Нow did this profession come about

Gadgets with which you can do everything - communicate with family and friends, share your life on social networks, exchange videos and pictures, find out news and opinions, shop and much more - came into our life just about ten years ago. But now we can hardly imagine our life without interacting with the small screen of a smartphone or tablet. It seems to be interesting, exciting and useful - the opportunity for rich communication, information and entertainment. But we stopped noticing how much time we spend on being in the virtual world of the Internet and social networks.

The minutes spent with the gadget fly with lightning speed - it seems like I went to flip through the tape for five minutes, and now an hour has passed imperceptibly! More than 3 billion people actively use social networks for communication every day. On average, users spend 2 hours 20 minutes on the Web, and many, 30-40% percent, and even more - 3-4 hours. And you know that such a long stay in communication with a small screen causes real intoxication (literally "poisoning")!

Both at the physical level - the eyes and fingers get tired, the body becomes numb from immobility, and at the psychological level - after all, the brain is forced to actively process the entire array of incoming information, whatever it may be. And this is hard work! As a result, a person has a feeling of fuss, fatigue from the constant flashing of notifications, and most importantly, a lack of understanding where the time goes. What did we spend it on? Is it something really useful?

Children, adults, young people, and even the elderly also suffer from digital intoxication. Its negative results are stress, depression, sleep disturbance, loss of real communication skills. Therefore, there is a need for a specialist who could distract people from immersion in another reality and offer them an alternative, which many in big cities have already begun to forget. Perhaps this will be the profession of a real lifeguard!

Let's see what such a specialist can do.

What does a detox consultant offer to his clients?

Interact less with gadgets

There can be several ways to forget about your favorite smartphone. The easiest is to turn off notifications or sound for most of the day. And suppress the urge to check your phone every half hour. Train yourself to go for a walk or jog or even meet friends, leaving your mobile at home. At the end of the day - turn off devices at least an hour before bedtime - and spend, for example, with a book. For a detox consultant, the main thing here is to draw up a logical and understandable program of actions for the client - and, of course, unobtrusively control its implementation. And most importantly, to find out if the client felt more rested after such a detox?

Alternative to smartphone functions

Try writing notes and plans on paper and pen. Look for an unfamiliar address by looking at street names and house numbers, or by talking to a passer-by rather than using a navigator. Close the pizza delivery site and go to the market, where fresh meat and vegetables can be purchased for cash without taking the gadget out of your pocket. Try to take not 1000 photos from the trip, but one or even try to simply capture everything in your own memory, and not on Instagram. A detox consultant can come up with hundreds of "alternative" ways to remember the real world for their clients - depending on their nature and interests.

Long lasting detox

Maximizing interaction with the gadget in everyday life is only the first step. The second is to completely switch attention to the non-digital world and dive into it for a long time. A detox counselor can offer a variety of forms of such relaxation. It can be an eco-friendly hike in the mountains or forests, it can be a quest or a role-playing game in the wild. You can go as volunteers to various social organizations. You can take part in a table game tournament. Most importantly, you should leave your gadgets at home.

Digital rehabilitation

There are cases when the above methods do not help - a person “hangs” in gadgets so much that it is impossible to get him out of there with some kind of “life hacks”. Then one of the tasks of a detox specialist may be to develop a serious rehabilitation program for the ward. Various types of psychological support and even some kind of pharmaceuticals can be used here. The main thing is that the consultant works in this case in conjunction with other professionals.