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When digital alerts hijack nervous system

Every notification makes my heart race and I have turned off most of them but I still check my phone every few minutes expecting something urgent.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The body has been trained to live in constant anticipation of digital interruption.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Digital literacy and media literacy?”

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