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If you find yourself suddenly grasping for more and more time escaping reality consider seeing a psychiatrist.
You could have major depression: it was one of my symptoms.
Jesus Christ lol make a comment about social media on the internet and immediately get diagnosed with depression
It's not a diagnosis it's encouragement to see someone about an issue you've expressed.
Therapists are gonna be pretty busy then because it's a good proportion of people I know that have been sucked into this kind of content one way or another more than they'd like
There's definitely negative psychological effects to having a skinner box in your hand at all times.
If you find yourself randomly diagnosing strangers with depression consider seeing a psychiatrist.
If you interpret "talk to a doctor" as diagnosing someone consider seeing a dictionary