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Why do you think people are so mentally ill?
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i agree, the worst being shorts/tiktoks/reels. it absolutely kills your attention span and leads you to crave instant hits of dopamine. i see people watching reels etc. while the tv is playing a show that they are "watching" it drives me insane.
most social media is also meant to make you more lonely and depressed because you are more likely to use them when you are.
people compare themselves to the idealistic characters they see on social media and see that it is something they will never live up to, not realising that they arent supposed to.
there are obviously many complicated reasons and theories like inequality, idealism, manipulation, and the advancements that we have made in mental health that contribute to the issue. ive attempted to condense the topics into a word or sentence but as most of us know they are much deeper and more ambiguous than that.