It is not surprising if the world of social media and reels has also taken you in its grip. The word grip is used because experts from all over the world have been continuously expressing concern about the excessive use of social media. There is also a concern that watching the easily available content on it is harmful to mental health.

In this regard, Oxford University Press declared the word 'brain rot' as the 'Word of the Year' for the year 2024. The word brain rot reflects concern about the mental side effects caused by an excessive amount of second-rate content available on social media.

Motivational reels and content are also rife on social media. Are these reels making you 'inspirational'? Like brain rot, 'Preranamad' or Motivational Intoxication is also the most discussed word of this year, which has a wide meaning of social media and its side effects on mental health. What is Motivational Intoxication and what does it mean, let's understand in detail.

Motivational Intoxication
The word 'Preranamad' or Motivational Intoxication has been discovered by senior psychiatrist and psychological analyst Dr. Satyakant Trivedi in Bhopal. It is made up of two words "Prerana" and "Mad" (addiction). It means - such an addiction to motivational reels and content, which gives you a false feeling of motivation but does not bring any change in real life. The youth population is most vulnerable to it.

There is a flood of motivational reels on social media. People start watching reels as soon as they wake up in the morning and do the same before sleeping. In the process of motivating themselves, they unknowingly become victims of Motivational Intoxication.

Motivational reels and content addiction

Dr. Satyakant Trivedi says that motivational intoxication is the addiction to motivational reels and content. Watching motivational reels makes you feel for a few moments as if inspiration has awakened in life, happiness has come, but it does not bring any change in real life.

Have you ever felt that you waste 2-3 hours of the day just watching reels? You think, "Just a little more time..." and then 1-2 hours pass by in no time. This habit affects your work capacity, mental peace, and decision-making ability. The time you should have spent working is spent only watching reels. You feel that you have learned a lot, while in reality, nothing has changed.

How different are brain rot and motivational intoxication?

Dr Satyakant explains, that watching motivational reels or videos releases the chemical messenger "dopamine" in the brain for a few moments, which makes you feel happy and refreshed. However, its results are not long-term. This is the cycle of motivation, in which millions of people are trapped.

Health experts say, both the words brain rot and motivationaltoxication have a wide meaning, which needs to be taken seriously. Experts have defined the term brain rot as a decline in a person's mental or intellectual condition, especially the decline caused by excessive consumption of low-level online content. Motivational toxicity, on the other hand, is to feel inspired and imaginary through reels and videos.

Have you also become a victim of motivational toxicity?

If you too have to resort to reels or motivational speakers again and again to get inspired and happy, then this may be a sign that you have also become a victim of motivational toxicity. Every time before work you start watching reels to get "a little inspiration". Despite repeated motivation, when you don't get results, you start blaming yourself. This is a sign of demotivation.

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