We get drawn to the lives of the characters portrayed on the show that also fuels our binge watching experience. 2 types of Character Involvement:<ol><li>Identification - it is when we see ourselves to the characters portaying in a show.</li><li>Perceived Similarity - this is where you had the “i know what it feels like” moment.</li></ol>

Connection With The Characters

Because you watched the same tv show, you finally have this “sense of belongingness”. You felt that you were part of a small community where you can connect with and have an in-depth discussion of the show.

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When you binge your favorite TV show, your brain continue to produce more dopamine and you experience a drug-like high. It was like a pseudo-addiction” .

Increase in Dopamine

We substitute the virtual connection with the characters and disconnecting to the human interaction.

“Starving To death Emotionally

Binge watching can be a stress reliever after our work shift. It’s like a wall that blocks our brain from dwelling about an unfinished to-do list and other stressors that you wanted to stop thinking for a while.

Temporary Escape

<ol><li>Set a time-limit and number of episodes that you will spend watching for the day/night.</li><li> Balance your binge with other activities. After the time-limit and episodes you set, go out with your friends and talked about the scenes you liked the most.</li></ol>

HOW TO BINGE WATCH RESPONSIBLY?

I am very much guilty of binge watching a tv show in one sitting 😑. I even have this special segment on my IG stories of #SeriesReviewNobodyAsksFor where I must say a lot rely on it if it was binge worthy. But now I am slowly rebuilding my reading habits and I am so glad I found deepstash.

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