Binge Television And Its Effects On Social Life

Binge watching TV shows is what I do best in my free time and busy time. I would rater go to my room and watch Netflix on my TV in bed rather than talking to my family or hanging out with friends. This had made my social life go down, it has allowed me to become lazy, and it has even effected my health. I realized, I had an obsession to binge watching when I realized that I started ignoring my family, due to wanting to watch my new favorite TV show. I would watch three episodes in one sitting before getting up and doing something. Those three episodes started turning into more and more episodes that I kept watching. I would spend hours upon hours just laying in the complete dark. I never got told I had a problem, until all I wanted to do was …show more content…
Binge watching is like a drug. People can get addicted to this activity. Having an unhealthy addiction makes people come back to an activity that they never planned to do. I do this, often. I plan on cleaning my room or doing homework and never get around to doing this due to binge watching a TV show. This can be extremely addictive when it starts to affect their life negatively. When watching three episodes is better than going out with friends. This can also increase risks of health issues. Watching TV for a long time it can cause: diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. If people are binge watching it is healthier to be standing instead of sitting, stretching instead of laying down, and working out while watching the show people are addicted to. Becoming antisocial is a big side effect from binge watching too much. When people spend too much time on something that they are interested in, it ends up taking time away from their life (Stone 2016). I become antisocial for a while when I had this obsession with binge watching. I did not want to do anything with anyone the first part of summer and now looking back, I wish I would have gone and done things with the people that invited