Recently, a 25-year-old American made his mark in the Guinness Book of Records for the most hours spent watching TV. He spent 94 hours watching the electronic box before sleep deprivation took effect. That’s 4 days straight watching TV without a bathroom break or even sleeping.
You can already tell that’s not good for your health, right? Well, it is, and you spend a considerable amount of your time watching TV. Studies show that the average American adult spends as much as 20 hours a week watching TV. In a month, you’ll have surpassed the Guinness record set by the 25-year-old.

Herein are three reasons why you shouldn’t spend so much time in front of the box.

-Ruins Your Social Life

Spending all that time watching TV dumps you out of your social circles. Those 20 hours you spend every week would have been put to better use reconnecting with friends, spending quality time with your loved ones, and doing things you love. You know, like your hobbies.
After getting three seasons of The Game of Throne on disk, you will probably spend less time connecting to other humans. You will be stuck in your little world, devoid of any human contact. Because humans are social beings, spending so much time away from meaningful human interactions negatively affects you emotionally and mentally. Spending all of your time watching TV is a sure way of uprooting yourself from human consciousness.

Plus those TV shows teach you all the wrong things about human interactions. The imagery TV shows today portray about human relationships will mislead you. If you don’t think this is true, just look at how the TV portrays women. Then ask yourself how you think of women. See the connection? The TV will brainwash you until you cannot connect with a person on any level, apart from how the TV shows want you to connect.

- Kills Your Mental Capacity

Do you come out feeling smarter after watching a TV show? Most likely you don’t unless you are watching the History Channel. Unlike what the creators of TV shows want you to think, most of the shows are dumbed down so that everyone gets thrilled. That is, the producers of a television show use a 15-year-old as the baseline for creating most shows. Therefore, they dumb everything down to the level of a teenager. If you are above 20 years, almost every TV show out there won’t exercise your intelligence. That’s why after a movie ends; you go, “I saw that coming”. But because of the explosives and “R” rated scenes in the movie, your brain feels pretty much satisfied.

There are other numerous adverse effects of spending too much time watching TV. In fact, there are more cons than pros for watching TV. Take a break from the screen and experience other things life has to offer.

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