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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@CrazyMusicLover but life was much more simple the internet made people in active! I spent alot of time outdoors in my teen years talking to friends .... Going camping, and all sorts of fun stuff!
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@RadiantRuby I was a little kid and 90s blend with 2000-2003 for me. It depends on where you lived, I'm not sure life was simpler here in those years.
If you go camping or not, talk to friends or not doesn't need to be necessarily influenced by the internet. People still do that today [b]if they have friends[/b]. I think that if you couldn't find friends in those times you were done. If you had phone anxiety you were done...I remember that when I was in puberty (10-12 year old), I often didn't go out because I couldn't overcome my anxiety to call my friend on the phone or ring the door bell and talk to their parents. If I had had the internet I would have written directly to them and we could have arranged meeting that way. But I often spent time alone indoors instead.
If you go camping or not, talk to friends or not doesn't need to be necessarily influenced by the internet. People still do that today [b]if they have friends[/b]. I think that if you couldn't find friends in those times you were done. If you had phone anxiety you were done...I remember that when I was in puberty (10-12 year old), I often didn't go out because I couldn't overcome my anxiety to call my friend on the phone or ring the door bell and talk to their parents. If I had had the internet I would have written directly to them and we could have arranged meeting that way. But I often spent time alone indoors instead.
@CrazyMusicLover it's clear now that you explain it. :)
MethDozer · M
@CrazyMusicLover Oddly enough "anxiety" wasn't as prevalent or as debilitating . Now everyone has it.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@MethDozer Maybe we just hear more often about it today. People are more open on the internet, also anonymous. I don't see or hear about people with really debilitating cases of anxiety in real life. It's usually only on the internet. I don't really know, I feel like I had anxiety all my life and the internet didn't have a big impact on it.
MethDozer · M
@CrazyMusicLover There's been repeated results demonstrating anxiety has been skyrocketing in the past two decades and it the increase almost mirrors the the line of increased internet and social media use.
Even if it is believed, there is no logical reason to think SM and the internet helps anxiety or is good for it.
Once again South Park has the common sense and reality.[youtube=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=khCfk8Z_jbE]
anxiety is normal. Not an illness. We aren't supposed to and shouldn't feel comfortable around large groups.of strangers or new places. THAT'S WEIRD and sick.
Even if it is believed, there is no logical reason to think SM and the internet helps anxiety or is good for it.
Once again South Park has the common sense and reality.[youtube=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=khCfk8Z_jbE]
anxiety is normal. Not an illness. We aren't supposed to and shouldn't feel comfortable around large groups.of strangers or new places. THAT'S WEIRD and sick.