How Much Time Screen Time a Day is Unhealthy?

[Neeranam]

Does anyone know the unhealthy amounts?

I read one thing that says over 2 hours can cause mental issues.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_time#:~:text=This time spent sitting and,from moderate to severe depression.

[bbko]

I would think it depends on the person, what they're watching and what they do when they're not watching a screen. There is no magic number, but there is a point when "enough is enough".

[save the frogs]

  On 8/29/2023 at 3:36 PM, Neeranam said:

I read one thing that says over 2 hours can cause mental issues.

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Too much Aseannow and crap on TikTok, yes absolutely

 

Just look at posters with over 10,000 posts on here. 

 

[mfd101]

Sitting still is bad for you. Your body was made for movement, swinging through the trees. You should get up and move around every 30 minutes.

 

Staring at a screen is bad for your eyes. You need to exercise your eyes for a few seconds every 5 minutes, looking sideways 'out of the corner' of your eyes, & looking at objects further away from you than your screen (ie refocussing).

 

 

[Neeranam]

  On 8/29/2023 at 3:47 PM, save the frogs said:

Too much Aseannow and crap on TikTok, yes absolutely

 

Just look at posters with over 10,000 posts on here. 

 

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10,000 over 20 years isn't that much. Over 1 year, yes.

[chickenslegs]

  On 8/29/2023 at 3:47 PM, save the frogs said:

Too much Aseannow and crap on TikTok, yes absolutely

 

Just look at posters with over 10,000 posts on here. 

 

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You are averaging  +/- 10 posts per day

 

OP( @Neeranamwith over 29,000 posts) is averaging only +/- 4 posts per day.

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

I think an important part is that we know what we are doing and that we could stop anytime if we detect "strange" behavior.

 

I.e. a few months ago, I looked from time to time at "shorts" on YouTube. I picked what I wanted to see. And then I clicked on something else I wanted to see, or I continued with my work at the PC or independent of the PC. Fine.

And then somehow I clicked on a "Short", and after that was finished, I clicked "next" to see another unknown short, and next and next. Maybe I did this for 20min. And maybe the next day I did the same.

And then, maybe a week or two later, I realized that I watched every day maybe 30 to 60 minutes shorts. And I did this without really seeing anything. Click, kind of watch, click again, watch a little, haha, click again. And I realized that is a waste of time. And then I didn't do it anymore, because I don't want to waste my time on that level.

Obviously it is still kind of a waste of time to look videos at all or look or write in this forum. But normally I choose what I want to read and see. And as long as I make a conscious decision, then I think that is ok. 

The moment when it becomes a click, click, click routine, that is a problem. But if we realize that and then change our behavior then I think it's still fine. We/I learned something.

If I would continue to watch shorts all the time, and not being able or willing to stop, that would be a problem.

[georgegeorgia]

I noticed a young guy on here who had over 800 posts in his 3 months on here 

 

Now surely the mods should step in for something like that and offer support 

,that's a addiction and something going  on in that person's life eg depression or Lonilessness to post 800 posts in 3 months 

There should be a support service 

[bignok]

  On 8/29/2023 at 5:09 PM, georgegeorgia said:

I noticed a young guy on here who had over 800 posts in his 3 months on here 

 

Now surely the mods should step in for something like that and offer support 

,that's a addiction and something going  on in that person's life eg depression or Lonilessness to post 800 posts in 3 months 

There should be a support service 

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Writing 200 words takes longer than 10 short posts.

[KannikaP]

  On 8/29/2023 at 5:40 PM, bignok said:

Writing 200 words takes longer than 10 short posts.

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As you very well know. 555

[KannikaP]

  On 8/29/2023 at 3:36 PM, Neeranam said:

Does anyone know the unhealthy amounts?

I read one thing that says over 2 hours can cause mental issues.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_time#:~:text=This time spent sitting and,from moderate to severe depression.

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How many modern movies are over 2 hours...loads..................you could watch Barbie healthily as it is only 1h 54 !  555

If I am composing some music, I can easily be on my PC for hours on end, with no apparent mental issues.

[GammaGlobulin]

Screen Time is different for everyone, and how much screen time is too much is a question that cannot be answered.

 

Anything over 16 hours per day might be too much screen time when writing or editing a thesis.

 

As you say, exercise is important, as sitting for too long can cause deep vein thrombosis, etc...

 

 

[save the frogs]

  On 8/29/2023 at 4:11 PM, chickenslegs said:

You are averaging  +/- 10 posts per day

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due to circumstances, ive had too much free time lately.

 

[Neeranam]

  On 8/29/2023 at 4:11 PM, chickenslegs said:

You are averaging  +/- 10 posts per day

 

OP( @Neeranamwith over 29,000 posts) is averaging only +/- 4 posts per day.

 

 

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????

Also, I do ones like this as I can't do emojis on the post ????

[Neeranam]

  On 8/29/2023 at 8:06 PM, GammaGlobulin said:

Screen Time is different for everyone, and how much screen time is too much is a question that cannot be answered.

 

Anything over 16 hours per day might be too much screen time when writing or editing a thesis.

 

As you say, exercise is important, as sitting for too long can cause deep vein thrombosis, etc...

 

 

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Don't think I said anything about DVT, however, I had a swollen calf recently which I'm watching and trying to remember to stand up every hour. 

I have been staring at my computer screen some days for 12 hours a day

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10-12 hours staring at computer screen some days for work, then after work sonetimes poker for 2 hours +

Also, often staring at a phone. 

I get insomnia sometimes, waking up too early. 

 

[Neeranam]

  On 8/29/2023 at 7:11 PM, KannikaP said:

How many modern movies are over 2 hours...loads..................you could watch Barbie healthily as it is only 1h 54 !  555

If I am composing some music, I can easily be on my PC for hours on end, with no apparent mental issues.

