The Link Between Television Viewing And Depression

Everybody enjoys television-from reality TV and news, to sports, entertainment, movies and sitcoms. It can be very uplifting to watch quality TV and it can help break up the tedium and monotomy that can accompany our day. But it can also be linked to depression in so many ways. Too much of it can easily signify depression, as the person has more than apparently withdrawn from society. Plus, eating disorders can be linked to watching TV from chronic overeating, binge eating and the such. Eating disorders can be very apparent while watching television, or even the Internet. But even the act of sitting in front of TV or Internet for prolonged periods of time can easily lead to depression, as the individual doesn't get out and interact with people as much.

With our society increasingly attuned to a world at a distance, through our electronic conveyances, depression does and is more likely to happen. Although we can communicate with somebody in a nanosecond, losing our human interactions can generate extreme loneliness and therefore depression. In relationships, depressing behavior can happen as well, with too many texts and skype. Constantly communicating with each other can also generate negative thoughts and feelings, as there is no time and distance apart to miss each other now. People are constantly in each other's face and all of the little problems and difficulties can be magnified into something much larger, as couples can constantly maintain contact with each other.

Doubts and insecurties can easily bubble to the surface, as the person is constantly reminded of the other person and has time to think more indepth. In relationships, couple that with watching prolonged periods of time watching television and a relationship may end up on life support. Certainly a recipe for depression. Even too much watching of TV in a relationship takes the love and intimacy out of a relationship and cause the other partner (or ultimately both) to also suffer from such negative thinking and behavior. it can also be indicative of depression, or otherwise deep problems between the romantic partners.

Constant watching of the TV or using the Internet can only excerbate existing problems in the relationship (or bring them on). Even the best intended couples can disintegrate over time through simple things as the constant overviewing of TV and using the Internet. unless we are diehard hermits, human interaction is a necessity and minimizing it to images from a distance can generate depressive behavior and all its negative connotations.