quinta-feira, janeiro 22, 2009

Are you a mp3 player addict?

Can't leave the house without your mp3 player? do yo get mad or depressed when that happens? have you been warned several times by your teacher to press the off button? is you new 16 gb
i-Pod already filled? In that case, you should consider the chance of being a mp3 player addict.

mp3 addiction has turned out to be a world wide problem. Parents, by offering mp3 players to their kids at an early age, are part of the problem. And kids, always competing to see who has the lates i-pod, or to see who can hear the loudest sound, are also another factor for this problem. the consequences? when listening to too loud music for long periods of time, your hearing can be damaged. Most musicians need to get earplugs, because by being exposed to loud music every single day, can make them go deaf. Another consequence, but at a social level, is the fact that when listening to the mp3 player, a device made for one person only, the individual tends to drift apart from others. The result of this action? The lost of the social skills, and withouth the social factor in their life, people get depressed, paranoic and even get rage-control problems. All of these consequences put people's lives at risk.

How to deal with this condition? easy, just put the i-pod at a lower sound level, and when you're with your friends, just turn it off. If you find it hard, to follow this simple instructions, you should consider the option of consulting a counselor.

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