Ariadna Vilalta, Spain’s first cyberpsychologist, on how to break free from hyperconnectivity: “Doing something consciously helps”

Informativos Telecinco interviews Ariadna Vilalta, a psychologist specialising in cyberpsychology, following the publication of her book Una vida siempre en línea. In the interview, Vilalta explains how technology is transforming mental health, attention, education, relationships and everyday life. The article focuses on hyperconnectivity as one of today’s major challenges and highlights the need to recover screen-free spaces, promote digital education based on critical thinking, and understand that the answer is not to reject technology, but to learn how to live with it more consciously. Her recommendations include keeping phones out of the bedroom, avoiding screens at the table, writing on paper, looking at the landscape when travelling and reducing the constant flow of digital stimulation.