Posted by Noa on March 10, 2000, at 13:36:32
In reply to Re: Television and depression, posted by Janice on March 10, 2000, at 11:49:56
Janice, it might also be an ADD thing--needing background noise. I've known kids who swear they can concentrate better on their homework if the tv or radio or cd player is on than without it. A tv creates a steady stream of noise and perhaps the continuity is calming, rather than silence which can be punctuated by unanticipated noises.
I usually like the tv on when I am home, tho I don't always look at it, either. However, I don't like how the commercials get so much louder than the volume you set the program at. I don't know if this happens in Canada. The sudden loud noise really irritates me. For this reason, public television works well--no commercials.
Lately, with these last few episodes of depression, I have been having the tv on more sparingly, because my sensitivity to noise is so much more pronounced when I am depressed. Plus, my interest in the shows is weaker, and limited to only a few.
I just read an article about Jerry Lewis in the New Yorker. The reporter described that he has at least one, and up to three tvs in every room of his huge house, and that they are on 24/7, with the volume off, set to various news channels.
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