GOSSIP ADDICTION

Gossip becomes both a biological and psychological addiction when it makes a person feel more valuable. However, children in the community are most affected by this situation.

Gossip, being a channel for expressing unspoken emotions, provides greater relief when it receives “starred” approval from the other party. Thus, the person gossiping begins to play a role assigned to them in a film written and directed by the other person who approves of the gossip and has zero internal responsibility.

Therefore, I believe that in gossip addiction, both the responsibility stemming from one’s own nature and the responsibility arising from the environment in which one interacts are very important.

Because this addiction causes both the person gossiping and the person approving of the gossip to become detached from their true selves, affecting the mental health of both parties. At the same time, dangerous neurotic defense mechanisms such as empathy and submissiveness are activated in these individuals.

Yunus Emre expressed it so beautifully: “Every person who has been severed from their essence is an orphan.”

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Greetings to all friends who are accountable to their own essence, whose actions are consistent with their true selves, words, and writings.

With my respect and regards.

Note:
My reader Memiş, a Cinema and Television student at Istanbul University’s Faculty of Communication, has taken the time to reference scientific studies from Joseph Glenmullen’s book “Coming Off Antidepressants” from Harvard Medical School regarding the relationship between gossip and mental health. I thank him for that.