YouTube Addiction

Post by starbugs » Sat, Jan 14, 2023, 6:02 PM UTC

bobmichael wrote: post #128

BizarreByte wrote: post #107

I am seriously addicted to the internet in general and while it may not be an addiction in the physical sense, it has caused major issues in my life. The amount of time I spend on the Internet is insane and no matter how hard I try to will power through it and cut down my usage I always fail. If I ever figure out how to overcome it I'll have to write a book or something, because I've wasted years of my life and misse…

You can't willpower through it if it's a defense mechanism employed by your brain to hide underlying pain. Maybe it's time to try something new. Check out Gabor Maté: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=74DDEDmHDvw

Post by c7b » Sat, Jan 14, 2023, 6:03 PM UTC

okdood64 wrote: post #110

c7b wrote: post #97

The intro feels like it's also from around 2011, the time OP described first noticing having a problem. In 2023, I think few people will doubt that you can get addiction-like problems with social media. It's actually become such a common trope, especially post-lockdowns, that I've read some arguments trying to rein in the debate a bit (not everything that releases dopamine will get you hooked, it basically just means…

By OP's standard I'm what you would consider a YouTube addict. I can spend hours just watching it in a single day. And I do this regularly. It doesn't warp my view of the real world, or disconnect me from my work/social circle/ability to keep myself healthy. 90% of what I watch is educational anyways. What I disagree with overall is that notion that doing something a lot & compulsively is an addiction. If you're doin…

Post by spion » Sat, Jan 14, 2023, 6:05 PM UTC

superkuh wrote: post #65

yladiz wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please define addiction for me. My point was not to say that all addictions are equal (they are not), and they act differently, but I think it's too simplistic to flippantly state that Internet addiction is not a thing.

Addiction is when the motivation for a stimuli is divorced from reward from the stimuli and the animal keeps exposing itself to the stimuli regardless. But socially in humans this is acceptable until the addiction begins to have detrimental effects on the person being able to care for themselves. In almost all cases the simuli capable of doing this are drugs that bypass actual perception and internally/chemically twe…

Post by jug » Sat, Jan 14, 2023, 6:09 PM UTC

suzumer wrote: post #8

I used to be addicted to youtube, and the most effective method I found to limiting my consumption was using an extension called Unhook. It removes all recommendations and the shorts and trending tabs, so the only videos I can watch are those from channels I'm subscribed to, or videos that I search for.

Post by knaik94 » Sat, Jan 14, 2023, 6:14 PM UTC

_gabe_ wrote: post #120

ryandrake wrote: post #64

People are (and should be) questioning the use of the word addiction. One of the components of addiction is: is it causing a harmful, unwanted effect on one's life? OP laid out his: > I've been struggling with my mental health during the summertime, a time I traditionally have fewer problems. I wasn't recharging like I should. I was waking up tired, napping during the day, and generally not feeling at all prepared wh…

> People are (and should be) questioning the use of the word addiction. One of the components of addiction is: is it causing a harmful, unwanted effect on one's life? Meriam Webster's second definition doesn't mention causing harm: > a strong inclination to do, use, or indulge in something repeatedly So, according to the way people typically use the word "addiction" and the literal dictionary definition of the word,…