Binge-watching series -a new pandemic habit

The 21st-century youth has turned out to be more comfortable grabbing some food, curling onto their beds, and playing their favorite television series rather than going out or interacting with people. Television and web series are ruling people of every age, who do not want to binge-watch series that they relate to every day. Apart from the entertainment and fun these series give us, some other factors and cons have to be looked upon too. Television and web series also create an unhealthy lifestyle in teenagers. All of us had our parents say at a point that, this generation is detached from society and their world. From that perspective, studies show that people prefer tv series over hanging out with their friends. This might lead to adverse effects on their mental abilities and health. For most older folks, the term binge-watching can be another bizarre term used by teens. Binge-watching is nothing but spending a prolonged time watching a series, something like a movie marathon. These practices can be stress relieving if done once in a while but when the practice becomes an addiction it could lead to various issues such as obesity, eye problems, mind lag, etc. There are so many proven shreds of evidence that the more people binge-watch television series, it might lead to obesity and thereby increase high chances of heart problems. An important factor that causes obesity in people, is the constant advertisement of products and restaurants run constantly that urges the end-user to try out the food chain or product, imagine been told to you about a new cheeseburger which home-delivers place over and over every time you look at the screen, that would be a pleasant binge-watching routine. But what it does to our body on a long-term basis is a serious matter.

The effect that these television and web series have on teens is massive, by watching series for a prolonged time, teens are stuck and their lives revolve only around the screen and the characters behind it, they tend to waste time watching relevant videos of that series on social media, creating fan pages, streaming the episodes, and reducing the productivity they could have created in that time. All this time wasted on something fictitious? something that you are never going to make or get out of it. These are the questions that are necessary and need an explanation. It is said that the average number of viewers of the television and web series are aged 16–30. The impact that these series leave on their career productivity is huge. The young minds put their time and efforts into these series and which in turn leaves them with a lack of productivity. When these people spend much time finding out the lives of the cast of the series, their career foundations are at risk due to the lack of acquiring new skills. Some studies also show that these series make people divert from their daily career goals and sometimes even make students and working professionals skip their work to watch that “one more episode “. The series schedules rule our lives, we start to plan things according to the streaming time of our favorite series. It is said that people also tend to miss events just to watch their favorite episodes. They also develop an attitude of procrastination in people. We shift our work and tasks according to the series watching time. It indirectly affects our well-being, meanwhile, the series production houses gain a lot of money whereas we are left with tons of deadlines and incomplete tasks. The series viewers are practically glued to their couches which makes them lazy. The series and the hype create an impact on the education of students too, they lose interest in studies and tend to keep finding solace in fictional stories. They would rather watch a famous series marathon rather than learning their curriculum.

Kids are also prone to television series watching addiction, researchers say that they develop this habit because their parents leave them with no choice. In such circumstances, kids are circumcised to watch unwanted content, content that is not relevant to them. It also makes them curious to get to know everything, kids tend to speak irrelevant terms they heard on the Tv and OTT. It also hampers creativity and restricts kids from thinking creatively apart from the series or kinds of stuff they see in the media. Many types of research prove that Tv and OTT series watchers tend to end up in an argument with their colleagues and their friends when they disapprove of the series and also lead to irrelevant discussions which people might feel absurd. It also creates anxiety issues in people as they tend to ponder over the next episode and initiate conversations about the series alone wherever they might go. Sometimes people might also initiate talks in their workplaces about the series they have been binging recently and without their knowledge, they might become too excited and keep going on about that. This makes an impression that they are not productive and less career-oriented. These series also create huge benchmarks for our love lives. We tend to look for people who have the character of our favorite character from a romantic series and when we do not find the same characteristics, we become weary and keep wasting our lives in search of a fictional character. Teenagers fantasize about their love based on the events they see in the series, when the truth and reality of relationships hit them, it would be a hard time for them to train their minds

So, in conclusion, television series might have good stress relieving aspects and are sometimes the best to opt for when someone feels soothing their minds but that should become an addiction and cause us adverse effects. People should learn to manage their time for entertainment and daily life activities. One should not rely totally on television or any kind of media to run time every day. Meanwhile, people can spend their binge-watching time in a more productive environment. They can build new skills or do their favorite hobby. Series are not an option to make your life boring, rather it makes it astray. So, think about it and do not let the square box control you