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I don't think TV is the same as staring at a computer screen 

[Neeranam]

  On 8/29/2023 at 11:00 PM, save the frogs said:

due to circumstances, ive had too much free time lately.

 

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I'd watch it mate, you may have a problem. 

[save the frogs]

  On 8/30/2023 at 12:11 AM, Neeranam said:

I'd watch it mate, you may have a problem. 

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I DO have a problem.

And I am aware.

But if I stop posting incessantly, the problem won't go away.

 

Ok, I have another question. 

Does posting on forums have any psychological impact on a person?

Is posting online therapeutic to some extent?

Sometimes it can be because you vent your frustrations?

 

You know like there was a theory that keeping a journal can be therapeutic ...

so is posting online similar? although not quite as personal as a journal. 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

  On 8/30/2023 at 12:08 AM, Neeranam said:

Don't think I said anything about DVT, however, I had a swollen calf recently which I'm watching and trying to remember to stand up every hour. 

I have been staring at my computer screen some days for 12 hours a day

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10-12 hours staring at computer screen some days for work, then after work sonetimes poker for 2 hours +

Also, often staring at a phone. 

I get insomnia sometimes, waking up too early. 

 

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Don't forget Nixon and his phlebitis, either...

 

[LaosLover]

-Internet instead of doing what, exactly?

 

If it's holding me back from finding a cure for cancer, then yeah, I gotta get off; lives are at stake.

 

But if it's this, watching a movie, or looking out the window, I call it a draw.

[Neeranam]

  On 8/30/2023 at 12:16 AM, save the frogs said:

I DO have a problem.

And I am aware.

But if I stop posting incessantly, the problem won't go away.

 

Ok, I have another question. 

Does posting on forums have any psychological impact on a person?

Is posting online therapeutic to some extent?

Sometimes it can be because you vent your frustrations?

 

You know like there was a theory that keeping a journal can be therapeutic ...

so is posting online similar? although not quite as personal as a journal. 

 

 

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Yes, i think it can be therapeutic. 

Once, in 2004, I worked in a remote place in Mahasarakham, this forum kept me sane as there was nothing for me to do. 

50 posts a day was common. 

[VocalNeal]

  On 8/29/2023 at 3:36 PM, Neeranam said:

I read one thing that says over 2 hours can cause mental issues.

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I heard a rumour that AN will change its format to be more like FarceBook. That will solve any time spent problem for me.????

[Neeranam]

  On 8/30/2023 at 1:09 AM, VocalNeal said:

I heard a rumour that AN will change its format to be more like FarceBook. That will solve any time spent problem for me.????

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????

[flexomike]

  On 8/29/2023 at 7:11 PM, KannikaP said:

How many modern movies are over 2 hours...loads..................you could watch Barbie healthily as it is only 1h 54 !  555

If I am composing some music, I can easily be on my PC for hours on end, with no apparent mental issues.

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you sure about that - 555

[KannikaP]

  On 8/30/2023 at 10:55 AM, flexomike said:

you sure about that - 555

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I did say 'apparent' 555

[nglodnig]

  On 8/29/2023 at 3:36 PM, Neeranam said:

I read one thing that says over 2 hours can cause mental issues.

 

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They'd better take me away now then.

 

Practically all my waking moments (EXCEPT when I am travelling e.g. driving, train journey or walking) I am stuck in front of a screen, for work and for leisure.

 

I still have my marbles.

[kennw]

  On 8/29/2023 at 3:44 PM, bbko said:

I would think it depends on the person, what they're watching and what they do when they're not watching a screen. There is no magic number, but there is a point when "enough is enough".

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For many of those that I've seen 2 hour off the screen gives them mental issues. 

[radiochaser]

  On 8/29/2023 at 3:47 PM, save the frogs said:

Too much Aseannow and crap on TikTok, yes absolutely

 

Just look at posters with over 10,000 posts on here. 

 

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Or, over 110,000 posts .. with an average of somewhere in the 100 posts a week range!

[radiochaser]

  On 8/29/2023 at 4:56 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

I think an important part is that we know what we are doing and that we could stop anytime if we detect "strange" behavior.

 

I.e. a few months ago, I looked from time to time at "shorts" on YouTube. I picked what I wanted to see. And then I clicked on something else I wanted to see, or I continued with my work at the PC or independent of the PC. Fine.

And then somehow I clicked on a "Short", and after that was finished, I clicked "next" to see another unknown short, and next and next. Maybe I did this for 20min. And maybe the next day I did the same.

And then, maybe a week or two later, I realized that I watched every day maybe 30 to 60 minutes shorts. And I did this without really seeing anything. Click, kind of watch, click again, watch a little, haha, click again. And I realized that is a waste of time. And then I didn't do it anymore, because I don't want to waste my time on that level.

Obviously it is still kind of a waste of time to look videos at all or look or write in this forum. But normally I choose what I want to read and see. And as long as I make a conscious decision, then I think that is ok. 

The moment when it becomes a click, click, click routine, that is a problem. But if we realize that and then change our behavior then I think it's still fine. We/I learned something.

If I would continue to watch shorts all the time, and not being able or willing to stop, that would be a problem.

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I don't like youtube shorts.   

[OneMoreFarang]

  On 8/31/2023 at 2:24 AM, radiochaser said:

I don't like youtube shorts.   

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Normally I like "longer" videos. But it happens that I see a picture of a Short and it looks interesting and I watch it.

The problem is, at least in my view, when then me (any user) just clicks on next, next, next to see more Shorts. It can be funny, but mostly it's a waste of time. I guess that is how TikTok works. But I never user TikTok...