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The fast-growing digital technology has greatly changed the way people communicate, styles of work and lifestyles. Despite the many advantages of digital technology such as smartphones, computers, and social networking sites, excessive use of digital technology has resulted in digital addiction and the re-sultant mental consequences. Among the greatest effects of being the recipient of constant exposure to digital technology is the so-called technostress which is characterized as a stress that occurs as a result of an individual unable to properly adapt to the demands of technology. This study aims to examine how digital addiction impacts on technostress, productivity, and mental health and how digital detoxification can reduce these negative implications. The study is grounded on the primary data obtained through the instruments of the structured questionnaire applied to the respondents. The questionnaire was structured and 100 respondents were used. The statistical instruments that were used to analyze the data include the percentage analysis, mean score analysis, correlation analysis and independent sample t-test analysis. The findings of the research identified the significant percentage of the population as experiencing the effects of technostress as a result of using digital gadgets too much. It was found that the productivity of the people is negatively affected due to the lack of concentration and distractions when they use the digital devices over an extended period of time. It was also noted during the analysis that the low productivity of the individuals has a positive relationship with the use of the digital technology. The digital detox has been popular among the population. Nevertheless, the digital detox has a low effect on the decrease of technostress and the enhancement of the psychological state of the people. In a more general sense, the research implies the effects of digital dependency on the mental well-being and the efficiency of people, as well as states the importance of healthy formation of digital habits.

Digital Addiction, Technostress, Digital detoxification, Psychological well-being, Productivity.