Mark my words: within the next 10 years the DSM will be updated to include a form of psychosis caused by the internet.

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Something like Media Induced Psychosis(MIP) it'll be a form of schizophrenia (a break from reality) facilitated by prolonged exposure to social media and news based sensationalism.

The human brain wasn't meant to be flooded with garbage constantly. Every day people see hundreds of advertisements telling them whatever they currently have going on isnt enough.

Then they go on the news and watch anchors lie to them about shyt that they can see for themselves is wrong(e.g. Gaza, the fact that health insurance companies can deny people care, consequently killing them, or telling people the economy is good actually and they just "feel" poor) and then they go on social media and see a stream of people apparently living superior lives.

But here's the big game changer:

A.I.

Now that anyone can generate fake audiences, fake girlfriends/boyfriends, fake houses, fake everything, they can live a completely fake life online and that fake online identity they have to maintain will clash with their real life. The fear that one of the followers they have online may see them in real life and expose them could cause them to lose their fukking minds and snap.

Im describing something we already see. I think it will be intensified in the coming years as the tech becomes more sophisticated and available. People will no longer be able to trust anything they see on the internet or on television. They wont know what is "real" anymore and they'll suffer because so many services and things that you need to survive in modern society are tied to the internet. So if you're trying to detox for example from the internet, well you'll still need apps for banking, you'll still need to check your email, you'll still need to scan QR codes. You'll still need to contact govt services through the internet. You'll still be on the phone with what you *think* is a person for customer support until they start malfunctioning and you realize it's an AI.


TL;DR:

Get into psychology. Learn to be a psychologist or psychiatrist because brain health is going to be a very lucrative field.
 

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The human mind isn't meant to absorb this much information.

Distractions are infinite now.
Facts. The rates of dementia are going to go crazy especially with all the boomers that are now addicted to social media and the news now. I was on the bus and saw a senior glued to her phone watching an international variant of the pop the balloon shyt that has this place and so many online communities in a chokehold.

theres even a seniors version of the bachelor and Bachelorette. Age, status, nationality, nothing will protect you from this brain rot. If you become a social worker or other mental health professional you're guaranteed employment. :wow:
 
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