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Online Life & Social Media

Doomscrolling, tab hoarding, algorithm dependency, posting cycles.

TERMINAL (4)

Terminal Bag-Holder Denial Syndrome Patient bought a coin at $4.14. The coin is now at $0.09. The coin will, patient insists, come back. Has held
Terminal Chronically-Online Disorder Patient knows every piece of Twitter drama from the past 48 hours. Cannot name a neighbor. Has opinions on use
Terminal News-Avoidance Cycle Patient has, for two weeks, deliberately avoided all news. Has, in the same two weeks, checked their phone 87
Terminal One-More-Game Paradox Patient said 'just one more game' at 9:47 PM. It is now 1:14 AM. Patient has played approximately 11 more game

CATASTROPHIC (1)

Catastrophic Voice-Note Syndrome Patient responds to 'what time?' with a 7-minute voice memo. Breathes audibly. Starts three times. Cannot be s

CRIPPLING (1)

Crippling 3 AM Scroll Insomnia Patient lies in bed each night mentally rehearsing arguments from 2014, drafting resignation letters for jobs

SEVERE (13)

CHRONIC (15)

ADVANCED (1)

Advanced Drunk-Texting Amnesia Patient has no memory of the 14 messages they sent between 1:04 and 2:18 AM. One was to their ex. One was to a

ACUTE (7)

COMPULSIVE (3)

HYPERACTIVE (1)

Hyperactive Notification Vigilance Patient feels phantom vibrations up to 47 times per hour. Has checked a powered-off phone on more than one occ

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