Freya India

Yeah, well, when I started writing, I was writing about addiction to social media and trends and stuff and kind of wondering why that was happening. And then I've been trying to kind of trace it back to think, what is the actual need that's not being met here?

So one of them, I was looking at all this attachment style stuff and like the dating gurus, how popular like relationship advice is on TikTok and stuff. And I was thinking, is this because young people don't have adults giving them guidance about relationships?

So one of them, I was looking at all this attachment style stuff and like the dating gurus, how popular like relationship advice is on TikTok and stuff. And I was thinking, is this because young people don't have adults giving them guidance about relationships?

So one of them, I was looking at all this attachment style stuff and like the dating gurus, how popular like relationship advice is on TikTok and stuff. And I was thinking, is this because young people don't have adults giving them guidance about relationships?

So now they go and watch an influencer who's an attachment expert because parents and families aren't getting as involved in giving advice about relationships anymore.

So now they go and watch an influencer who's an attachment expert because parents and families aren't getting as involved in giving advice about relationships anymore.

So now they go and watch an influencer who's an attachment expert because parents and families aren't getting as involved in giving advice about relationships anymore.

um so things like that there's a lot of trends where i think you can trace it back to adults have stepped away from giving some form of guidance um so you see it with like relationship stuff on tiktok and also the desperate search for obviously community and belonging to something is coming from a real pain of not having any community in real life like i

um so things like that there's a lot of trends where i think you can trace it back to adults have stepped away from giving some form of guidance um so you see it with like relationship stuff on tiktok and also the desperate search for obviously community and belonging to something is coming from a real pain of not having any community in real life like i

um so things like that there's a lot of trends where i think you can trace it back to adults have stepped away from giving some form of guidance um so you see it with like relationship stuff on tiktok and also the desperate search for obviously community and belonging to something is coming from a real pain of not having any community in real life like i

I had loads of people when I started writing about social media loads people would say to me oh but you know young people need social media because it's like a lifeline like they have their online communities and stuff and I'm like that is not a benefit of social media like that's just an absolute indictment of where we are in modern life like why is their community a reddit forum um so we can talk about social media addiction but I think you have to kind of strip it back to what

I had loads of people when I started writing about social media loads people would say to me oh but you know young people need social media because it's like a lifeline like they have their online communities and stuff and I'm like that is not a benefit of social media like that's just an absolute indictment of where we are in modern life like why is their community a reddit forum um so we can talk about social media addiction but I think you have to kind of strip it back to what

I had loads of people when I started writing about social media loads people would say to me oh but you know young people need social media because it's like a lifeline like they have their online communities and stuff and I'm like that is not a benefit of social media like that's just an absolute indictment of where we are in modern life like why is their community a reddit forum um so we can talk about social media addiction but I think you have to kind of strip it back to what

why young people are so obsessed with it and what is missing in their actual life.

why young people are so obsessed with it and what is missing in their actual life.

why young people are so obsessed with it and what is missing in their actual life.

Yeah, because when you meet people who aren't on social media or don't have, like, ridiculously high screen times, they usually have a lot of their needs met in the real world, which just sounds like an obvious thing to say, but... It's true.

Yeah, because when you meet people who aren't on social media or don't have, like, ridiculously high screen times, they usually have a lot of their needs met in the real world, which just sounds like an obvious thing to say, but... It's true.

Yeah, because when you meet people who aren't on social media or don't have, like, ridiculously high screen times, they usually have a lot of their needs met in the real world, which just sounds like an obvious thing to say, but... It's true.

And I think the more you find yourself in a fulfilling relationship or you're happy with your job, you don't feel as much of a pull to scroll endlessly through TikTok all day. So the fact that young people are spending like six hours a day on their phones is...