85% of Millennials own smartphones, and 80% sleep with their phones beside them in bed.

But according to both a recent study by the University of Cambridge and a recent study by the University of Southern California, Millennials are even more stressed out by technology than older generations are.

Moreover, a 2014 study out of California State University suggested that Millennials regard not being around their smartphones as a major anxiety trigger.

Mindlessly relying on one’s phone and computer can be a useful, albeit insidious, way of avoiding uncomfortable feelings. In enabling us to avoid ourselves, our phones allow us to look away from anxious feelings instead of trying to resolve them.

If you’re sad at the office, give yourself permission to feel that way. Allow your feelings to exist long enough for you to realize that they’re not permanent. Louis CK sums it up brilliantly here.

I am interested in learning more about Furthr’s mindfulness course.

Posted in: Infographic of the day, Mindfulness