People typically also say things like watching youtube gives them dopamine hits and they will get rid of their addiction with a dopamine fast. The problem with using the word addiction is that there are two possible outcomes. Either the word becomes weak and stops having the seriousness it should, similar to how OCD now can mean liking organation or people associate the action with all of the negative connotations of addiction. The second happens more often, as observed in this thread, and people start shaming you, and casting and projecting their moral judgement on you based on an inconsequential fact.
Fundamentally it prepetuates the older generation mentality that screen use is the causes depression, dismissing the underlying struggle people face. If someone comes out and says they are depressed, someone will respond, "oh, you're watching too much youtube, you'll stop being depressed once you stop." It happens with every shift in the most popular mainstream technology.
Fundamentally it prepetuates the older generation mentality that screen use is the causes depression, dismissing the underlying struggle people face. If someone comes out and says they are depressed, someone will respond, "oh, you're watching too much youtube, you'll stop being depressed once you stop." It happens with every shift in the most popular mainstream technology.