are doing like a very superficial overview today.

Sure, we'll get deeper. Yeah, go ahead.

So kids lockdown. So what are the physical. Any tips that you can give for the kid to be fit or mental strength. What a parent should do for the.

Kid.

Mental strength develop.

Yes, sir. But influence. Mentally they are getting disturbed. That's what we have. Many people are saying parents because a content choose so how to stabilize their minds. Any yoga from your side? It depends on being a parent.

Yeah, Depends on the age of the kid.

Okay.

It depends on the environmental situation. It depends on all those factors. It is not one solution for all people. It should be individualized. But every single kid is different. Every kid is different. Each age group is different. So I think what we should do. I think is age group specific recommendations is the better.

Yes.

Because it is already 7am sure. We will take this topic and then we will dive deeper. This entire week we will do on. On the social media and mobile addiction only.

Sure.

Because it is going to take a long time to answer this question. We won't have enough time.

Yes, sir. Thank you so much, sir.

Thank you.