Can Watching Television Really Develop Into an Addiction?

Question by beckaramone: Can watching Television really develop into an addiction?
I heard on the radio that people can enter rehab under the category of media. Can by watching television become an addiction?

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Answer by Mallory
I think it can, just like just about everything else.

A number of years ago my younger brother had an assignment for school to turn off the tv for an entire week, and our whole family was required to get involved. At first it was torture, but by the end I really didn’t miss it.

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