people today are actually missing out on socializing with friends for watching 13 reasons why while they slouch on their couch it is among the seven deadly sins to answer a call while you are staring the screen thats flashing the latest episode of game of thrones sure its fun but post the binge watch life seems black and white devoid of the gotesque or friendslike drama doesnt itwell you are not alone a twitterati has invented a new term for this post binge dip in mood pbwd that is postbinge watch depression this sounds like a colloquial usage but are there more serious repercussions to binge watching indeed there arehow much is a bingeaccording to experts watching two to six episodes of a sitcom in one sitting qualifies as binge watching but there are many loops in this generalization people say that two episodes of a sitcom like friends are lesser in duration than a single episode of breaking bad so what is binge friendswise is normal breaking badwisenow there are many binge watch pioneers who consume tv for way beyond the sixepisode bar some do not leave their couches for even up to 10 hours thats what is defined as addiction the research on binge watching from a public health perspective has just begun scholars are calling it an exploratory research a survey by netflix that was conducted in 2013 showed that out of the total 1500 online respondents 61 per cent binge watch now four years later theres no chance of the percentage declining having said that there are only chances of that percentage shooting up and only upbinge watching is taxingwhen you sit on your couch devouring your latest favourite chances are that it has a complicated narrative or emotionally grey characters because that is what is keeping you glued when you watch such a show for a long duration you are likely to feel wearied out emotionally and cognitively also the kind of shows you watch changes your perspective in the real world lets say you are binge watching breaking bad the show is likely to make you see real life as existential to the point of nihilismbinge watching and depressionwhenever you stop binge watching you feel a dip in your mood some recent findings have pointed out that binge watching is associated with feelings of loneliness depression and an inability to control your behaviour or regulate yourself though there isnt an exact cause and effect relationship between the two things the study suggested a connection it is antisocialbinge watching is an activity which most people indulge in by themselves in the comfort of their homes a study said that 56 per cent of binge watchers watch it alone and 98 per cent of them watch it at their homes the time thats going into binge watching could go into much better things like hanging out with friends or family socialisation is an essential part of destressing and preventing lonelinesshow to break a bingeso there