A clinical psychologist from the Yeşilay Advisory Board warned that social media platforms are designed like gambling machines and harm mental health.
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Clinical Psychologist Dr. Süreyya Kitapçıoğlu, a member of the Yeşilay Advisory Board, issued a warning against the addiction-generating mechanisms of short videos on social media platforms. The expert noted that these platforms are designed like gambling machines and particularly weaken the control mechanisms of young people's brains. Kitapçıoğlu explained that watching too many short videos triggers dopamine release and develops addictive behavior.
A clinical psychologist from Yeşilay warned that short video platforms like TikTok are designed like slot machines and weaken the brain's control mechanisms. Platform algorithms trigger repeated dopamine releases, developing addictive behavior and causing users to lose their sense of time.
If you spend hours daily on Reels, TikTok or YouTube Shorts, this is not just a waste of time—your decision-making and self-control abilities in your brain are weakening while your decisions and discipline are being affected. If you have young people around you or you use it heavily yourself, it would be wise to review your weekly screen time.