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by Noaidi 18 days ago
Don't you get it? No one is on those sites because they are not addictive. It is like trying top tell an alcoholic to just drink mocktails.
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Alcoholic drinking mocktails can experience significant withdrawal symptoms like fever or seizures with potentially fatal results. What do you think will happen to all those "addicted" people after they uninstall TikTok from their phones?
I did. I went crazy and even injured my hand with a deep cut because I have ADHD too. Recommend wearing thick gloves for a week or maybe three weeks to pŕevent injury, do not take them off if you wash dishes by hand wear another glove or several so that you don't cut yourself and to keep your hands dry. Then i realized i was very depressed and didn't want to face my problems like child abandonment
> I did.

Text following this first sentence of your message doesn't indicate any kind of physical withdrawal symptoms though.

That is the point they are making.
What point? That people experience fatal withdrawal symptoms when they stop "consuming" social media? I find that very hard to believe. Do you have any research proving such claims?
"fatal" You are just clutching at dramatic things nobody said

Also,these studies are a search away. Fill your boots.

OP compared "TikTok addiction" to alcoholism. It is up to them to provide proofs.
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