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Arcentaus posted...

ShotOJameson posted...

and also because we hardly ever interact person to person anymore

lejonbrames posted...

Isolation, isolation, isolation.

Before people were forced to overcome their anxiety because they needed to go out into the world and interact with people for both life necessities and recreation.

Now we dont have to ever leave our house for any reason.

Spot on. Spend a prolonged period as a shut-in, and you'll feel pretty self-conscious next time you're in a public place. Unfortunately, for a lot of people the media they consume becomes their life, and when you're back in the real world it feels like you're an actor since you've forgotten how it goes. It sucks, but at least it's temporary.

There's another more serious form of it, I think, but I have no familiarity with it.

I see a correlation between anxiety and social media use.

Man I hate how unhealthy social media is.m (im p addicted to insta) But I wouldnt call myself a shut in - I tell people to go out and do things on their own, go to a play or movie by themselves but when I offer that advice people just straight up look st me like Im crazy