ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 26 days agoWhat do you think contributes to some people's tendency to develop a social media addiction while others don't?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down11
arrow-up144arrow-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 · 26 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·26 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.