Lately I've got addicted to watching reels and short-video content, and no need to say that my dopamine system is suffering.
But i noticed something even MORE dangerous than just watching reels. before this addiciton when I see or read about a topic whether its political, art or society related I would think about it with myself for a time and form a personal opinion based on everything I know and based on my experiences and etc, and connect the dots myself, Then when i started watching reels I started to go into comments immediately to see what people are thinking about without giving myself any time to form a solid personal opinion first, and my brain is driving me into doing this because reading a deeply-thought, interesting and makes-sense opinions, from people who already gave it time in their head and choosing whatever you like, is much easier than squeezing your own brain to come up with something yourself, right?
This depends on the topic but i can say i started reading the comments immediately as soon as i finished watching/reading 90% of the things i find, and this is ROTTING MY BRAIN REALLY BAD.
Has anyone noticed this with themselves? Please share your experience and what you think.