A psychologist would probably describe this as "self soothing behavior"
An addiction specialist would identify it as illicit drug substitution : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7370931/ On Fri, Oct 8, 2021, 7:37 AM Steven Bakker via NANOG <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > On Fri, 2021-10-08 at 16:18 +0200, Mark Tinka wrote: > > Could Netflix, perhaps, play a part in mitigating the increasing impact of > social media addiction in teenagers, whose young brains aren't developed > enough to have sufficient executive control, impulse control and good > judgement? > > > My inner cynic is interpreting this data a bit differently. Instead of > going out for a walk or just engage in the gentle art of doing nothing, the > social media users need something to keep their minds distracted from the > here and now. Anything to avoid having to do any kind of self-reflection > or, heaven forbid, live in the moment. And I fear that it doesn't apply to > adolescents only... > > Best, > > Steven >
