On a late Thursday afternoon, Cameron Cobbin, a 20-year-old journalism student at the University of Nevada, Reno just got home from his class. He immediately sits on the couch in his apartment, opens his phone and begins scrolling through TikTok. Before he knows it, hours have passed.
It’s not lost on Cobbin how this constant usage drains his energy.
“I think for mental health, sometimes it just gives me insecurity issues. I’ll see guys with the perfect physique or someone being able to just remain active all the time,” Cobbin said…