Everyday Things That Cause Shocking Side Effects

#1 Social Networks

The Vagus nerve is a connection between your heart and your brain. Studies have found that social networks are actually wearing this nerve down. This nerve is responsible for controlling the heartbeat and breathing. It performs at it's best under social interactions. However, it is only affected by face to face networking and not by online networking through social media. You may be doing damage to your heart if you're not spending time with friends and family but instead laying around playing on Facebook or Twitter.

#2 Lamps

There is a lamp lit somewhere every second of the day someplace around the globe. We have come to rely on artificial light over the last 100 years and it is secretly and slowly destroying us. The impact on the planet is enormous in ways we never even think about. You are most likely not even aware that the street light, night light and even the lights from a distant skyscraper can have such global impact.

#3 Lower Melatonin Levels

After billions of years of creating a day and night cycle, humans have destroyed the natural light cycle by keeping the planet lit up 24 hours a day. Because of false lighting, we have thrown off migration cycles, hunting patterns for predators, and our very own sleeping patterns. The constant light causes lower melatonin levels in humans, which has a link to breast and skin cancer.

#4 Politeness

So who have thought that being polite and courteous could be harmful? Studies show that being overly polite could have negative side effects and even cause people to explode with enormous and disastrous consequences. Sighting the Gebusi tribe from New Guinea, who are known to overly friendly and warm, they also have a murder rate which is 50 times higher than the United States. In a society where everyone is supposed to be friendly and kind, when that code is broken, others tend to get angry and take matters into their own hands. The pent up aggression is activated by one slight wrong move.

#5 Digital Photos

There's nothing like taking pictures in today's world. Just grab your cell phone and snap or record anything, anyplace, or anytime. But people are becoming so focused on their cell phones that they are actually unaware of what is going on around them. They blur out the world around them. Digital photos are affecting people's memories. For this reason, many performers have actually banned cameras and phones from their shows, because they believe it is taking away from the show's experience.

#6 Technology In Bed

It's very common for people to use their tablets of phones before falling asleep at night. Handheld devices used in bed can cause havoc with your eye health. People who do this regularly have a greater risk of getting cataracts from the blue lights from the devices. Doctors are noting that patients in their 30s are coming in with cloudier eyes than patients in their 70s. This is blamed on the blue light from new technology.

#7 Conversation Manners

Good manners are expected in social conversation, but men and women have different conversation manners in general. Sometimes the female mannerisms can have horrific consequences on women. Women tend to converse with an emphasis on listening and inclusiveness. On the other hand, men tend to interrupt and ignore turn-taking rules of conversations. This is fine when talking within the same sex, but when in mixed company, women maintain their manners and men do not. This can cause negative effects by placing them on a different, even lower, level on the social ladder. It's worse on social media.

#8 Video Games

Are they harmful or not? It's been a question for years now, just as movies, TV, and music have been blamed for violence in children. There is actual evidence that video games do cause people to do violent due to the player's attention span being shortened after playing so often. Players begin to lose impulse control, which can then lead to violence. The fact that you must think quickly, and shoot before thinking, is a sign that impulses are becoming hindered.

#9 Alarm Clocks

Almost everyone uses an alarm clock to wake p in the morning. You rely on them to get up in time daily and to sleep in on the weekends. But this lack of routine can cause harmful effects to the heart. The disruption from your natural sleep cycle can make your body perform poorly and can increase the risk of obesity. Also, the sudden, sometimes shocking, way that an alarm clock wakes your body up,can cause unwanted heart problems due to the routine of startling a resting heart on a regular basis.

#10 Running

Stay fit, eat right, and exercise. That's what the doctors recommend to us all to increase our quality of life. Many people use running to keep fit and keep their heart in good condition, but it can get messy if you're eating all that salad they recommend. The vibrations from running cause the GI tract to perk up and be alert. During a marathon, Paula Radcliffe found this out the hard way when she was running and her body decided to flush itself out, while photographers filmed it all. She ended up squatting behind a bush but it had already been too late. However, she did go on to with the marathon but learned the hard way that running can be harmful if done excessively.

#11 Mobile Phones

Not only do they hinder our eyesight, butt hey are also responsible for anxiety and panic attacks as well. Studies have found that teenagers spend so much time on their cell phones to the point that they become addicted or obsessive. These people also demonstrate signs of severe depression or panic attacks. When put into situations of high stress with their phones, they handle everything without issue and remain calm, but with a phone in hand, they panic and freak out and let things go amuck. This shows that the phones are also a comforter but are also a hindrance to dealing with the real world. Teens who use a cell phone more than 4 hours a day are more likely to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder before age 20.

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