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\"information<\/a>

By: Michael Reuter<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

by Andrea M. Darcy<\/span><\/p>\n

What is information overload, exactly?<\/strong> It means we have so much data coming at us that our brain does its best imitation of blowing a fuse.<\/p>\n

We suddenly can\u2019t think straight<\/a>, and can even forget what we were doing. Sound familiar?<\/em><\/p>\n

Information overload in the digital age<\/h2>\n

How much overload are we talking when it comes to today\u2019s digital world? <\/em><\/p>\n

According to the Real Time Statistics Project, as of January this year, there are close to two billion<\/em> websites on the internet. <\/strong>And we are also facing\u00a0175 million tweets every day, and 30 billion pieces of content shared monthly on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you wanted to process all the digital data that exists? It would be like watching 200 billion movies. In HD.<\/strong> Oh wait. That was a statistic from seven years ago, so add some more films to the list\u2026 feeling overwhelmed yet?<\/p>\n

Information overload in the workplace<\/h2>\n

Sure, it’s our choice to spend our evenings<\/strong> cruising the internet<\/strong> pretending we are looking for a healthy recipe<\/a> as we read the latest gossip on the Daily Mail, listen to a podcast, and answer texts.<\/p>\n

But we don’t have a choice if <\/strong>the modern workplace<\/a> puts unrealistic expectations<\/a> on us to multitask<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A UK-based report by Microsoft<\/a> found that 55 per cent of British workers felt that information overload was an issue. They reported feeling stressed<\/a><\/span>, and felt it was affecting their wellbeing<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[Feel your workplace is pushing you too hard? Just can’t handle the stress anymore, and really want help?\u00a0 Book online counselling now<\/a> <\/span>and find ways forward before burnout hits.]<\/span><\/p>\n

Like the overload? Or even…\u00a0addicted?\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n
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By: Rawpixel Ltd<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Do you wake up determined to have a focussed day? Check<\/strong> social media<\/a> just once, then decide to glance ever so briefly a cute cat video? Until suddenly it’s five o’clock, and your day has passed yet again in a haze of distraction<\/a>?<\/p>\n

The primitive part of our brain responds not just to threats, but also to opportunities. So each time we respond to a modern day ‘opportunity’ like, say, a text? It rewards us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Each time you change activities your brain responds with a<\/strong> feel-good dopamine hit.<\/p>\n

So yes, you could argue that information overloading can improve your moods. Except for the minor fact that it’s addictive.<\/strong> Each stimulating distraction adds dopamine, until you are on the addictive ‘dopamine loop’. The true danger of cat videos\u2026.<\/p>\n

The negative effects of information overload<\/h2>\n

A reality check is needed when it comes to our addiction to information. What’s the real cost of information overload?<\/p>\n

1. Cue memory loss.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Anthony Wagner, professor of psychology at Stanford University, headed up a report that summarised over a decade of findings around media multitasking and cognition.<\/strong> One of his biggest conclusions? Those who often use many kinds of media at the same time achieved significantly poorer results on easy memory tasks.<\/p>\n

And Wagner drives the point home in an interview for ‘The Stanford Report<\/span><\/a>‘, <\/em>saying that, ‘There’s not a single published paper that shows shows a significant positive<\/em> relationship between working memory capacity and multitasking’.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2. You become LESS efficient.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
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By: bark<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Psychology has long been fascinated by the effects of multitasking on the brain, with studies going as far back as the 1990s.<\/p>\n

And the conclusion is always the same . We pay a price for multi-tasking, called the ‘switching cost’.\u00a0 And that price is time. <\/strong>The time to change attention and refocus, but also the time to correct mistakes, which we make more of when multi-tasking.<\/p>\n

The American Psychological Association (APA)<\/a> point out that, “Although switch costs may be relatively small, sometimes just a few tenths of a second per switch, they add up to large amounts when people switch repeatedly back and forth between tasks….. as much as 40 per cent of someone’s productive time.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

3. You make bad decisions about important things.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Daniel J. Levitin, neuroscientist and author of the book, “The Organised Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload”,<\/strong> explains in his book that multitasking involves a lot of fast, little decisions. We decide if we are going to ignore or answer a text or email, what tone we’ll use in our response, if we’ll let ourselves be distracted by a silly video.<\/p>\n

And these little decisions take a toll. “Decision making is hard on your neural resources, and little decisions appear to take up as much energy as big ones,” Levitin explains.”After making a lot of insignificant decisions, we can end up making truly bad decisions about something important.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Can information overload cause mental health issues?<\/h2>\n

Stress <\/a>is the obvious one.<\/strong> If you are already dealing with life stressors such as a divorce<\/a> or debt<\/a>, the stress of information overload in the workplace might push you from just being stressed to having anxiety<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Already prone to anxiety<\/a>? Information overload can make things worse.<\/strong> Anxiety involves distorted thinking<\/a> that sees danger everywhere<\/a>, constantly triggering our ‘fight or flight’ mode<\/a> and leaving us on the ‘cortisol rollercoaster’ of highs and lows. Information overload has also been found to trigger cortisol, making any anxiety you already have that much worse.<\/p>\n

Self-esteem<\/a> can also be affected.<\/strong> Feel like everyone around you at work is so focussed<\/a> and capable, and you are the only one who can’t seem to cope? It’s bound to leave you feeling a little ‘less than’.<\/p>\n

And if what you are overloading on in your spare time is social media, then you won’t be helping things. Studies show that the self-comparison that social media leads to<\/a>, even if we know better, directly affects our confidence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Navigating info overload can particularly kill your confidence if <\/strong>have adult ADHD.<\/a> The modern workplace can leave you feeling that your natural talents, say, brainstorming, creativity<\/a>, and lateral thinking, are being drowned out in a need for data upkeep your brain isn’t designed to meet.<\/p>\n

All these things — anxiety, stress,<\/a> low self-esteem<\/a>, adult ADHD<\/a> — can be contributing factors to a case of depression<\/a> or burnout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And depression<\/a> and information overload can become a symbiotic relationship, if not a positive<\/a> one. We overload on info as a distraction<\/a> from depression, which can then leave us feeling worse instead of better.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How to handle information overload?<\/h2>\n

Aside from the obvious, if highly unpopular, idea of<\/strong> monitoring your screen time?<\/a> Or the logic notion of doing one thing at a time? What can be done? There are tactics that can help.\u00a0 Sign up to our blog now<\/a> to know when our connected piece is released, ‘How to Handle Information Overload”.<\/p>\n

Want help to be more focused? Harley Therapy connects you with career counsellors<\/a><\/span> and ADHD therapists<\/a><\/span> in central London locations. Not in London? Our booking site connects you to registered therapists UK-wide<\/a><\/span>, and online counsellors<\/a><\/span> you can contact no matter where you live in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"AndreaAndrea M. Darcy <\/b>is a mental health and wellbeing expert and mentor, with training in person-centred counselling and coaching. She is a definite information addict. Find her on Instagram @am_darcy<\/span><\/p>\n

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