How does Tik Tok affect a person mentally?

Tik Tok is an addiction

How does Tik Tok affect a person mentally?

As the technology is evolving tremendously, the social media apps also have been being used worldwide. The Tiktok app had been downloaded by 600 million users and it became the fourth most downloaded app in the world. And Tik Tok became popular in China, the USA and India as these are the top three mobile markets in the world. 

Loren Gray is the most followed user of Tik Tok. He has over 38.3 million followers. There is no doubt that the app is a very entertaining app since it helps to create a lot of fun videos. However, these videos are meaningless since it is lip-syncing. 

Moreover, TikTok users assert that many TikTok video makers got a chance to perform their ability in some programmes as singers and artists. In addition, it is known as this application had been used for making tips, charity purpose and disclosing social issues. 

However, silently it becomes a harmful virus too. In this article, I would draw some of the harmful impacts of the Tik Tok app. And the information has been extracted from daily newspapers and television news which had been published and broadcasted respectively in Tamil Nadu, India. There are several cases that have been identified related to the Tik Tok issues. This article elucidates some of the negative impacts of Tik Tok addiction. 

1. Who are TikTok addictions?

Many organization and companies have faced troubles in production since their employees’ work performance and outcomes are getting low. A majority number of employees are TikTok users who are constantly making videos even all night too.  The next day they are not able to concentrate on their work actively. Therefore, the organization and companies warned their employees to give up the TikTok activity. 

Secondly, many TikTok users are losing their friendship and family relationship. They live in a dream world with their TikTok friends and fans. 

Now, most TikTok users want to get rid of this application, but they are not unable to do so because they are addicted to this app. Even though they face massive troubles, they don’t want to give up since they can’t start their routine without this app. Some of the videos have been filmed as soon as get up from bed. Some videos have been made in the bed too.

2. Tik Tok addiction creates a public nuisance

The Tik Tok users make troubles in public as they are using constantly. They create more pain than enjoyment for the people. They make videos in streets, road, market, bus stations, bus stops, railway station, parks, schools and office, and where ever people gather. Unquestionably, it creates a nuisance to the public. 

A college student who is a TikTok user has been arrested by police officers recently in Puthukottai, Tamil Nadu.  They block the way of the people who are very hurrying to their job and dance to film. Sometimes, they mock and disrespect aged people too. These activities proved that TikTok users are addicted.

3. Tik Tok addiction affects education

In the modern world, parents want to make their children happy. They very hurry and rush for earning money. To avoid the loneliness of their children they provide smartphones to their children especially for teenagers. The teenagers spend more time in the Tik Tok application and they are not able to accomplish the major task of studying. They themselves believe that they are the best actors and gifted in the world. 

The students studying in higher secondary schools and colleges waste the time which they supposed to utilize. If the students spend time learning any new skill or knowledge instead of making music videos the skills will be a boon in their future.

4. Tik Tok addiction affects health

Sports activities give more enthusiasm and energy to the children or teenager to develop their physical strength and mind. Constantly seeing the screen of the smartphone affect their eyes, cause neck pain, back pain and some hysteric disorders. Thus the Tik Tok addiction affects health.

5. Tik Tok addiction affects the mind

In the past decades, people lived together and there was no ample communication with other people living far away. Often, they had misunderstanding and quarrels with their neighbours and relatives. Seldom there was fighting and behaving violently too. On the other hand, they share their needs and problems and made unity. 

Contrastingly, nowadays, most people live without communication with their neighbours and relatives. Hence, they oppress their anxiety and depression with themselves. For this kind of people, the Tik Tok app is a blessing to have more friends and a platform to get rid of their anxiety problems. 

Moreover, when they make fun videos and lip-syncing videos they get a lot of friends and their likes and comments. At this stage, they believe themselves as a hero or heroine and started to live in a dream world. First, they think everyone in the world like them and accepts them and their videos. Later, disappointedly, jealousy and envy have appeared as troubles. And the app Tik Tok has been used as a harassment tool for abuse to verbal assault and creating mock memes. 

There are several videos that have been collated and published on YouTube labelling Tik Tok quarrels. The users attack each other with filthy words and criticizing their personality. The vulnerable users cry in the videos and disturbed mentally and emotionally.  They started to give suicide threatening. According to the local news, some of them committed suicide too.

6. Tik Tok addiction is a major cause of parents’ worries

Most parents are worried about the inappropriate video content on this platform. Children also signed up in Tik Tok giving the wrong date of birth because the user supposed to complete 16 years old. However, there have been several indecent sexual proposals and poses of girls and boys on this platform. 

It is really shocking because it depicting women and girls in an inappropriate way. In addition to this, sexually exposed and nasty videos have been filmed by women without difference of age. There are women from teenage to late fifties also. 

It is true that parents do not like their younger girls singing the beats of sexually explicit lyrics as it is degrading women in society. Moreover, it affects their privacy and they might be the victim of sexual predators. Many teenage girls have been deceived and became victims.

 7. Tik Tok addiction creates broken families

Many housewives and working women are also on this platform. Most of the time, their activity in TikTok went wrong. The ladies constantly using this app forget to prepare food and take care of their children and family members. Hence, quarrels and chaos appeared in the family. It leads to home violence and divorce too. 

Generally, women like praises and compliments from others. When they get compliments from TikTok friends they forget themselves and started to make their friends happy through their cool videos. Furthermore, they started to date and dine with their male friends. The recent survey noted that two female TikTok users have been addicted out of ten female TikTok users.

8. Tik Tok addiction creates crimes

This is the most sickening issue in society because of the TikTok app. As a result of TikTok, many crimes such as murder, eve-teasing, degrading women have been recorded in Tamil Nadu recently. When the police officers started the investigation and enquire the accused stated that they got a relationship through TikTok and the crimes happened because of  TikTok. 

Recently, in Pandtuti, Tamil Nadu, a husband has murdered his wife and the reason behind this crime was the illegal relationship of the wife her male TikTok friends. When the male and female TikTok users fight they degrade each other and contempt their husband or wife, family members and all the women in the village. This ignites massive troubles in society. Sometimes, they addicted TikTok users create tension between different caste and religion by contemptuous talk about caste and defiling religion.

Finally, I would say that the TikTok app might be developed for entertainment and fun. However, the app creates a tremendous issue in society. 

According to the advocate Elamparuthi from Tamil Nadu, Tiktok is affecting not only the city people but affects even rural villagers too. He suggested that there should be a limitation of age for using the TikTok app as Indonesia and the USA do.  Hence, the issues can be controlled somewhat. Consequently, Tik Tok has created more harm and risky to society and the young generation.