Originally Posted by ottopottomouse

It's a bit of a spiral out of control thing. Get miserable. Watch a load of TV because you can't be bothered to do anything else. Brain rots. Watch more TV because you now genuinely can't manage to do anything else.

I've seen old people sit all day watching TV just for a bit of comfort instead of sitting in isolation going nuts. Instead they still go nuts but nuts with really strong opinions on things.