Excessive exposure to smartphone addiction, internet gaming, and binge-watching can lead to scatteredness, anxiety, reactivity, and physiological changes in the brain.

“Smartphone addiction, internet gaming addiction, binge watching addiction. You are what you repeatedly expose yourself to physically mentally emotionally and neurologically. Every input shapes you. And right now, most people are drowning in noise. The game is getting attention at all costs. Smartphone said this thing's a slot machine in your pocket. There's no reason to ever put it away. Endless feeds, breaking news, background television, games designed to keep you hooked. This is ultrarocessed content, junk food for the mind. It feels stimulating, but it leaves you scattered anxious reactive. It's actually changing the physiology of our brain. We are all becoming more ADHD like.”