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While the cause of the initial depression may be something else, shutting off the TV may be the most viable cure for a long time depression where TV is the def
by potatopatch 3y ago
While the cause of the initial depression may be something else, shutting off the TV may be the most viable cure for a long time depression where TV is the default activity. With enough entertainment there's not enough motivation to do less entertaining things that are ultimately less depressing because they are challenging.
- radicaldreamer 3y agoShutting off the TV is likely a cure to all kinds of mental conditions
- iammjm 3y agoI don’t own a TV and am nonetheless somewhat depressed. I think TV is not any worse than other passive activities, such as watching YouTube, browsing news, scrolling Instagram, playing games, online shopping, … (and I don’t mean from time to time, but hours upon hours every day)
- s1artibartfast 3y agoIndeed. TV is just one of many possible negative passive addictions.
- jacobr1 3y agoyeah, we should generalize "tv" here to broader "screen-time"
- kobenni 3y agoMaybe we should even generalize further to "mentally-passive sedentary activities".