What is Hosa Unplugged About?
Strategies for a Healthier Relationship with Technology
Hosa Unplugged is dedicated to encourage adolescents to navigate the digital world while prioritizing their mental and emotional well-being. We provide strategies and resources to help young individuals form a balanced and positive relationship with technology, avoiding as many negative outcomes as possible.
Awareness of the Psychological Impacts of Social Media.
Hosa Unplugged aims to enlighten the younger age group about the impacts of social media on their lives. Teens should be mindful of their intake of social media and how they may interpret certain issues/ topics.
Risk Factors of Social Media
Explore our range of risks of social media on mental health and inform yourself of these risks.
Anxiety
Spending too much time on social media over 3 hours a day tend to report worse mental health. You may have increase FOMO and feels a sense of anxiety not knowing everything occurring on social media.
Low Self-Esteem
Comparison and validation play a huge role into how people want to be viewed. Social media often encourages to be someone you are just to fit in. You might feel as if you are not good enough compared to the person you have seen on social media.
Poor Body Image
When you often view someone wh in your opinion, has a better frame than you, it can take a toll on your mental health leading you to think you are "not pretty enough" or "not up to the beauty standards."
Depression
Cyberbullying, negative feedback and unrealistic expectations play a role into depression. You may take that criticism to heart which can lead to long term depression. This can be difficult to combat.
Addiction
Having an social media addiction can stop you from many things. It also thrives you to want more "likes" or "follows" , making you run on that high change of craving more which is toxic for your mental being.
Internal Changes
NDA has found that dopamine hits from social media can lead to similar changes in the brain as those seen in substance use cases, making you crave more stimulation to feel satisfied. This is a long term effect that can be difficult to come over.
Behavior
Those who tend to be on social media most of the time in their day occasionally lash out whenever they don't have that source of stimulations. Anger, frustration, sadness, all rise due to not having social media. This addiction can be harmful to not only you, but others around you as well.
Social Skills
Too much time on social media can leave you unconnected with the real world. You'll have a lack of what real life situations and conversations are like and wont know how to respond. Social media may make it harder to read body language or have deep conversations, which are important for building empath and emotional intelligence.
Why should you take this advice?
Resilience Building
You start to become more disciplined, more reserved and at peace with yourself. Your physical and mental health will increase positively and you will feel more put together.
Preventive Addiction
If you know you are on social media every part of your day and want to stop, this is not only a great way to start but a great way to acknowledge this addiction earlier on.
Enlighten on Negative Effects
You get to have more time to yourself to heal or find new hobbies that social media has stopped you from doing.
Tips and Tricks
Combat Social Media Addiction
01
Explore
Go outside without any technology and just breathe in the scenery and air. Being in a compacted box 24/7 is not good for your internal body, mentally and physically.
02
Quality Time
Students can spend more time with offline friends, rather than friend on social media platforms to connect with the outside world more.
03
Disable Notifications
It's hard to resist the constant buzzing and dinging of your phone alerting you. Turning off notifications can help you regain control of your time and focus.
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Social Media Cleanse
Take some time off from social media and reflect on your life, having gratitude about the important things in your life that can be a welcome relief to the resentment, animosity, and discontent social media somethings generates.
Success Results From Our Social Experiment
Explore success stories of adolescents who have transformed their digital habits and prioritized their well-being.
" It helped me get closer to God and focus on myself, finding hobbies. I don't have a urge to get back onto social media. It has helped with the urges of wanting to be on it."
"I have more time set aside to prioritize goals and work done. Limiting my phone use lets me put my time towards something more productive."
"Makes me feel at peace and makes me feel more genuine with life itself. I've grown more as a person mentally and physically."