@ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 2 days agoWhat do you think contributes to some people's tendency to develop a social media addiction while others don't?message-square16fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down11
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you think contributes to some people's tendency to develop a social media addiction while others don't?@ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 2 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-square@intensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilink5•2 days agoDifferences in unresolved trauma between those people. Addiction is a trauma response. Trauma makes background consciousness painful. When the baseline experience of reality is painful, distraction becomes necessary for empty moments.
Differences in unresolved trauma between those people.
Addiction is a trauma response. Trauma makes background consciousness painful. When the baseline experience of reality is painful, distraction becomes necessary for empty moments.
Well said.