Do cold calls cause you anger and aggression? Do you cautiously pick up a phone when you hear a ringtone? You are not alone in your problem. Spam calls increase exponentially every year. According to statistics, over fifty percent of incoming calls come from spam calls.
Mechanism of action
Doctors sound the alarm: cold calls negatively affect the emotional, psychological state of a person, even lead to the development of mental disorders. The experts decided to find out exactly how such challenges affect the brain and were really shocked by the results.
To make it easier to understand the mechanism of influence, imagine such a situation. You hear a ringtone or ringtone from an incoming call. At this moment, your heart rate quickens, you are excited and you’re at a loss as to who wanted to contact you. You are in excitement.
Pick up the phone, and there is an unknown number. Intrigue persists. Even if, purely theoretically, you realize that these may be spammers, curiosity still prevails. What if this is an important challenge that will change your destiny? What if this is an opportunity not to be missed? And then you pick up the phone to eventually hear the monologue of the robot.
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Inside, everything falls. You are full of anger, indignation, disappointment. In disgust, you hang up. But an hour passes - and the same situation repeats itself again. And so every day. In the end, you just start to ignore calls from unfamiliar numbers. But the sad thing is that the fixed scheme remains: an exciting anticipation - the expectation of a unique opportunity - anger - disappointment. This is truly a vicious circle.
Scientific background
Certified psychotherapist Melanie Shapiro claims that a spam call is not just annoying: it provokes a series of chemical reactions in our brain and these reactions have a very negative effect on mental and even physical health. Cold calls affect the central nervous system. A panic signal is sent to the brain, resulting in the release of the stress hormone cortisol.
Shapiro is convinced that frequent spam calls can lead to an increased sense of anxiety and anxiety, and ultimately to serious depression and serious mental illness. The emotional state of those people who suffer from loneliness is greatly aggravated, they are characterized by excessive sensitivity, suspiciousness, sensitivity.
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Punishment instead of reward
A scientist from Harvard University Trevor Haines also conducts a series of studies on the impact of cold calls on the human psyche. The results of his experiments, he published in the scientific work "Dopamine, smartphones and you: the battle for your time." The specialist compared the response of the brain in response to stimulation by spam calls with the response of the brain while playing slot machines. Each time we pick up the phone, we expect that we will get a good notification: for example, a call from a loved one, a job offer, etc. The body is already subconsciously tuning in to the release of the hormone of reward, the pleasure of dopamine. However, this does not happen. Instead of reward, we, in fact, get additional stress, disappointment, the collapse of hopes, expectations and dreams. Dopamine levels are falling more and more, which ultimately leads to depression, depression, etc.
Paranoia
But the most interesting thing is that over time we develop a kind of "immunity" to all incoming calls. If earlier we expected something good from calls, expected positive, now we are setting ourselves up for negativity. We become excessively cautious, vigilant, suspicious, unconsciously trying to protect ourselves from having to once again hear the voice of a robot or advertiser in the receiver. As a result, the phone as such begins to cause negative emotions in us. We are beginning to unconsciously perceive the gadget as a source of troubles, stressful situations.
