A clinical psychologist has stated the dangers of scrolling for brain health

Clinical psychologist, body therapist, and psychosomatologist Sergey Volkov explained to Izvestia that while scrolling through the tape, our brain also receives a huge amount of stimuli.

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"They generate a lot of desires, sometimes not even realized. But it's impossible to achieve something desirable in this case - it's just content, not real life. There is not a feeling of satisfaction or pleasure, but a subconscious feeling of grief, loss, as if "everything is fine, but something is wrong," commented Volkov.

According to the clinical psychologist, this unpleasant condition is aggravated if the content is tragic, unpleasant, or creates anxiety. A person cannot influence a change in the situation, besides, he is subconsciously involved in the anxiety of the described situations. Even if the disturbing content does not directly concern a person, suppressed activity and a veiled lack of resolution of the issue leads to a decrease in the quality of life.

"All consumers of entertainment content, without exception, are at risk of falling into a dopamine pit due to the abundance of meaningless activities that do not end in achieving anything," concluded Volkov.

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