While we say technology brings the world closer, it also distances you from the ones, right next to you. Advancement in terms of emails, video chatting or social media, was to make communication easier. However it is bound to affect the way, people interact and connect at a personal level.

This article brings to you, 5 ways in which technology is bound to impact your health and life, negatively.

1. Loss of Intimacy: The need for calling up or talking to your friend is eventually being substituted by check-ins and status updates. Majority of the conversations happen over texts, rather than calls. This definitely leads to a loss in intimacy.

2. Depression: It is a well known fact that heavy use of social media is bound to affect the mental health of a person. While everyone is busy posting on Facebook and Twitter, one becomes comparative. Life satisfaction and sense of well being eventually reduces, leading to depression in young adults.

3. Relationship Failure: A survey states that a lot of couples break up because of their partner’s phone addiction. While online flirting and video gaming have also been stated as major reasons, snooping into your ex’s profile can also ruin healthy relationships.

4. Loss of Focus: While people feel multitasking is the only option in this era, too much of technology can make you unfocussed. Decrease in the presence of mind and observational issues have also been noticed. It creates a concentration deficit as well.

5. Misinterpretation & Fights: While most people communicate through messages only, it is very easy to misinterpret the meaning, the tone and the emotion. Also, while lives keep becoming public, comparisons have struck. Hence, technology can get one into dirty fights.

While technology is an essential, it definitely shouldn’t ruin the lifestyle of an individual or the relations of individuals.