(BTS band a digital drug- Affecting Student’s Mental Health) In Ahmedabad of Gujrat around 8 parents of school students have reached the Shelby Hospital in Ahmedabad. Parents claim that their children are trying to copy the attire, food, and behavior of the South Korean Band ‘Bangtan Boys’ (BTS) in their lifestyle. Its effect can be clearly seen, it affects the lives of children. In such cases where the addiction to anything has reached the level of obsession, doctors treat such cases as patients of digital drugs.
The digital world has is possessing millions of children in the country. The possession has reached such a level where children have lost all their senses and ability to differentiate between the reel and the real. The parents who reached the Shelby Hospital in Ahmedabad are just the cases who were registered.
As per a senior Psychiatrist in Delhi, Dr. Om Prakash, the number of children with such digital obsession is increasing drastically in the country.
They are either addicted to a music band online, a YouTube channel, or a computer game. These digital drugs have possessed the lives of these children totally.
What Exactly is a Digital Drug?
According to Dr. Om Prakash, these also can be termed Binaural Beats or Audio Drugs. Such beats produce two different types of frequency which enter the brain through our ears and entertain us. Digital platforms are full of such audio that is negatively affecting the mental health of people.
Experts do not recommend listening to these Binaural Beats as an addiction. These beats are so addictive that the addicted person will have to get medical assistance to get rid of them.
These send the sound of two different frequencies to the mind. For instance, 500Hz in one ear and 520Hz in another. A minimal gap is kept in both these frequencies. These frequencies generate auditory illusions in the brain. These frequencies decrease the area of normal brain tissues.
The body shortly starts showing its side effects. Its effects include making the brain feel good and removing anxiety and stress. Sometimes it makes a person very emotional. It also affects the thinking and decision-making ability of a person.
The listener of these beats gets so much involved in this that he becomes ignorant of his daily life routine and his surroundings. Cannabis is the medical term for this. (BTS band a digital drug- Affecting Student’s Mental Health). Read More
