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Psychiatrist and YouTuber Shion Kabasawa has introduced a rule anyone can start, aimed at helping “dopa-kids” — children who’ve grown so used to high-stimulation videos that they can no longer sustain focus — break the habit.
On the thread, some doubted the rule’s effectiveness, while others spoke up for the value of “small steps” — gradually cutting viewing time — and many self-deprecatingly admitted that adults, not just kids, aren’t immune to being “dopa” themselves.
Psychiatrist and YouTuber Shion Kabasawa spoke on his official YouTube channel, “Psychiatrist Shion Kabasawa’s Kaba Channel,” about a “super-simple rule” for graduating from being a “dopa-kid.”
“Dopa-kid” is internet slang short for “dopamine-addicted kid” — describing young people who’ve grown used to high-stimulation content like short-form videos and games, constantly crave stronger stimulation, and can no longer sustain focus.
It’s also been pointed out that, because their focus doesn’t last, they struggle to concentrate on slower-paced content like long videos, reading, or studying.
Source: sirabee.com / Original article here
What people said
Coming from a 5ch-addicted old geezer, that's rich.
Hi, I'm a dopa-BBA (slang for "old lady")!
I love horror so much I've started craving jump scares —
does that make me "dopa"?
if you IV them with Serenace to forcibly block their dopamine D2 receptors,
most people's addiction symptoms settle down pretty quickly in the short term
Serenace was originally developed to suppress the hallucinations and voices caused by amphetamines (a type of stimulant),
so it comes with a powerful sedative effect too,
so you can just let it knock them out
Also confiscate their smartphone and PC completely
and never let them touch one again
If you take it away from an addict they go berserk —
there have even been repeated cases of parents getting killed over it
The point is they can watch twenty 5-minute videos,
but can't sit through one 100-minute movie
Apparently it's stuff like TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels —
just endlessly swiping from one to the next
"drinking, gambling, and whoring" —
have all just been replaced by the smartphone
You can't get that drunk, buzzed-out feeling from a smartphone
Up until the postwar era you could just buy Hiropon (a brand-name methamphetamine) over the counter
Honestly the era when the streets were overflowing with Hiropon addicts was healthier than now
Kids today can't even shoot up Hiropon, poor things 😢
and it's not about little kids with ADHD or hyperactivity either —
it's a term for people who seem to have an adult version of ADHD or a developmental disorder,
where their mind never gets to rest and stays exhausted even into adulthood
Hi, I'm a downer-BBA
This has its own problem — I lose all concentration too
Shut-ins spend all their time on games anyway, so it's not much different
That's not gonna cut usage
Guess that's what you get from a quack who just calls himself a psychiatrist
No, actually,
small steps like "make yourself conscious of watching only what you need"
or "cut your time just a little"
really do work
If you suddenly tell someone to "cut it in half," it's just not realistic
That's exactly why it won't work
What are you, some old geezer with a Showa-era brain?
I'm saying this because I actually know of cases where it worked
Well, you don't have to believe me either way
I bet that's pretty common these days
I work in food service —
and yeah, they just play the sound out loud too
If you say something, they give you a dirty look
Had a guy over 60 doing the same thing — when I told him to stop, he sulked but muted it
Guess age doesn't matter when someone's just not right in the head
What the hell is a "dopa-kid"?
In Dokaben, that's the captain from Yamada and Satonaka's freshman year, who later becomes the youth team's coach (a pun riffing on the manga "Dokaben")
Personally, 1.25x is my limit
"Every boy… is a wild one~♪" (a line from the Dokaben anime theme song)
For YouTube's "Yukkuri" videos (a genre with slow, robotic narration), if they've got subtitles you can mute it, play at 2x, and just read the text — saves time
I don't get the point of saving time when you're only watching because you're bored
It's not like you're trying to actually learn something from a Yukkuri video
Kids today can't sit through long videos at all
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread ““Dopa-kid” (Dopamine-Addicted Kid): The Super-Simple Rule to Break Smartphone Addiction, Recommended by a Psychiatrist YouTuber.”
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