I’ve noticed YouTube specifically has become more addictive, I never used to be one to sit and scroll for long durations before but I often catch myself spending way too long on shorts now

Even people or older generations seem to be getting sucked in nowadays

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    If you find yourself suddenly grasping for more and more time escaping reality consider seeing a psychiatrist.

    You could have major depression: it was one of my symptoms.

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      Jesus Christ lol make a comment about social media on the internet and immediately get diagnosed with depression

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        It’s not a diagnosis it’s encouragement to see someone about an issue you’ve expressed.

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          Therapists are gonna be pretty busy then because it’s a good proportion of people I know that have been sucked into this kind of content one way or another more than they’d like

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      If you find yourself randomly diagnosing strangers with depression consider seeing a psychiatrist.

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        If you interpret “talk to a doctor” as diagnosing someone consider seeing a dictionary