Why scrolling on social media is addictive

Even scrolling through Youtube comments section is addictive too

I wish I was in a neverending 90s decade. The invention of the smartphone and social media is the worst thing I have exprienced in my lifetime.

loneliness , helplessness in todays world are also leading to social media addiction , people are using social media to escape harsh reality .

I'm left social media for a half year and i feel free.

I am one of those kids who grew up on social media, been on there since I was 14 it's hard being an adult now because I spent so much time on those apps

I quit social media a while back. Best thing I ever did, Strangely enough I felt more conscious (probably because I wasn't being constantly distracted anymore) and I wanted to be more social which is ironic considering leaving ''social media'' made me want to interact more with people.

It is us that are at fault for our addiction to social media not social media itself. We became too dependent on social media for all our socialization needs and we have severed ourselves from people in our neighborhoods and communities.

Sometimes when I’m stressed from college I just go on social media and waste the day scrolling. I don’t have friends outside class so I have no one to talk to or eat with.

I’ve been on my phone since I’ve been 13. It’s been 10 years. Instead of learning a hobby or actually living, doom scrolling. We rather watch others do something we like than actually do it. Like kids watching adult play with toys on YouTube I’m changing that today and will try to learn when I’m on my phone and not doom scroll. This makes me more lazy than I already am and takes up too much of my precious time on earth.

Pictures go in photos albums .

As Sam Vaknin says true love and intimacy is the ultimate addiction, therefore if you are intimate and truly falling in love with your partner, it reduces the ned for other addictions, such as facebook.

Why has this video from Washinton Post (with 2.28M suscribers just the youtube channel) from 6 months ago only 28,000 views and 16 comments???

For me,researching purpose of the phones and the mobile devices and professor came to our university and they even explained why the Phones are addicted to young children.During high school or middle school,id remember but he said it was really bad for students to even use phones or devices every Time.And he was really right.thats why even I'm at university,2nd year and now I still think removing instagram or even stop using Facebook is the best and prefer not to use apps or ended up like using alcohol except you killed yourself and mental health matters❤

Excellent informative video. I fully agree with what has been shown in the video.

Still have the nerve to sue

we....the SOCIETY are bored. sad & lonely people just don't know what to do with the amount of free-spare times we have😮😮

It's not just youth that it hurts

I guess YouTube can be addictive too or is more related to the TV and channel surfing ?

It's a digital slot machine.

I actually don’t like schooling. It’s boring.