The advent of information technology has revolutionized the world and the way people interact and socialize in this information technological age. As much as information technology has had positive impact in our lives, there are is also the negative part of it, the addiction. Too many people are today addicted to the use of information technology and, particularly, social media platforms. Here are the 10 psychological effects of Information Technology addiction on us humans:

1)     It causes physical health problems such as eyestrain and difficult focusing on important tasks.

2)     It causes body aches and pain in joints and weight loss

3)     It also has emotional problems  such as depression, anxiety and mood swings

4)     It  causes social isolation as many people have now adopted the social media as the sole method for socializing

5)     It  promotes affects our sleeps patterns and leading to insomnia

6)     It leads to conduct disorders and other behavioral problems

7)     It causes difficulty in concentration, leading to time wastage

8)     It may lead to feelings of being sad and feelings of self harm due to Cyberbullying

9)     It causes family conflict and little social interaction with loved ones. In most families, there are no face-to-face relationship as most family members spend too much time on social media.

10)  It also leads to abuse of human rights, as most criminals have now gone to the social media platforms to steal people’s identities, commit criminal acts such as pedophilia.