<span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">AN ENTIRE GENERATION IS ADDICTED TO SHUTTING OUT REALITY WITH ‘COMFORT SHOWS’ – EXPERTS SAY IT’S A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.</span>
<span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">AN ENTIRE GENERATION IS ADDICTED TO SHUTTING OUT REALITY WITH ‘COMFORT SHOWS’ – EXPERTS SAY IT’S A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.</span>
<span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">Americans are not ‘unwinding’ – they’re medically NUMBING themselves with curated, predictable fiction. This is the DANGEROUS opioid of the streaming age, where desperate viewers seek refuge from a world in chaos by escaping into formulaic ‘Friends’ reruns and soft-focus sitcoms. Psychologists are sounding the alarm: this isn’t relaxation, it’s a widespread societal retreat and a refusal to engage with a crumbling reality.</span>
<span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">Americans are not ‘unwinding’ – they’re medically NUMBING themselves with curated, predictable fiction. This is the DANGEROUS opioid of the streaming age, where desperate viewers seek refuge from a world in chaos by escaping into formulaic ‘Friends’ reruns and soft-focus sitcoms. Psychologists are sounding the alarm: this isn’t relaxation, it’s a widespread societal retreat and a refusal to engage with a crumbling reality.</span>
<span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">These so-called "comfort shows" are psychological pacifiers, sold to us by tech giants who profit from our collective passivity. While you're wrapped in your 'weighted blanket' of nostalgia, they are quietly harvesting your data and eroding your capacity for critical thought and real-world connection. Ask yourself: what are you truly trying to escape? The shocking answer may reveal we are already living in someone else's dystopian episode.</span>
<span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">These so-called "comfort shows" are psychological pacifiers, sold to us by tech giants who profit from our collective passivity. While you're wrapped in your 'weighted blanket' of nostalgia, they are quietly harvesting your data and eroding your capacity for critical thought and real-world connection. Ask yourself: what are you truly trying to escape? The shocking answer may reveal we are already living in someone else's dystopian episode.</span>



