I Admit

Do you feel nauseas, lightheaded, dizzy, break out in a cold sweat, or perhaps, feel clammy-often accompanied by a dull, non descript headache after sitting if front of a computer screen or some other form of electronic communication? If so you could have an Electronic Sensitivity or Allergy ( EAS). EAS has been found in people who enjoy hiking, beachcombing, conversing, or eating dinner with friends in person, face-to-face. Seemingly millions of Americans are affected by EAS, but few are bold enough to admit, that clearly electronic communications are making them sick- wreaking havoc on their mindset and general state of well being. Like a single mom, you may feel you are alone, but you are not. Keep listening to your body and please give in to the urge to walk away from the screen whenever your body tells you to.

I was catching up with one of my dear friends today and we both confessed to feeling sick after sitting in front of a computer screen for an hour or two. “I admit,” I said, “that if I am sent a long document, I need to print it out in order to read the damn thing because – I cannot sit there for hours and read a screen. And please don’t get me started about e-books- I am dreading the day, I already feel like an environmental terrorist when I hit ‘print’.”
She (an ardent environmentalist – as in 1st person to own an electric car many years ago, on national wildlife preservation boards, and on it goes) replied, “I have the same thing, there is an entire population of people who feel this way.”
“Really,” I responded with more than a sigh of relief. Thrilled to know that I am not the only one whose body demands I remove myself from electronic communications.
Stay true,